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Impeach Bush?

Time for some more political commentary. One more from Amy Ridenour. I really love reading her. Also, for the record, I don't often comment on so called progressive or liberal or democratic weblog posts because they are just so far gone I can't even begin to say how they're wrong. I'll try, though. Look for some anti-progressive posts in the near future.

Impeach Bush?:

Rep. Zoe Lofgren explains that "lying about sex" (code term for President Clinton's perjury) "certainly" isn't an impeachable offense, but "lying to Congress" (which, she claims, President Bush has done) "might well be" impeachable.

Nonpartisan translation:

Lying to the judicial branch = not impeachable.
Lying to the legislative branch = impeachable.

But don't we have three co-equal branches of government?

(Via Amy Ridenour's National Center Blog.)

I thought they did impeach Clinton, though. Doesn't this mean that lying to the judicial branch is, in fact impeachable, since that is what they did? Doesn't this also mean that for consistency's sake, lying to the legislative branch is also impeachable? Is lying to the executive branch also impeachable? Could a senator be impeached for lying to the President, or a Judge?

Just asking. I don't really care either way, since whether Bush or some Democrat is in power doesn't really matter. Both parties are socialists in disguise, and I haven't met a national level politician who hasn't betrayed his or her oath of office (the part about support and defend the Constitution comes to mind).

Not convinced about the socialist remark? See the following list of goals from the Communist Manifesto and figure out which ones each party has embraced:

Source:
http://www.anu.edu.au/polsci/marx/classics/manifesto.html

1. Abolition of property in land and application of all rents of land to public purposes.
2. A heavy progressive or graduated income tax.
3. Abolition of all rights of inheritance.
4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
5. Centralization of credit in the banks of the state, by means of a national bank with state capital and an exclusive monopoly.
6. Centralization of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the state.
7. Extension of factories and instruments of production owned by the state; the bringing into cultivation of waste lands, and the improvement of the soil generally in accordance with a common plan.
8. Equal obligation of all to work. Establishment of industrial armies, especially for agriculture.
9. Combination of agriculture with manufacturing industries; gradual abolition of all the distinction between town and country by a more equable distribution of the populace over the country.
10. Free education for all children in public schools. Abolition of children's factory labor in its present form. Combination of education with industrial production, etc.

We're not there yet, but we're getting there slowly but surely. I know, this makes me a kook, since how can I compare the all American Republican and/or Democratic parties to communists. All I can say is this is what I believe based on what I've seen. I'm not some wild eyed anarchist, just a level-headed, thoughtful anarchist.