Portland, OR

Well, Thursday was a busy day for Individuals for Justice. We were at Earl’s place for our protest at high noon and four of us attended a “Town Hall” on Global Warming at 6:00 pm where Earl was going to take questions from his constituents. He did his usual speech about how wonderful he is and then announced he had to leave in a few minutes so that the fifty people who had lined up to ask him a question were going to be shut out. I was third in line so I did get to ask this question:

“Nancy Pelosi has said that new drilling will be considered,” Barack Obama has said, “Well maybe, if it is part of a package that includes alternative energy like wind, solar etc.” Will you guarantee to this audience that you will fight tooth and nail to stop all new drilling?”

He started one of his long winded answers, I cut him off and said, “It is a yes or no answer” He said in an angry voice NO!

This coming Thursday, the 17th of July will be our 1 year anniversary outside of the Earlman’s office. We have met every Thursday at high noon to bear witness to the destruction of the Bill of Rights and our Constitution. We will remain until impeachment hearings begin or Bush and his Dick leave the WH in January of 09.

In the year that we stood with our signs, occupying Blumenauer’s office, being arrested and threatened by the security force at 729 Oregon the following has happened:

Over five hundred soldiers have been killed in Iraq.

Tens of thousands of Iraqis have lost their lives, many of them children.

Many thousands have been injured to such a degree that families members must now take care of them for the rest of their lives. The casualties will not be known until we have a legitimate government in Washington.

Millions of people are now losing their homes.

Gas prices are through the roof.

Death of the 4th - Funeral for the Fourth Amendment Ceremony in Portland
author: Joe Anybody e-mail: iam@joe-anybody.com

It was week 50 for the Impeachment Vigil
It was also the Funeral for the fourth Amendment
A ceremony was held outside Earl Blumenauer's Office and it proceeded to the Federal Building in downtown Portland Oregon.
This event was for FISA spying immunities and permission given to the president to spy on citizens of the US with no warrants or respect to the 4th

Funeral for the 4th Amendment video 6-26-2008
Over a dozen Impeachment activists contribute to a mock / real Funeral for the Beloved 4th Amendment

Different testimonies are given from citizens who love their freedom and the Constitution

There was also Music, and then a procession up 3rd Avenue past all the Federal and Justice Buildings

A sad day as the Democrat controlled Congress sends to the grave our right to privacy

I will be wearing black on Thursday, and my sign will say something about the death of the 4th Amendment. I will also have a sign that says:

INCUMBENTS
DIRTY
WORD

Congress, as a whole, has abandoned us for whatever reason---fear, power, money, or just plain stupidity, I don’t care what the reason is they all have to go. That will be my rallying cry from now until November, when people see that a politician has the word incumbent after his/her name they will get sick at the thought of voting for them. There may be exceptions to this blanket broad brush of indictments, here in Oregon I can think of only one, Rep. Peter DeFazio. The rest of the punks must be beaten, sent packing, get our of our face and “Begone” forever.

INCUMBENTS
DIRTY
WORD
I like the sound of that, see you on Thursday, high noon at the Earl’s Den.

For Justice and Peace
Joe Walsh-lone vet
Portland, Oregon

June 12, 2008, 8:38 AM

Come join us in the fun with a message that we are still watching and damning what the democrats are about to do. They will carry this genocide of Iraq into next year. There will be deaths, more slaughtering of the innocent, but the politicians will not have to deal with funding during the November elections. That is their desire, ours is to let people know that this must not stand.

ENOUGH.

This is not the time to give up, something is afoot and we must keep the pressure on our cocktail liberal congressman. Blumenauer must be made to feel the anger of his constituents.

High Noon today,
729 Oregon St

Bring a sense of humor and embarrass the bastards! These actions are now happening all across the nation.

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/

Impeachment is back on the table!

For Justice and Peace
Joe Walsh-Lone Vet
Portland, Oregon

Let The Chickens Fly

Next Thursday, June 5th about 12:00-12:30 PM we will fly two rubber chickens in front of the Earlman’s office. The first Chicken will be called, “Pelosi-the-Chicken-Hearted” and the second will be known as “Earl-The Gutless.”

We will try to fly the chickens to the top of the buildings for all to see. There will be signs explaining the reasons for our unusual flight.

Come join us in the fun with a message that we are still watching and damning what the democrats are about to do. They will carry this genocide of Iraq into next year. There will be deaths, more slaughtering of the innocent, but the politicians will not have to deal with funding during the November elections. That is their desire, ours is to let people know that this must not stand.
ENOUGH.

For Justice and Peace
Joe Walsh-Lone Vet
Portland, Oregon

Location: 729 Oregon ST.
Time: 1200-1400

My Moment of Freedom

During our protest in front of Rep. Blumenauer’s office, I had decided to leave the Democratic Party. Just before the deadline for filing for the US House arrived I decided to wait and file to oppose the Earlman and put off my moment of freedom. The primary is over and it is now time to break from a party that has lost its way and become part of the continuation of the slaughter of the innocents in Iraq.

On May 27th in solidarity with the brave and honorable people who will face trial in DC for protesting outside of the Supreme Court I will sign the paperwork to leave the democratic party and become an independent.

http://beltwaybeast.blogspot.com/2008/05/guantanamo-put-on-trial-may-27t...

My words and reasoning could not come up to these wonderful words by Cynthia McKinney's speech

http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2008/05/375936.shtml

Town Hall in Portland, Oregon

http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2008/04/375106.shtml

The Town Hall was stunning, people stood and told their representatives how they felt and thought concerning the occupation of Iraq. This will be a true testimony to our officials that; “We the People” have had enough!

These Town Halls were taking place all over America, tens of thousands of people held meetings to tell their reps to do something about this occupation and to stop the genocide of Iraq.

The call in show with Jim Lockhart was great, four citizens telling it like it is and none of the BS that you are used to hearing.

Thanks Joe and Jim, it is an honor to know both of you.

For Peace and Justice
Joe Walsh-lone vet
Candidate for the House of Representatives, Dist 3

This is an e-mail I sent to KPOJ Radio on April 22nd:

I called in at 0830, identified myself to Paul as Joe Walsh, candidate for the US House of Representatives. I wanted some time to talk about two stories that came out on Friday and Monday about the plight of our beloved veterans. These are two stories that must be taken up on your show, and Tom’s national show.

We will be hearing no news today because of the horse race taking place in Pennsylvania, and this story will be lost in the dog and pony shows.

I ask that you arrange a time for me to call in and speak to this issue. Blumenauer has free access to your station and I expect something close to a fair amount of time to respond to what is happening to our vets.

For Justice and Peace,
Joe Walsh, Candidate, US House, Dist. 3

No response

April 24, 2008, AM

Open Letter to KPOJ PROGRESSIVE

RADIO STATION in Portland, Oregon.

Dear Paul, Tom and Carl,

This is a call out to send a message to the weak kneed Democrats who have watched this administration destroy everything we love about America.

I am running to replace Representative Earl Blumenauer in the 3rd District because he refuses to hold Cheney/Bush accountable in any meaningful way. This is not politics as usual. This is a cause that I have been fighting since the Supreme Court appointed these criminals to the White House in 2000.

As your representative in the House, I will always carry your message; this is what representative government is supposed to be like. Your voice must be heard, not mine.

Many of our politicians believe that they know more than any of you, that they know best and will explain it to you latter. Town Hall meeting should be about hearing what your concerns are and my response should be to carry that message to all of my colleagues in the House. Let the Senate be the place for millionaires, let the House be made up of working men and women who know their constituents.

Blumenauer’s Propaganda Piece of Junk!

I received this slick piece of mail and thought is was a campaign request for money, it was a “Special Medicare Alert” from the Earlman and we paid for the mailing. I will give it back on Thursday the 28th of February at high noon with the words,“No Accountability, No Support---Impeach!”

The Democratic Leadership Conference, (DLC) would be proud of this guy who claims to represent us, you must read this article to understand who this guy Earl Blumenauer really represents:

January 2, 2008 -- Today Steve launched a new feature on his campaign'’s website, urging his supporters to join the national petition to demand the House begin hearings on an impeachment resolution of Vice President Dick Cheney. Steve declared his support for impeachment investigations in September 2007, citing false statements leading up to the war and the warrantless wiretapping of American citizens in apparent contravention of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

I AM JOHN F. BRADACH, SR.

I AM HERE, AS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN AND CITIZEN OF PORTLAND AND OREGON, TO SEEK YOUR ASSISTANCE, IN EFFECTING THE IMPEACHMENT OF THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

YOU EACH KNOW ABOUT MY NEPHEW MARINE CORPORAL TRAVIS BRADACH-NALL, WHO DIED AT KARBALA, IRAQ, ON JULY 2, 2003. I TOLD YOU SOMETHING OF MY PARENTS’ MARCH 13, 2003 DEATHS IN DESPAIR, A FEW DAYS BEFORE AMERICAN BOMBS BEGAN TO HIT BAGHDAD.

I sent this last night, 1-09, hoping that they might read it before dipshit dubya aired his juvenile analysis of the situation.

Big demonstrations here tomorrow and Friday to send a message to Congress that this is madness...to be following a madman's dictates on how to "win" an occupation?!?! How goddam Orwellian can we get?!?!

He is gone in six months...mark my words!! He will either have a bunker moment and bump himself off, or his father will do it for him...

I strongly urge We the People to read (on google, etc) the Iraq War Resolution
aka PL (Public Law) 107-243, Oct. 16, 2002. You'll find there is NO LEGAL Basis
now (if ever) for having troops in Iraq. Nor any mention of authority to occupy
or nation-build, etc. now. This, plus the new Congress, give us a solid basis to act.

Only Congress, per the Constitution, is authorized to declare and fund wars.

Hey,

Thought I should do a little update to tell people about the huge thing that happened the other week, when the City Council member we have been focusing on for the third vote for an Impeachment Resolution endorsed and will take the lead on a Resolution to Bring the Troops Home. The article explaining that is at http://www.oregonlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news/116079454560000.xm....

http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2006/09/346061.shtml

This was submitted to Indy Media with some errata, so I touched it up and tried to have an edited version put up, but the staff at IndyMedia is pretty unresponsive to its users, so the edited version below didn't make it on the site. The edited version doesn't have the active link for the audio of the interview, so you have to go to the site for that.

http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2006/09/345422.shtml

Olympia's Heat in the Street to Impeach Bush and Cheney
Mollie: impeachbush@riseup.net

Olympia's Citizen's Movement to Impeach Bush/Cheney kicked off a heat in the street action on September 1st. A committed group of people held signs on Percival Landing for the first of many actions to put the issue out there.

The signs were met with a lot of support from people in the cars as well as the walkers. It was the first day of Harbor Days and there were more people than usual at that corner. Many stopped to talk and a number signed petitions.

Only one member of the Portland City Council, Sam Adams, offers constituents the opportunity to post pictures and local commentary on his office website. So far, I have posted the following commentary below a picture of me doing my morning protest to raise political awareness of the dangers of the Bush Presidency... http://www.commissionersam.com/node/911.

Peace~~
Styve
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