Senator Feingold Blogs at dKos: Time to Use the Power of the Purse

[understandinglife]

Last night, as the President told the American people that he wants to send more troops to Iraq, his Iraq policy hit rock bottom. The American people are demanding an end to the war, and it has to end for the sake of our national security. But the President just wants to dig us into a deeper hole, by sending more of our brave men and women into Baghdad and Anbar Province.

This war has got to stop, and Congress has the power stop it: the power of the purse. And I’m not just talking about blocking the troop surge here. Using the power of the purse just to stop the troop surge may be better than doing nothing, but if we don’t go beyond that, we will be accepting the status quo. We have to do more.

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Link: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/1/11/155348/355

Indeed.

[dogday]

1. Senator Feingold, Please Reconsider 2008

I wished he would reconsider... I just don't want less than him and that is hard to find....

[bluewave]

3. Please run Senator Feingold. I've never volunteered for a politician

before, but I wouldn't miss the chance to work for you, sir!

[fooj]

2. Together. United.

Happy and Healthy New Year to you and yours, UL!:hug:

[understandinglife]

6. Thank you!

All the best to you and your family,
Bob


Peace.

[puebloknot]

10. Your image caught me off guard, made me stop...

...grinding my teeth for just a moment!

Thank you. Let there be peace on Earth, and let it begin with me.

[mzmolly]

4. Obvious however, as Murtha is in charge of the Iraq purse.

We all agree on this but, I applaud his statements!

[understandinglife]

5. Senator Feingold's Op-Ed - 11 Jan 2007

Keeping our brave troops in Iraq indefinitely is having a devastating impact on our national security and military readiness.

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In the November elections, the American people made it clear that they want our troops out of Iraq, and it is up to Congress to respond. Our top national security priority must be to defeat the global terrorist networks operating in countries around the world. With Wednesday's announcement that he seeks to escalate the Iraq war, the president made it clear that he will continue to shortchange that global fight and to ignore the will of the American people.

From the beginning, this war has been a mistake, and the policies that have carried it out have been a failure. Congress must not allow the president to continue or escalate a war that has already come at such a terrible cost.

It's time for Congress to use the power of the purse to end this devastating war and finally bring American troops out of Iraq.

[puebloknot]

7. The clock is running on GW's plans for Armageddon

I'm not just being cute here. Quite seriously, the man is delusional, thinks he's God's vehicle for bringing on the end of the world, where "Christians" will be lifted from the Earth and the rest of us are slated for serious torture.

I worry that the Congress is made up of those who support this fractured worldview, on the one hand, or those who don't take it seriously, on the other.

Bush is mentally unfit to serve. But who is going to say the emperor has no clothes? How many of the members of Congress privately share Bush's madness? Who can take action to bring him down, and live?

[understandinglife]

8. "Bush is mentally unfit to serve." Correct. And, it is time for ...

... Warner, Hagel and others to take "the walk" and inform Bush he must resign - immediately.


Peace.

[puebloknot]

9. So, then....

...let's all bombard their offices with calls and letters to let them know what we want.

We were able to send a truckload of flowers to Helen Thomas. Let's use that energy to bombard Congress with an unremitting flow of phone calls and written messages. E-mail is too easy. Letters and postcards will show a little bit of energy on the part of We the People!

Most all of us can afford to make at least one call a day. The phone bill won't come due for a month.

Silly? I don't know. I saw an interview with Jane Fonda, talking about her protest activities during Vietnam, and she said that it's much better to write a letter and stick it in the mail. It's tangible. It's doesn't even much matter whether it's eloquent or not. "Remove this mentally ill man" would get the message across. I think we're beyond the point where impeachment is an issue. I think we have to put so much pressure on the D.C. crowd that they will remove GW to save their own asses. (Pardonnez moi!)

Or maybe we should address mail to *Former* Senator Jones, *Former* Congressman Smith...to let them know they're on a sinking ship with Bush.

You're right. "The walk" is way past due.

[understandinglife]

11. ""The walk" is way past due."

In_deed. And, more so every minute of every day that Bush and his neoconster minions continue threatening humanity and killing as many folk as they can every 24 hours.


Peace.