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Speaker Pelosi famously told us that impeachment was off the table. Well, she’s had her 100 hours, and has passed a bunch of bills. They’re good bills, but all of them pale beside the issue of impeachment.

We do not need to take Pelosi’s word as final. She is no more the Queen of America than George is the King. We, the people, define what is on the table and what is not. So I am largely in agreement with “frosty’s” post below. Except that Progressive Democrats of America has another world in view, when it comes to action. Matthew Gerbasi, the Impeachment Working Group National Coordinator for Progressive Democrats of America, wrote as follows on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:09:14 -0800:

PDA Impeachment Conference Call
Date: Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Time: 9:00 PM Eastern Time

Call-In #: 1 605 772 3800
Code: 693278#

Agenda
1. Scheduling meetings at your local Congressional office. We are looking to have all of these meetings take place within the Feb 16-26 recess, but due to time restraints do the best you can. If your meeting is scheduled prior to Feb. 21 please contact me and I will assist you one on one. Please schedule your meetings ASAP. If you secure a meeting please fwd me details like time, date, your name and the name of your representative.
Online Assistance Available Here
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/investigations

2. We will be joined by Mike Zmolek, former Legislative Aide to Rep. Cynthia McKinney. He will be advising us on discussing Impeachment with local aides.

3. Finding leaders willing to assist those with less experience get their local efforts up and running.

We hope you can join us for the call Wednesday evening!
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So the call to action now goes out: The impeachment action group for CD01 will arrange a meeting with Rep. Abercrombie, if possible, or with one of his staff, if necessary. If you want to join our delegation, please let me know, at bobschacht@earthlink.net, and I’ll include you in the loop.
A few members of the impeachment action group are actually residents of CD02, and I will be speaking with them about arranging a meeting with Rep. Hirono.

Meanwhile, other events are in the works on this front:

Emergency Summit to Impeach Bush for War Crimes
http://www.worldcantwait.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3827&Itemid=223

Saturday, Feb. 17 9 am - 10 pm:
Registration begins at 9 am
Opening plenary with presentations by co-sponsors, 10 am

West Park Presbyterian Church
165 West 86th at Amsterdam, New York City
(#1 Train to 86th)

There will be a full list of workshops available on the day of the event.

So look for news of this event on the Internet. The list of workshops is very action -oriented, and I do believe that they take the mantra “Impeachment by Spring” seriously, and not just as some rhetorical steam-venting.

More along the lines of what we can do:

Contact the Media About Impeachment Coverage
http://capwiz.com/pdamerica/issues/alert/?alertid=9196431&type=ME

Email your Congress Member and Senators Now
http://capwiz.com/pdamerica/issues/alert/?alertid=9209911&type=CO
This campaign is not an idle matter. The future of our Democracy is at stake.

Bob Schacht

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.