From those lovely ladies at Codepink comes this tasty morsel:

April 1, 2008

Dear Friend,

Before the Congressional recess, I was besieged by CODEPINK women who are fasting until I agree to start impeachment hearings against Bush and Cheney. When I sat down to Easter dinner with my family, I looked at my plate of honey-baked ham and scalloped potatoes and I thought about what was really on my table. Everyday these women sit in my office and ask me to put Impeachment on America’s table; after all the times in my career that I’ve stood up to the “bad guys”-racists, greedy CEOs, corrupt politicians, could I really continue to let Bush and Cheney run roughshod over the Constitution and the American and Iraqi people? My wife Monica voted for impeachment of Bush and Cheney as a Detroit city councilwoman and I was proud of her for cooking their goose.

I sat down to digest my meal and my conflicted feelings on Impeachment by relaxing and watching the opening night Nationals game. Upon flipping on the TV and finding the right channel, I settled in and wouldn’t you know it… the CODEPINK women were there! President Bush was to throw out the first pitch and once he took the field, the CODEPINK women (one of them even wearing a giant Bush head and prison costume) encouraged all the baseball fans to boo him. And guess what? They did. You can see it right here.

As they booed, I thought of the changing times I’ve witnessed in my life. America can change and we are all agents of change.* It struck me then that the American people really want to see this Administration out of office and they want it now. Bush and his pinch-hitter Cheney have been striking out with the American people for way too long.

I realized it was time to step up to the plate for all the citizens of this great country who want to end the war. So I am putting Impeachment on America’s table.

Sincerely,
John Conyers
Chairman, House Judiciary Committee

Friends,

It would have to happen on Easter Sunday, wouldn’t it, that the 4,000th American soldier would die in Iraq. Play me that crazy preacher again, will you, about how maybe God, in all his infinite wisdom, may not exactly be blessing America these days. Is anyone surprised?

4,000 dead. Unofficial estimates are that there may be up to 100,000 wounded, injured, or mentally ruined by this war. And there could be up to a million Iraqi dead. We will pay the consequences of this for a long, long time. God will keep blessing America.

And where is Darth Vader in all this? A reporter from ABC News this week told Dick Cheney, in regards to Iraq, “two-thirds of Americans say it’s not worth fighting.” Cheney cut her off with a one word answer: “So?”

“So?” As in, “So what?” As in, “F*** you. I could care less.”

I would like every American to see Cheney flip the virtual bird at the them, the American people. Click here and pass it around. Then ask yourself why we haven’t risen up and thrown him and his puppet out of the White House. (more…)