Brutal Betrayal

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On January 25, Donna Norton had a 40 minute conversation with a legislative assistant in the office of John Conyers regarding Impeachment.   It did not go well.  In fact, it was a big FUCK YOU to every American who believes in the Constitution, the rule of law, and American democracy.  

Take a look at betrayal.  Take a good look at it:

In Continuing Battle with Conyers’ Office on Impeachment , Ms. Norton reports what she was told by one of the smug aides of the no longer trustworthy Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee:

* Impeachment’s not necessary. The next election will take care of EVERYTHING.  Just ELECT DEMOCRATS. (This chorus was repeated throughout our discussion.)

* A sitting President is not subject to court actions. Nothing in the Constitution says a President is subject to the law.  He finally conceded this remains an “unsettled” question in the courts. (I insisted on documentation to support his statements, and he emailed me a Congressional report, 1978 “CRS Report for Congress” #98-186 A, on impeachment, about 30 pgs.)

* Congress does not have an OBLIGATION or duty to investigate or take any action to prevent a President from breaking the law or abusing his powers.  It’s totally up to THEIR DISCRETION.

* It’s okay for their decision to be based on party politics rather than Constitutional considerations because the decision is solely theirs to make.

* The courts can follow up with any illegal acts of the President or Vice-President AFTER they’re out of office, and all will be fine.

* Correcting power-abuse really has no meaning because power is what it’s all about.  They all abuse it.  So what?  It’s just politics.

The aide seemed not the least bit disturbed by the gravity or import of my conclusions.  It is, after all, just politics.  And, by the way, electing Democrats to office will take care of everything (just in case I forgot to mention that).

Lies.   Forty minutes of lies.    

If it was legal to walk up to that smug traitor and punch his lights out, I’d make an appointment and punch his lights out.   Unfortunately for American democracy, the Bill of Rights does not provide abused, lied to, spied on, robbed blind and betrayed citizens with the right to deck smug traitors.   It’s illegal.   Treason and fascism are legal though. They’ve been legalized by the USAPatriot Act, they’ve been legalized by the Military Commissions Act.  They’ve been legalized for seven years by the thugs in what used to be our White House, our Congress, and our Supreme Court.   I can’t punch out even one of those traitors, so I have to settle for asking that complicit son of a bitch in Conyers’ office a few questions instead . . .

So tell me, smug traitor.   When the stink of cowardice and treachery gets too thick in that office, like every 5 minutes for example, what do you do about it?  Does Conyers write useless letters to the Commander Guy, asking permission to open the windows?  If anyone has mastered the process of writing useless letters, it’s John Conyers Junior, so is that what he does?  The Commander Guy writes back and tells him to go fuck himself every time, but hey, at least there hasn’t been any anthrax in those letters yet.      

Perhaps you’ve all grown so accustomed to that stench of cowardice and treason you don’t even notice it anymore. Is that it?            

I only have one more question for you at this point.  When you get your government paycheck, do you wipe the blood off it before you head to the bank?  

According to that conveniently anonymous legislative assistant, party politics confers upon Conyers the right to refuse to hold brazen traitors accountable for seven years of treason.  He’s insulted us with more bullshit reasons for not Impeaching than Bush and Cheney have insulted us with bullshit reasons for invading Iraq.  He sold us out so Madame Speaker would hand him that precious Chairman’s gavel he’d been coveting for 12 years.  

Rings of Power corrupt.  So do Gavels of Power.  

America’s democracy, America’s economy, and America’s future are being destroyed, but we’re told Conyers has no obligation or duty to investigate or take any action against the White House criminals responsible for it.

Some district court in Kentucky or Oklahoma can give that a try.    

We’re told the Constitution isn’t the highest law in the land, it’s not the foundation of American democracy, it’s just a list of suggestions.   The Bill of Rights?  That’s just some tedious advice the Founding Fathers jotted down for some reason.  Who really knows why?  It’s a mystery.  

Checks and balances?  Coequal branches of government?  Oaths of office?  

Meaningless.  

Power is what it’s all about.  

Conyers and his lying staffers condone fascism, lie to us, and tell us, SO WHAT?    

Some readers of this essay might object to me accusing Conyers and his staffers of treason.  Well I’d like to know what else it can be called.   This man is betraying his Constitutional responsibility to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, from all enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC.  Despite the lies of a conceited legislative assistant puke in a power tie, that is the most fundamental responsibility of every elected official.  

Ethnic cleansing in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast?  That’s just party politics, he tells us.  Locking up human beings in cages and torturing them in secret prisons?  It’s just party politics.  A million slaughtered human beings in Iraq?  Just party politics.  4,000 dead American soldiers?  30,000 wounded and maimed?  An epidemic of suicides?  A surge of PTSD?   It’s just party politics.  Massive government spying on every American?  Relax everyone, it’s just party politics.

So we’re supposed to all get with the program and pledge allegiance to:

With no liberty or justice at all.  

A pampered congressman sitting in a plush Beltway office is actively aiding and abetting fascism.  He’s refusing over and over again to begin Impeachment Hearings.  He lies to us, thanks traitors for lying to him, and calls it discretion.        

For two years, I posted nearly every day on ConyersBlog.  Often several times a day.  So did Alma.  And Tahoebasha3.  And Feline.  And Serendipity.  And Wolverine6.  They still are.  Hundreds of other Americans did too, but there’s only a handful of them left now.  They’re bitter.  They’re angry.  They have every right to be.   So do I.  So do you.  We all have every right to be.   We’re all angry at John Conyers Junior, but we aren’t angry enough.

We’re.  Not.  Even.  Fucking.  CLOSE.  To.  Being.  Angry.  Enough.  

The Constitution is off the table.  The Bill of Rights is off the table.  The American people are off the table. America’s future is off the table.  The only thing left on that fucking table in Washington are the fascist demands of a despised president with a rap sheet of crimes eight years long.

GOD.

DAMN.

IT.

GET OFF YOUR TREACHEROUS COMPLICIT ASS AND START IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS, CONYERS.

I don’t recommend personally demanding Impeachment in one of the reeking offices listed below unless you wear one of these:

If you call instead, ask to speak to an American.  Good luck with that, whenever I’ve called there weren’t any Americans available, I had to talk to a Conyers staffer instead.

Washington, D.C. Address

2426 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, DC 20515

Phone: 202-225-5126

Fax: 202-225-0072

District Address

669 Federal Building, 231 West Lafayette Boulevard

Detroit, MI 48226-2766

Phone: 313-961-5670

Fax: 313-226-2085

District Address

2615 West Jefferson

Trenton, MI 48183

Phone: 734-675-4084

Fax: 734-675-4218

Key Staff Address

Rinia Shelby

Scheduler

2426 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, DC 20515

Phone: 202-225-5126

Fax: 202-225-0072

Key Staff Address

Cynthia Martin

Chief of Staff

2426 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, DC 20515

Phone: 202-225-5126

Fax: 202-225-0072

Key Staff Address

Karen Morgan

Press Secretary

2426 Rayburn House Office Building

Washington, DC 20515

Phone: 202-225-5126

Fax: 202-225-0072