I have been writing my elected officials in Congress periodically over the past 6 years calling for the impeachment of Dick Cheney and George W. Bush.  As our impending conflict with Iran approaches certainty I wrote Ellen O. Tauscher (D - 10_CA), Barbara Boxer (D- CA) and Dianne Feinstein (D- CA), calling yet again for the application of the proper Constitutional remedy to our present Executive Branch.  I received yet another boilerplate answer from Diane Feinstein and I've decided that it's now to critical a juncture in our Nation's history to stand by politely.  I returned her answer to her along with the following note.  As G.W.B. has made it clear he will angle for any excuse to join in a violent conflict with Iran, expanding the Pan-Arabian War of Empire into Persia I am calling for a greater effort to stop Bush & cronies in their tracks and shackle them before they can do any more damage.  My reason for writing my Senators along with my Representative is that a groundswell must take hold in both Houses before the House of Representatives will act.  Here's what I wrote.  I encourage you to write as well:

I've spent a sleepless night pondering your response to my call for Impeachment for Cheney and Bush. My conclusion: you've failed American Democracy-101. The Constitution isn't vague about what's to be done in the face of genuine High Crimes and Misdemeanors. The prescription is Impeachment. What your response tells me is that you favor the entrenched interests of the corporatacracy over the Constitutional Rights of the American People; Empire over the Elevation of Man. This is tantamount to a crime in and of itself. America needs a redemption of the magnitude indicated by impeachment. Anything less will encourage further deconstruction of the Constitution, theft of elections and SCOTUS interdiction in legitimate political process. This spells the end for the United States of America. The experiment will be over. Oligarchs, Oligopoly, Praetorian Guard and Empire will lead to the decline and fall of the American Empire. American Empire? What idiots came up with this gem? History teaches us that all empires are bound to fail; most spectacularly. Winston Churchill said it best: Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.

What America has at present is an unelected executive who through a combination of executive orders, ill conceived legislation and untenable judicial precedent has created the underpinnings for a fascist state. I'll take Churchill's postulate one step further. Social Democracy is the worst form of Democracy except all those other forms that have been tried from time. Your fear of Impeachment is a self-serving dodge. All you really care about is maintaining an entrenched position of privilege. Sorry to say, you're a failure. You've failed Democracy and your Nation. The only path available for the rescue of the Great American Experiment is through the upheaval of rebirth. Impeachment is the vehicle the Founding Fathers in their infinite wisdom provided for managing these upheavals; upheavals the Founding Fathers knew would be necessary from time to time to rescue the Nation from tyrants. You're calculated avoidance of that which is fundamentally necessary is the definition of your failure. I feel sorry for you in that you appear unable to see this for yourself. I am returning your answer to you; graded a failure. I'd give this some real thought if I were you. She who sits down and dines with wolves is not far from becoming the main course in a future meal. That's not your job description. That's not what I sent you to Washington for. Reflect, repent, repair our Nation; join the groundswell for Impeachment.

Sincerely,

Laurens L. Battis III

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- B. Franklin, 1759

"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel." -- Patrick Henry