Letter to the Editor

My stepfather had a letter published in yesterday's Seattle Times calling for the impeachment of Bush and Cheney, and while it's not what I usually post here, as my friend Nancy said, It's "a great letter. It's really refreshing to hear this kind of view from the kind of person no one would ever write-off as simply being a bleeding-heart liberal."

Off they go

Our Constitution is in tatters. Our rights, the rights of Congress to
oversee the actions of the executive and serve as a check and balance to the
executive, and our country's reputation are constantly under assault under
the guise of the "war on terrorism."

Our standing in the world as a defender of human rights has plummeted.

Recent overseas polls show that the United States of America is considered
by many of our friends as inimical to world peace as those states and
political philosophies that we consider antithetical to what this country
used to practice and stand for.

Unless we perform the act of impeachment, future presidents of any political
persuasion will only build on the presidential power as currently exercised.
Power corrupts and the absolute executive power now being claimed as
required to fight a so-called never-ending war will destroy this country.

This country is no longer the "shining beacon" I spent almost 28 years of my
life defending.

-- James R. Wright (col., USAF [ret.]), Edmonds

To view the letter on-line, go to:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2003809282_sunlets29.html