After a little reading of our Constitution and the news, and some long and hard soul searching, I felt compelled to write this down.  After reading it, I felt compelled to share it.  It is my own version of a petition for impeachment of the President, as a citizen of the United States.  Let me know what you think.  Better yet, if you agree, then let your elected officials know what you think.

Whereas the person in the Office of the President of the United States is in violation of
Article II Section 1 of the US Constitution, “No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President”, and in violation of the exceptions in the Privacy Act of 1974, specifically the exception allowing the use of personal records for:
For routine uses within a U.S. government agency
For archival purposes "as a record which has sufficient historical or other value to warrant its continued preservation by the United States Government"
For law enforcement purposes
For congressional investigations
Other administrative purposes;
as exemplified by his continued effort to prevent the disclosure of his official birth certificate, spending a published amount of 1.4 Million dollars to prevent its disclosure (possibly tax payer dollars?), the disclosure of which would show definitive proof of his constitutionally required eligibility to hold the office of President of the United States,

And,

Whereas the person in the Office of the President of the United States is in violation of Amendment 12 which states, “The person having the greatest number of (electoral) votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed” as evidenced, if in fact the previous charge is deemed to be correct, then the president would not be eligible to have electoral votes in his name counted as part of the electoral vote by the Houses of Congress,

And,

Whereas the person in the Office of the President of the United States is in violation of
“The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States”, exemplified by his reluctance to respond to the General in charge of the US Armed Forces presently engaged in battle in multiple areas of the world, where sufficient support of the forces engaged are in need to be successful in protecting the American forces engaged, and in defending the safety and security interests of The United Sates of America,

And,

Whereas the person in the Office of the President of the United States will be in violation of Article II Section 2 which states “He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur;” which will be exemplified by the signing, if it should come to pass, any treaty (e.g. The Kyoto Pact or subsequent pact or treaty) without at least 2/3rd concurrence of the US Senate (minimum of 67 votes in agreement),

And,

Whereas the person in the Office of the President of the United States is in violation of Article IV, Section 4 which states, “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence”, exemplified by the consistent appointment and employment of individuals in the present administration who have openly admitted allegiance and/or affiliation to political groups that have historically been deemed subversive, and a threat to the United States of America, and have continued to maintain their appointment/employment despite the public knowledge of the allegiance/affiliations,

  And,

Whereas the person in the Office of the President of the United States is in violation of Amendment 14 section 3 which states, “No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof,” as evidenced in the previous charge that continued appointment and employment of the stated individuals, and as evidenced by continued denial of any knowledge of any criminal activities perpetrated by his associates, friends and acquaintances which may be considered high crimes or misdemeanors against the United States,

  And,

Whereas the person in the Office of the President of the United States is in violation of Amendment 1, which states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances”, as exemplified by his continued participation in, and allowance of, discriminating and demeaning language used by members of both Houses of Congress towards American Citizens exercising their free speech concerning matters of legislation in both Houses of Congress; language in itself is in violation of the prohibition of strict liability for speech as evidenced in Smith v. California, 361 U.S. 147 (1959), Manal Enterprises, Inc. v. Day, 370 U.S. 478 (1962), New York Times, Inc. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964) and New York v. Ferber, 458 U.S. 747 (1982).  This violation may also extend to violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which states “To enforce the constitutional right to vote, to confer jurisdiction upon the district courts of the United States to provide injunctive relief against discrimination in public accommodations, to authorize the attorney General to institute suits to protect constitutional rights in public facilities and public education, to extend the Commission on Civil Rights, to prevent discrimination in federally assisted programs, to establish a Commission on Equal Employment Opportunity, and for other purposes,” and “whenever the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that any person or group is engaged in a pattern or practice of resistance to the full enjoyment of any of the rights secured by this subchapter and that the pattern or practice is of such a nature and is intended to deny the full exercise of the rights herein described, the Attorney general may bring a civil action in the appropriate district court of the United States by filing with it a complaint,..” and where the definition of the word ‘person’ “includes one or more individuals, governments, governmental agencies, political subdivisions, labor unions, parterships, associations, corporations, legal representatives, mutual companies,..”  This is evidenced by the continued use of the terms ‘tea bagger’, ’right wing extremists‘, ‘Angry Mob’, in a definitively derogatory fashion towards Citizens of the United States of America who were only exercising their rights guaranteed by the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of free speech,

  And,

Whereas the person in the Office of the President of the United States is in violation of Amendment 2 which states “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed” evidenced by the continued efforts to limit the availability of firearms and related ammunition from Citizens of the United States (who are legally eligible to possess these items) through plans and processes to dramatically increase the cost and taxes for these items in an effort to make the procurement of these items extortionately prohibitive.   

  And,

Whereas the person in the Office of the President of the United States is in violation of Amendment 5 which states, “No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger;..” as evidenced by the effort of the Attorney General, appointed by the President and approved by the Senate, to investigate and prosecute members of the intelligence agencies, such as The Central Intelligence Agency and others, for their actions to obtain information which could (and did) prevent further terrorist actions against the United States and its properties during time of declared war and public danger, as well as to seek and apprehend villainous individuals who have plotted and conspired against the United States of America, since the terrorist actions against the United States conducted on the Eleventh day of September, 2001,

  And,

Whereas the person in the Office of the President of the United States is in violation of Amendment 8 which states, “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted,” as evidenced by the forced reduction of pay, of individuals who hold offices of leadership in numerous corporations and businesses, which will equal between 50 and 90% of their expected salary.  These reductions are not the result of concluded legal action or criminal conviction of these individuals.  This may also be in violation of the aforementioned Amendment 5, with respect to the right to due process of law,

  And,

Whereas the person in the Office of the President of the United States is in violation of Amendment 10 which states, “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people” as evidenced by the intense promotion by the President to both Houses of the Congress to enact legislation providing for the health care of Citizens of the United States, although no power to enact such action is stated in the Constitution of the United States which would allow the Congress to enact such legislation

  And,

Whereas the person in the Office of the President of the United States is in violation of Amendment 12 which states, “The person having the greatest number of (electoral) votes for President, shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed,” as evidenced by charges above, which if are found to be correct, and if the president is found to be violating them, then he is also in violation of this amendment for allowing the electoral vote process to continue with the full understanding of the error in the process, given his suspected (at this time) ineligibility for the office of President of the United States,

  And,

Whereas the person in the Office of the President of the United States is in violation of Article VI which states, “The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution,” as evidenced by his continued stance to allow all of the above charges to exist,

  And,

Whereas the person in the Office of the President of the United States is in violation of
Article II Section 1 of the US Constitution which requires that he swear an oath stating “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States” as exemplified as stated in the previous charge, that he continues to allow the violations of the mentioned Articles and Amendments of the Constitution of the United States to go unchallenged,

Therefore I, a true citizen of the United States of America invoking my rights as a Citizen given my by Article 14, request that the US House of Representatives and The US Senate perform their constitutional responsibility given under Article III section 3, “Treason”, to impeach the person who presently holds the Office of President of the United States of America, under Article II section 4, “Disqualification”.

To all who read this message, Greetings.  My name is Tom Kiley.  I sign in as Rickets (Rickets123).  Since this wonderful true grass roots movement started, I was hooked. ‘You had me from Hello!’  There are 9/12 groups, tea party groups, tax groups, national referendum groups, and many, many more.  Since Rick Santelli and Glenn Beck got us off our chairs and in the streets, the movement has become a mighty force.  Together, we changed the way the legislative views their constituencies.  We changed the meaning of a town hall meeting.  WE STOPPED A VOTE IN CONGRESS!  Good Lord, that is almost impossible!  WE DID IT!  We had people in the streets, people at federal offices, people at court houses, people at White Houses!  All saying the same thing; we have had enough of  your inappropriate attitudes and behaviors.  We have had enough of your free-wheeling spending ways with OUR money.  WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF OUR EMPLOYEES SCOFFING AT THEIR EMPLOYERS!!!  So we got off the chairs, went to meetings, organized, and became the force that we are.  Glenn Beck is now looking for ‘The Re-Founders’.  Well, I say look in the mirror and see the minutemen.  We are all minutemen and women.  But not with muskets, pitchforks, or swords.  We are minutemen and women with pen, paper, computers, words, history.  What we have in common with our ancestors is our spirit, wisdom, courage, understanding. Passion and honor.  Those who are trying to destroy our way of life, and our governing processes have none of these.  They have selfishness, greed and envy driving them.  By their actions and behaviors, one would think they actually own the idea of community action.  Obviously they do not.  Those who would fundamentally transform this great country of ours into their own world of power need to be stopped.  We have the ability to do this.  With our voices, and our votes.  And our vigilance.  Our voices can change the way our employees act.  This has already been proven.  Our votes can change the congress literally, by removing those who have done us wrong, and bring in those who will help fix it.  And our vigilance will help bring issues to light, and maybe help fix some of the problems little by little before the 2010 election.  But when the 2010 primaries commence, we will see the fruits of most of our labor.  
But, we have a problem.  As I have been reading blogs, chatting in chat rooms, and even going to some meetings I find there is a problem.  The groups are slowing down, losing steam.  Maybe it’s the coming weather season.  Maybe it’s the post-9/12 hangover.  I don’t know for sure, I only know I sense it.  And those who wish to see us falter are like wolves smelling the blood of their prey.  I have heard people ask what do we do now?  Where do we go?   What else is there?  Can our efforts prevent what is still to happen?  And when we see the votes such as the health care reform continue despite our efforts, the steam is let out even more.  
So what is it?  What are we lacking?  I say it’s communication.  I say it’s coordinating.  I SAY IT”S COMMUNITY ORGANIZING!  We don’t have the skills of an ACORN. We don’t have the oversight abilities of this administration.  But we have our voices, our votes and our vigilance.  .  We are minutemen and women with pen, paper, computers, words, history.  What we have in common with our ancestors is our spirit, wisdom, courage, understanding. Passion and honor.  Our ancestors.  Some of us had ancestors who came to this country long after the revolution.  Mine came from Ireland.  Yours came from many other places.  They all came for one thing; a better life.  During the revolution our founders and their brethren stood by each others side for the very same reason.  Even across the colonies.  They communicated in whatever means they could; messenger, courier, visual.  I don’t see the communication and coordination that will keep this movement going.  We must improve the communications.  Without it, no level of coordination or cooperation will be successful.  Gains in one area will be minimized by failure in others.  No successful campaign in any arena has ever succeeded without any of these three things; communication, coordination and cooperation.  So I ask the leaders of each group to communicate with another group.  Get coordinated.  Tea parties and 9/12 groups.  Communicate what each group is doing.  That will offer those ideas up to other groups who need them.  Communicate to the public.  What we are doing.  How they can get involved .  And what I have found most important and the most lacking is communicating in the chat rooms, and blogs.  Heres a good example of what I mean.  This is an exerpt from an article today Oct 17th from an interview with the anonymous webmaster who started the “Do you hear me now” protests, “ It is not clear who is leading Saturday's protests. A so-called "webmaster" who didn't identify himself, launched his Web site on Sept. 15. He urged protesters to spread word of the demonstrations through tea party groups, Facebook, Twitter, blogs and message boards.”  THAT IS WHAT I MEAN!!!  Every time I join one I hear about the problems and frustrations people feel with the way our federal employees are acting.  But when I ask what they are doing about it the common answer is I DON”T KNOW WHAT TO DO.  That would be our fault.  Many of these folks have ideas, but don’t know where to present them.  Some have presented them but only to have those ideas fall on deaf ears.  That is our fault. We must fix this now.  Or we will all be “Wednesday Morning Quarterbacks” on the first Wednesday of November 2010.  That is our deadline.  It is too close to sit.  It is too short a time to allow any idea to slip away.  Anyone who reads this must pas it on to other groups.  Pass it to the members of your own group.  Change the words.  Take the credit fir writing it I don’t want the credit.  I JUST WANT THE RESULTS.  Have the Honor, Courage and Commitment to do what must be done with our voices, our votes and our vigilance.  

And for some words of encouragement try these on for size;
“I have but one life to give for my country.”  Nathan Hale
“Give me liberty or give me” ______ (fill in your own last word, because I don’t want anyone to die) Patrick Henry
“Stand up and fight”  John McCain
“Ask not what your country can do for you.  Ask what you can do for your country”  John Kennedy
Judge not a man by the color of his skin but on the content of his character” Martin Luther King Jr.
"I have no sponsors, no bankroll, no agenda -- except to help put a nail in the mainstream-media coffin," Anonymous webmaster of the Can you hear us now campaign.
“Question with boldness”  Thomas Jefferson
“I have returned”  Douglas MacArthur
“The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against domestic Violence.”  The people who wrote and signed the US Constitution - Article 4, Section 4.