Peace Voyager
06-16-2011, 10:38 AM
Hello Americans,
Let's get government to work for We the People. Please ask your Cities' and Towns' Mayors, and all Council members, to sign on to this resolution below.
Also, ask your Board of Supervisors to do the same. Sonoma County Supervisor, Valerie Brown, can put all that time she's been President of the National Association of Counties to good use for all of us; not just select interests.
Your State Reps have a good reason to pass it too; so they can balance their budget as well.
AmericaCARE NOT Unconstitutional WARfare!$!
:waccosun: Patriotically,
Colleen Fernald
:beatingheart: :usflag:
Founder
Songs for a Cease Fire
Sing for a Cease Fire
Please take this poll on the Daily Kos :vote:
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/06/16/985888/-Get-your-Mayor-To-Push-For-Anti-War-Resolution-?via=blog_513247
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Add your name, and request for your elected Reps to be added to this legal action to end unconstitutional war, and war powers. Let's work to see if we can extend the Plantiffs include a class action suit for We the People.
https://warisacrime.org/content/congress-members-sue-obama-end-libya-war
COMPLAINT FOR INJUNCTIVE AND DECLARATORY RELIEF
from Congressman Kucinich and 9 others, (will you work to get more?):
https://warisacrime.org/sites/afterdowningstreet.org/files/libyacomplaint.pdf
Congress Members Sue Obama to End Libya War
Submitted by davidswanson on Wed, 2011-06-15 16:09 Congress Criminal Prosecution and Accountability Libya
On Wednesday in federal court, 10 members of the U.S. Congress sued President Obama in an attempt to end U.S. involvement in a war in Libya.
These are the plaintiffs: Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Walter Jones (R-NC), Howard Coble (R-NC), John Duncan (R-TN), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), John Conyers (D-MI), Ron Paul (R-TX), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Tim Johnson (R-IL), and Dan Burton (R-IN).
According to a statement from Congressman Kucinich:
"The lawsuit calls for injunctive and declaratory relief to protect the plaintiffs and the country from (1) the policy that a president may unilaterally go to war in Libya and other countries without a declaration of war from Congress, as required by Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the United States Constitution; (2) the policy that a president may commit the United States to a war under the authority of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in violation of the express conditions of the North Atlantic Treaty ratified by Congress; (3) the policy that a president may commit the United States to a war under the authority of the United Nations without authorization from Congress; (4) from the use of previously appropriated funds by Congress for an unconstitutional and unauthorized war in Libya or other countries; and (5) from the violation of the War Powers Resolution as a result of the Obama Administration’s established policy that the President does not require congressional authorization for the use of military force in wars like the one in Libya."
Contact:
Jonathan Turley (D.C. Bar 417674)
2000 H St., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20052
[email protected]
(202) 994-7001
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U.S. Mayors To Push For First Anti-War Resolution Since Vietnam
First Posted: 06/15/11 06:49 PM ET*Updated: 06/15/11 07:02 PM ET
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/15/us-mayors-to-push-for-ani-war-resolution_n_877817.html
WASHINGTON -- As the Obama administration readies plans for U.S. offices in Afghanistan, it's not just national office-holders who are demanding an expedited drawdown.
On Friday, the U.S. Conference of Mayors will introduce a resolution calling for a quicker end to the war and a speedier withdrawal of troops. If it passes -- a vote will come on Monday -- it will be the first time the body has formally called for an end to an military engagement since Vietnam.
The mayors' formal address of the conflict -- which is still being debated, politically, at the federal level -- illustrates how widespread skepticism about Afghanistan has become...
READ THE FULL RESOLUTION:
1. WHEREAS, the severity of the ongoing economic crisis has created budget shortfalls at all levels of government and requires us to re-examine our national spending priorities; and
2. WHEREAS, the people of the United States are collectively paying approximately $126 billion dollars per year to wage war in Iraq and Afghanistan; and
3. WHEREAS, 6,024 members of the US armed forces have died in these wars; and at least 120,000 civilians have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan since the coalition attacks began.
4. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the U.S. Conference of Mayors supports efforts to speed up the ending of these wars; and
5. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the U.S. Conference of Mayors calls on the U.S. Congress to bring these war dollars home to meet vital human needs, promote job creation, rebuild our infrastructure, aid municipal and state governments, and develop a new economy based upon renewable, sustainable energy.
Let's get government to work for We the People. Please ask your Cities' and Towns' Mayors, and all Council members, to sign on to this resolution below.
Also, ask your Board of Supervisors to do the same. Sonoma County Supervisor, Valerie Brown, can put all that time she's been President of the National Association of Counties to good use for all of us; not just select interests.
Your State Reps have a good reason to pass it too; so they can balance their budget as well.
AmericaCARE NOT Unconstitutional WARfare!$!
:waccosun: Patriotically,
Colleen Fernald
:beatingheart: :usflag:
Founder
Songs for a Cease Fire
Sing for a Cease Fire
Please take this poll on the Daily Kos :vote:
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/06/16/985888/-Get-your-Mayor-To-Push-For-Anti-War-Resolution-?via=blog_513247
***
Add your name, and request for your elected Reps to be added to this legal action to end unconstitutional war, and war powers. Let's work to see if we can extend the Plantiffs include a class action suit for We the People.
https://warisacrime.org/content/congress-members-sue-obama-end-libya-war
COMPLAINT FOR INJUNCTIVE AND DECLARATORY RELIEF
from Congressman Kucinich and 9 others, (will you work to get more?):
https://warisacrime.org/sites/afterdowningstreet.org/files/libyacomplaint.pdf
Congress Members Sue Obama to End Libya War
Submitted by davidswanson on Wed, 2011-06-15 16:09 Congress Criminal Prosecution and Accountability Libya
On Wednesday in federal court, 10 members of the U.S. Congress sued President Obama in an attempt to end U.S. involvement in a war in Libya.
These are the plaintiffs: Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Walter Jones (R-NC), Howard Coble (R-NC), John Duncan (R-TN), Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), John Conyers (D-MI), Ron Paul (R-TX), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Tim Johnson (R-IL), and Dan Burton (R-IN).
According to a statement from Congressman Kucinich:
"The lawsuit calls for injunctive and declaratory relief to protect the plaintiffs and the country from (1) the policy that a president may unilaterally go to war in Libya and other countries without a declaration of war from Congress, as required by Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the United States Constitution; (2) the policy that a president may commit the United States to a war under the authority of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in violation of the express conditions of the North Atlantic Treaty ratified by Congress; (3) the policy that a president may commit the United States to a war under the authority of the United Nations without authorization from Congress; (4) from the use of previously appropriated funds by Congress for an unconstitutional and unauthorized war in Libya or other countries; and (5) from the violation of the War Powers Resolution as a result of the Obama Administration’s established policy that the President does not require congressional authorization for the use of military force in wars like the one in Libya."
Contact:
Jonathan Turley (D.C. Bar 417674)
2000 H St., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20052
[email protected]
(202) 994-7001
***
U.S. Mayors To Push For First Anti-War Resolution Since Vietnam
First Posted: 06/15/11 06:49 PM ET*Updated: 06/15/11 07:02 PM ET
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/15/us-mayors-to-push-for-ani-war-resolution_n_877817.html
WASHINGTON -- As the Obama administration readies plans for U.S. offices in Afghanistan, it's not just national office-holders who are demanding an expedited drawdown.
On Friday, the U.S. Conference of Mayors will introduce a resolution calling for a quicker end to the war and a speedier withdrawal of troops. If it passes -- a vote will come on Monday -- it will be the first time the body has formally called for an end to an military engagement since Vietnam.
The mayors' formal address of the conflict -- which is still being debated, politically, at the federal level -- illustrates how widespread skepticism about Afghanistan has become...
READ THE FULL RESOLUTION:
1. WHEREAS, the severity of the ongoing economic crisis has created budget shortfalls at all levels of government and requires us to re-examine our national spending priorities; and
2. WHEREAS, the people of the United States are collectively paying approximately $126 billion dollars per year to wage war in Iraq and Afghanistan; and
3. WHEREAS, 6,024 members of the US armed forces have died in these wars; and at least 120,000 civilians have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan since the coalition attacks began.
4. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the U.S. Conference of Mayors supports efforts to speed up the ending of these wars; and
5. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the U.S. Conference of Mayors calls on the U.S. Congress to bring these war dollars home to meet vital human needs, promote job creation, rebuild our infrastructure, aid municipal and state governments, and develop a new economy based upon renewable, sustainable energy.