Support Cindy Sheehan AND Our Troops

Mr. Bush hasn't even the decency to meet with Cindy while he takes a five week vacation?!!

He deserves impeachment, plain and simple.

Mr. Bush got the US and our allies into this mess using false pretenses. He and his administration do indeed bear the full responsibility for the abominable situation in Iraq, for the deaths of thousands of innocent people like Cindy's son, and for the shame they have brought on the United States.

Lest we forget, Osama bin Laden -- who DID attack us on our soil, resulting in the deaths of thousands of innocent Americans -- has NOT been pursued or caught by the George W. Bush administration -- almost four years after 9/11/01.

Enjoy yet another vacation, Mr. Bush. You've already been responsible for enough worldwide death and destruction due to your misplaced priorities and outright lies.

As a matter of fact, you, and your retread administration, should just take off the next three years. The USA can ill afford a moment more of your machinations. You and Mr. Cheney, and the rest of your administration, should just resign NOW.

The grounds for impeachment continue to grow.

We Will NOT Forget

Mr. Bush has again seen fit to give a middle finger salute to the world.

The British have actively pursued and captured many suspects in the horrific July 2005 terrorist attack on their subways.

On the other hand, the U.S. has attacked Iraq, at an ongoing cost of thousands of American and "coalition" lives, hundreds of thousands of Iraqui lives, and billions of dollars.

The impeachment of President Clinton for having consensual sex with an "of-age" young woman only cost about fifty million American taxpayer dollars -- and no lives -- clearly a comparative bargain.

If we begin impeachment proceedings of Mr. Bush for his KNOWN high crimes and misdemeanors, as soon as Congress returns in September, we'll save billions of dollars and thousands more lives. We'll probably never end his arrogance, but I think it will be a good tradeoff.

With Mr. Bush and his "mandate" out of office, we might even begin a real search for Osama bin Laden. In the process, we probably won't anger any more terrorists than Mr. Bush and his administration already have . . . and we might even save some lives.

You see, Mr. Bush, we haven't forgotten what you've perpetrated on your watch, and your middle finger salutes and other arrogance are not cute. They are juvenile, unstatesmanlike, and unseemly for an American president . . . and I'll bet you think they're funny. Real Americans know what kind of person you are, and that is, simply, the worst kind.

Here's a good tally of 9/11/01 and related costs, not including the Iraqui war. The source is:

http://www.newyorkmetro.com/news/articles/wtc/1year/numbers.htm .

9/11 by the Numbers Death, destruction, charity, salvation, war, money, real estate, spouses, babies, and other September 11 statistics.

The initial numbers are indelible: 8:46 a.m. and 9:02 a.m. Time the burning towers stood: 56 minutes and 102 minutes. Time they took to fall: 12 seconds. From there, they ripple out. Total number killed in attacks (official figure as of 9/5/02): 2,819 Number of firefighters and paramedics killed: 343 Number of NYPD officers: 23 Number of Port Authority police officers: 37 Number of WTC companies that lost people: 60 Number of employees who died in Tower One: 1,402 Number of employees who died in Tower Two: 614 Number of employees lost at Cantor Fitzgerald: 658 Number of U.S. troops killed in Operation Enduring Freedom: 22 Number of nations whose citizens were killed in attacks: 115 Ratio of men to women who died: 3:1 Age of the greatest number who died: between 35 and 39 Bodies found "intact": 289 Body parts found: 19,858 Number of families who got no remains: 1,717 Estimated units of blood donated to the New York Blood Center: 36,000 Total units of donated blood actually used: 258 Number of people who lost a spouse or partner in the attacks: 1,609 Estimated number of children who lost a parent: 3,051 Percentage of Americans who knew someone hurt or killed in the attacks: 20 FDNY retirements, January–July 2001: 274 FDNY retirements, January–July 2002: 661 Number of firefighters on leave for respiratory problems by January 2002: 300 Number of funerals attended by Rudy Giuliani in 2001: 200 Number of FDNY vehicles destroyed: 98 Tons of debris removed from site: 1,506,124 Days fires continued to burn after the attack: 99 Jobs lost in New York owing to the attacks: 146,100 Days the New York Stock Exchange was closed: 6 Point drop in the Dow Jones industrial average when the NYSE reopened: 684.81 Days after 9/11 that the U.S. began bombing Afghanistan: 26 Total number of hate crimes reported to the Council on American-Islamic Relations nationwide since 9/11: 1,714 Economic loss to New York in month following the attacks: $105 billion Estimated cost of cleanup: $600 million Total FEMA money spent on the emergency: $970 million Estimated amount donated to 9/11 charities: $1.4 billion Estimated amount of insurance paid worldwide related to 9/11: $40.2 billion Estimated amount of money needed to overhaul lower-Manhattan subways: $7.5 billion Amount of money recently granted by U.S. government to overhaul lower-Manhattan subways: $4.55 billion Estimated amount of money raised for funds dedicated to NYPD and FDNY families: $500 million Percentage of total charity money raised going to FDNY and NYPD families: 25 Average benefit already received by each FDNY and NYPD widow: $1 million Percentage increase in law-school applications from 2001 to 2002: 17.9 Percentage increase in Peace Corps applications from 2001 to 2002: 40 Percentage increase in CIA applications from 2001 to 2002: 50 Number of songs Clear Channel Radio considered "inappropriate" to play after 9/11: 150 Number of mentions of 9/11 at the Oscars: 26 Apartments in lower Manhattan eligible for asbestos cleanup: 30,000 Number of apartments whose residents have requested cleanup and testing: 4,110 Number of Americans who changed their 2001 holiday-travel plans from plane to train or car: 1.4 million Estimated number of New Yorkers suffering from post-traumatic-stress disorder as a result of 9/11: 422,000