LOL! Vermont town seeks Bush, Cheney arrests

[cali]

By DAVE GRAM, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 6 minutes ago

MONTPELIER, Vt. - President Bush may soon have a new reason to avoid left-leaning Vermont: In one town, activists want him subject to arrest for war crimes.


A group in Brattleboro is petitioning to put an item on a town meeting agenda in March that would make Bush and Vice President Cheney subject to arrest and indictment if they visit the southeastern Vermont community.

"This petition is as radical as the Declaration of Independence, and it draws on that tradition in claiming a universal jurisdiction when governments fail to do what they're supposed to do," said Kurt Daims, 54, a retired machinist leading the drive.

As president, Bush has visited every state except Vermont.

The town meeting, an annual exercise in which residents gather to vote on everything from fire department budgets to municipal policy, requires about 1,000 signatures to place a binding item on the agenda.

The measure asks: "Shall the Selectboard instruct the Town Attorney to draft indictments against President Bush and Vice President Cheney for crimes against our Constitution, and publish said indictment for consideration by other municipalities?"

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071228/ap_on_re_us/banning_bush_1

[OneGrassRoot]

1. Now THAT'S what I'm talking about....

continue with the impeachment drumbeat, but kick it up a notch with arrests for war crimes. Yes!!!!

I really need to move to New England...

[rucky]

2. No more road trips to Kennebunkport.

[opihimoimoi]

3. The House of Bush is on FIRE.....ashes ashes everywhere.....

[GoddessOfGuinness]

4. Why I find New England so appealing.

Wish I could live there.

[YankeyMCC]

7. VT is exceptional

Yeah New England is blue and progressive for the most part but VT brings it all to a whole other level.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

10. That would be my first pick

if I could live anywhere I wanted.

[Ian David]

5. As a matter of law, would one legally be allowed to place them under citizen's arrest...

and transport them from D.C., to Brattleboro for trial?

For example, if Bush and Cheney fell asleep in your D.C. taxi cab, and you drove to Brattleboro, VT before they woke up.

[Robbien]

6. Think of the perks. Never having Bush/Cheney and their barrage of security

enter your state blocking off your streets and helicopters thundering through your skies.

I'd do it just to stop all the aggravation that comes along with a visit from these scaredy cats.

[caligirl]

8. thats one way to keep the trash out of Vermont.

[usaftmo]

9. This makes me want to move to Vermont.

Retiring from the military in the not too distant future.