Does Impeachment Sound Remotely Familiar to You?

When, oh when will our legislators seriously consider impeachment? I know, like never! What a travesty of our government to not hold this administration accountable for their destruction of practically everything we hold dear: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

I sound like a broken record. But I have found the truth to a philosophical question. Our 'elected leaders' can not hear the cry of reason in the forest of their constituents. They believe corporations to be of far greater value than those of us who work for a living, praying that we won't lose our job or become seriously ill just to make ends meet in the good ol' U. S. of A.

One example, gas prices. Who's reaping the monetary benefits here? Does Bush and Cheney (among many) ring a bell? How about those 'few good men' who participated in various extra-special private energy meetings shortly after these (uhhhhhmmmmm) 'corporate players' took office? You remember: The National Energy Policy Development Group, better known as the "Cheney Energy Task Force" ?

Here's a great excerpt from Truthout.org summarizing the group for those of us who forgot or didn't know in the first place:

BACKGROUND ON TASK FORCE

On January 29, 2001 President Bush signed a memorandum to Vice President Cheney, commissioning the National Energy Policy Development Group, better known as the "Cheney Energy Task Force." The membership of the Energy Task Force included the Vice President as chair, Andrew Lundquist as executive director, and the Secretaries of Energy, Commerce, Transportation, Interior, Agriculture, Treasury, and the EPA Administrator. The Task Force held its first meeting that same day, and held at least eight additional meetings between February and May of 2001. On May 16, 2001, the Energy Task Force submitted a report to President Bush, setting forth the committee's findings and recommendations for a "National Energy Policy." Congress currently is considering legislation based on the Administration's energy policy.
According to media accounts, a parade of CEOs and other business leaders from the energy industry participated in the Task Force's work. Media accounts also suggest that the final findings and recommendations of the Energy Task Force were heavily influenced by the participation of the energy industry leaders, with some parts of the policy taking passages verbatim from industry proposals.

Requests for Information Unsuccessful

Throughout 2001, and continuing to the present, Congressional leaders and the General Accounting Office (GAO) have tried with little success to find out what went on in these secretive meetings. Representatives Henry Waxman and John Dingell, GAO Comptroller General David Walker and GAO General Counsel Anthony Gamboa have corresponded numerous times with Vice President Cheney, Task Force Director Lundquist, and Counsel to the Vice President David Addington but have not received substantive responses. This past fall, Sierra Club lawyers sent requests for information under Freedom of Information Act and Federal Advisory Committee Act to Vice President Cheney, Lundquist, and the agency heads listed as defendants.
"We have yet to receive even the most basic information about the energy task force, like who it met with and what documents it received," Rep. Dingell wrote in the New York Times ("Who Helped Cheney," Jan. 24, 2002). "The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires that meetings of nongovernmental advisers be conducted in public, just to avoid the appearance of secret favoritism."

Exxon, among those who participated, has seen record profits during this administration and inception of their 'energy plan' to the detriment of the American people.

And don't even get me started on Iraq!