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Where Impeachment is Taken Seriously ... The Streets of San Francisco
Here is a good story from Counterpunch about Brad Newsham, Beach Impeach, Cindy Sheehan, a luke-warm Nichols, and a cold Pelosi office.
Where Impeachment is Taken Seriously ... By Everyone But Nancy Pelosi
The Streets of San Francisco
By BEN TERRALL
On January 6, 2007, two days after Nancy Pelosi became Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, about 1,000 activists laid down on San Francisco's Ocean Beach to spell out the word "IMPEACH!" in 100-foot letters. Photos of the clear message to Pelosi taken from a helicopter appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, and on websites around the world (for photos and footage, see http://www.beachimpeach.org).
On April 28, five days after Representative Dennis Kucinich filed articles of impeachment against Dick Cheney, the second "Beach Impeach" event spelled out the words "IMPEACH NOW!" In the neighborhood of 1,500 people participated in that event, which also involved standing in formation to spell out "PEACE NOW!"
When by mid-summer Pelosi was still disinterested taking action against Cheney or Bush, Brad Newsham, the principal organizer of the first two events, was ready for a third. On September 15, he struck again on Crissy Field near San Francisco's Marina district.
Newsham wrote in a September 7 email: "Today I managed to speak to the senior staff member in Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco office, and through him I invited Ms. Pelosi to occupy the fourth seat in our helicopter. After all, there is going to be a crowd of impeachment-impassioned folks right there in her constituency, and maybe this would be a perfect time for her to at least have a bird's eye view of them. When he said that Rep. Pelosi was not available that day, I invited him, the senior staff member himself, but he quickly said he was not available either -- in fact no one from Pelosi's office would be available that day. 'So is this a dead end?' I asked. 'Yes.' End of curt, even icy, conversation."
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The Streets of San Francisco
By BEN TERRALL
On January 6, 2007, two days after Nancy Pelosi became Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, about 1,000 activists laid down on San Francisco's Ocean Beach to spell out the word "IMPEACH!" in 100-foot letters. Photos of the clear message to Pelosi taken from a helicopter appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, and on websites around the world (for photos and footage, see http://www.beachimpeach.org).
On April 28, five days after Representative Dennis Kucinich filed articles of impeachment against Dick Cheney, the second "Beach Impeach" event spelled out the words "IMPEACH NOW!" In the neighborhood of 1,500 people participated in that event, which also involved standing in formation to spell out "PEACE NOW!"
When by mid-summer Pelosi was still disinterested taking action against Cheney or Bush, Brad Newsham, the principal organizer of the first two events, was ready for a third. On September 15, he struck again on Crissy Field near San Francisco's Marina district.
Newsham wrote in a September 7 email: "Today I managed to speak to the senior staff member in Nancy Pelosi's San Francisco office, and through him I invited Ms. Pelosi to occupy the fourth seat in our helicopter. After all, there is going to be a crowd of impeachment-impassioned folks right there in her constituency, and maybe this would be a perfect time for her to at least have a bird's eye view of them. When he said that Rep. Pelosi was not available that day, I invited him, the senior staff member himself, but he quickly said he was not available either -- in fact no one from Pelosi's office would be available that day. 'So is this a dead end?' I asked. 'Yes.' End of curt, even icy, conversation."
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For more information:
http://www.counterpunch.org/terrall0921200...
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