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Oak Park Coalition for Truth and Justice's Peace Fair 2006 - The Powers of Peace

Over 75% of participating members of the Illinois Coalition have voted to support or participate in Oak Park Coalition for Truth and Justice's Peace Fair 2006 - The Powers of Peace.

Please join us on Sat. Sept. 9 from Noon till 5:00 p.m. in Scoville Park in Oak Park (corner of Oak Park Ave. and Lake St.) for the second annual Chicago Area Peace Fair.

Special Guests:

Our Special guest will be the Hon. Karen Yarbrough, State Representative (D-7), author of the "Impeachment of George W. Bush" bill now pending in the Illinois legislature.

Touring for peace
Amber Mensen, The Republican Eagle, Published Thursday, August 31, 2006

The Veterans for Peace bus’s visit to Red Wing Wednesday morning may have been short, but it didn’t go unnoticed.

The red, white and blue vehicle called the White Rose, accompanied by several Veterans for Peace members from various locations, arrived at the Econo Foods East parking lot at 8:30 a.m. for a two-hour scheduled stop.

Veterans Speak Out Against Iraq War

Bus Tour Makes Stop In Middleton

The Capital Times :: METRO :: B1

Thursday, August 31, 2006
By Christopher Michaels Correspondent for The Capital Times\ The writer retains the copyright for this article

Painted in red, white and blue and festooned with rallying signs for peace, a tour bus on a mission made a whistle-stop at the Middleton Public Library Wednesday to rally support for returning U.S. troops from Iraq and push for the impeachment of President Bush.

KEITH OLBERMAN BLASTING RUMSFELD'S FASCISM COMMENT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r98BByBrhdA

Minnesotans have had to face the hard reality that in a land with 10,000 lakes you can't eat the fish you catch because of mercury contamination. On 22 August 2006, diverse group of Minnesotans converged on Lake Minnetonka to do something about the latest threat to our waters: George W. Bush.

Read the article and see the pictures at:

http://twincities.indymedia.org/newswire/display/28313/i

A BEAUTIFUL DRIVE THROUGH AMERICA’S DAIRY LAND --
See the cows. See the corn. See the citizens working to impeach George Bush.

The White Rose bus is on its way from California to Washington, D.C. Pat Tate, the president of VFP #116 has to be at Camp Democracy on 5 September for a reunion with Cindy Sheehan. You might remember that Cindy rode the VFP Impeachment Tour bus to Crawford, Texas last year to camp in a ditch and ask “What noble cause.”

SEND YOUR MARDI GRAS BEADS TO WASHINGTON

KATRINA PLUS ONE
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The devastation wrought by the twin disasters of Hurricane Katrina and President Bush is one year old. We could do without a birthday that brings so little joy and so few hopes for the future. But, let’s still get into the spirit of things and send presents to our do nothing president and his rubber stamp Congress.

KING GEORGE IS A CRIME LORD

Are you one of his serfs; or, are you dreaming of being one of his landed vassals?

America ain’t no funny pages Prince Valiant comic land. And, George Bush ain’t no King Arthur. And Cheney, while he does a good imitation of the Black Knight, he can’t hold a candle to Sir Lancelot. Karl Rove as Sir Percival, forget it! They have let a dragon loose in Camelot though.

The Blackout of National Shame isn't just about saving energy and impeachment isn't just about saving lives. It's about saving democracy and saving ourselves. And it's dang easy too. Why don't you go to www.ifpj.org and download a window sign.

Impeachment Petition Drives in Pittsville, WI and Wisconsin Rapids, WI.
Impeachment Town Meeting Wednesday Night Wisconsin Rapids, WI.

7 August 2006

For Immediate Release: Wood Co. Coalition for Peace & Justice and Veterans for Peace, Chapter 25.

Pittsville, WI will likely be the first city in Wisconsin with an impeachment resolution on the ballot in November. Later this week Robert Hoch, impeachment petition drive leader, will turn in about 55 signatures of Pittsville residents to the city clerk starting the formal impeachment investigation referendum process. The Pittsville resolution states "Resolved: The U.S. House of Representatives should start an impeachment investigation against President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard Cheney now." Forty-six valid signatures have to be turned in to place the resolution on the ballot. Pittsville is a small central Wisconsin city of 866 people about 12 miles south of Marshfield in Wood County.

AGUSTIN AGUAYODARRELL ANDERSON
http://www.couragetoresist.org/x/content/blogcategory/26/40/

KEVIN BENDERMAN
http://www.topia.net/kevinbenderman.html

Sgt. Kevin Benderman was convicted of missing movement and sentenced on 28 July 2005 by a US court-martial to 15 months' imprisonment, loss of pay, reduction in rank and a Dishonorable Discharge. Kevin Benderman served as an army mechanic for 10 years. He served in Iraq from March to September 2003; but refused to deploy to Iraq a second time, citing his moral and religious objections to the war in Iraq, which developed in response to his experiences as a soldier in Iraq. He was released on 31 August 2006 and is now home with his family.

Kevin is appealing his court martial.

Did You Get Help From the White Rose?

If you received help from the boys on the VFP Impeachment Tour “White Rose” bus in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina or Rita; please contact the Veterans for Peace Awards Committee and tell them your story.

A BETTER FUTURE
Un FUTURO MEJOR (sigue)

Are people bothered enough by the lying, the spying and the dying to turn off their lights for one half hour on Wednesday nights? Will they bother to spend a little energy and flick a switch to save some money in a good cause? I don’t know.

By Kaythlyn Stone, http://www.pulsetc.com

Daniel Fearn is hoping you’ll hear about the “Blackout of National Shame” and start turning your lights off at home every Wednesday from 9 to 9:30 p.m. What’s that about?

The lights out protest is the latest of many ideas Minneapolis resident Fearn has presented, hoping one will be the tipping point that ignites people to actively support impeachment. Fearn is aiming his message at anyone dissatisfied with the hard right turn the country has made under President George W. Bush.

Telling tales wont' impeach a president.

Impeach for Peace hold their first "official" demonstration on a cold, snowy night in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=atygkqf8LQ4&search=drowning%20out%20the%20lies

TWO ARTICLES: Subject Mike Ferner, member, Veterans for Peace

1. ARTICLE published Thursday, July 20, 2006 http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060720/NEWS02/60...

2. EDITORIAL published Thursday, July 20, 2006, THE BLADE

Ferner jury didn't know it could acquit

By TOM WALTON

OF THIS there can be no doubt: Mike Ferner believes passionately thatAmerica's war in Iraq is morally wrong. Disagree if you wish with his tactics for demonstrating his displeasure; defacing public property is not something we defend or recommend. But give the man his due: he feels as strongly about war - he hates it - as he did when he served as a Navy corpsman in Vietnam more than three decades ago.