Vermont's grassroots Impeach Bush movement has reached the pinnacle of political and pop culture relevance: It's now the current storyline in Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury comic strip.
That strip can be read right here.
Dan DeWalt, the revolutionary Newfane Selectman who kicked off the state's movement when he poised the impeachment question at his own town meeting, will be a guest on Vermont Public Radio's Switchboard show Tuesday night at 7 p.m.
Sources also tell me that several of the state's top impeachment supporters will meet with House Speaker Gaye Symington, D-Jericho, on Wednesday to convince her to allow an impeachment resolution to go forward. To say Symington has been cool to that resolution is an understatement.
-Dan Barlow
Not only has the worst president in US history violated the constitution and our basic rights to privacy, thrown us into a war for all the wrong reasons, and became the center of several controversial debacles over and over in the past, but he refuses to SUPPORT OUR DUTY TO PROTECT THE PLANET by enacting legislation around climate change. Of course we should throw him out of office...
What can you do?
Come to a Step it up event near you
Here's the gist of what's going on in Montpelier:
Montpelier Step It Up 2007: Central Vermont's Day of Climate Action
For more info contact: drew Hudson, VPIRG, 223-8421 (o) 279-4430 (c)
[email protected]
Who: Senator Bernie Sanders, VT Senate President Peter Shumlin, Burr
Morse, and other local business owners, the Association of Vermont
Recyclers, National Wildlife Federation, Vermont National Resources
Council, and the Vermont Public Interest Research Group.
What: The state's largest Step it up action with hundreds of
participants, exciting speakers, excellent visuals, music, free creemees
and more! Over 1200 events have been scheduled nationwide and over 60 in
Vermont to demand our leaders 'Step it Up' by pledging to cut carbon 80%
by 2050.
When: 12p.m. - 4p.m. Saturday, April 14, 2007
Agenda:
12:00 Morse Farm - 1168 County Rd - Montpelier
Guided nature walk, sugaring demos, Free Creemees and more!
1:00
first-hand accounts of how global warming threatens Vermont' skiing,
fishing and future from Burr Morse, local fishing guides, sports-store
owners, and high school students.
2:00 **Excellent Visuals**
Hundreds of attendees will March to the State House lead by
performance artist/percussionist the Junkman.
3:00 Vermont State House State Street - Montpelier
Speeches by Senator Bernie Sanders and Senator Peter Shumlin. Both
leaders will sign a giant pledge committing to support legislation that
can achieve 80% by 2050 cuts in carbon emissions
Where: Morse Farm 12p.m.-2p.m., and the VT State House 2p.m.-4p.m.
Why: Vermont and America's emissions of Greenhouse Gasses are on the
rise. Recent Reports from the IPCC and dozens of other peer-reviewed
research studies have said that if we do not cut carbon emissions 80% by
2050, Vermont and the planet's climate will pass a tipping point from
which it will never recover. But change is possible. Legislation
introduced by Senator Sanders and Supported by Senators Leahy and
Congressman Welch has the potential to cut America's climate foot-print
80% by 2050. And while action to-date is insufficient, the VT
legislature is debating 2 bills, S.94 and H.520 with the potential to
achieve cuts in global warming pollution in-line with the 80% goals. In
response, an unprecedented number of Vermonters are speaking out,
stepping up and making it known that they support action at the local,
state and federal level to cut carbon and avert a climate crisis.
Posted by: Emily Landry | April 12, 2007 at 01:25 PM