BUSH & CHENEY: INVASION OF VERMONT IMMINENT!

Are you angry about the war in Iraq? Do you feel betrayed by your own government? Do you want to see change? Well if so you may enjoy reading this piece about how a town in Vermont has taken action.

A town petition making President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney subject to arrest for crimes against the Constitution has triggered a barrage of criticism from people who say residents are "wackjobs" and "nuts."

In e-mail messages, voicemail messages and telephone calls, outraged people are calling the measure the equivalent of treason and vowing never to visit Vermont.

"Has everyone up there been out in the cold too long?" said one.

"I would like to know how I could get some water from your town," said another. "It's obvious that there is something special in it."

The petition — with more than 436 signatures, or at least the 5 percent of voters necessary to be considered — was submitted Thursday and the town Select Board voted 3-2 Friday to put it on the ballot. It goes to a town-wide vote March 4.

It reads: "Shall the Selectboard instruct the Town Attorney to draft indictments against President Bush and Vice President Cheney for crimes against our Constitution, and publish said indictments for consideration by other authorities and shall it be the law of the Town of Brattleboro that the Brattleboro Police, pursuant to the above-mentioned indictments, arrest and detain George Bush and Richard Cheney in Brattleboro if they are not duly impeached, and prosecute or extradite them to other authorities that may reasonably contend to prosecute them?"

If you agree or disagree with what the people in Vermont have done is your own opinion but the true beauty of what has been accomplished is the fact that they did it. That is one of the great things about this country. I have to admit I got a chuckle out of this story. The petition wont hold water but it is good to see people using their civil liberties to take action for a cause they believe in.