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The NYC theatre group Culture Project presents "A Question of Impeachment," billed as "They took it off the table so we put it on the stage -- Trial by Theater." Last Sunday was opening night. You can watch most of the program at the theater's YouTube page.

Open Thread below. Happy Friday.

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Executive Producer of The Professional Left Podcast. On staff at Crooks and Liars since 2007. Master's degree from Harvard. Happy wife of Driftglass. Mother of three geniuses. Obsessive knitter. Blogs at http://bgalrstate.blogspot.com. .
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Dena's picture

This should be good. Know if they have a web page too?

rasta's picture

conformity thy name is Amerikkka

JugOPunch's picture

Excellent. Where can I go see this production?

This rated along side with Arlo, Alice, and voting booths.

RobertD's picture

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/23/AR200711...

U.S. military railroads a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer in the name of "democratic principles" and...refuses to disclose the evidence or charges against him.

Hope this wakes the press up. (I won't count on it being discussed by Scary Mary Matalin and James Skeletor Carville on "Press the Meat" tomorrow, though.)

Beau Jangles's picture

"But in an audience when one or two laugh, or applaud, the rest of the audience has permission to join in. In a crowd if one or two speaks out, before long there's a deafening chorus of outrage..."

One or two - like the people at the New Jersey mall on Black Friday. Like maybe...hopefully...a major blog posting sites and online stores where one can buy "Impeach" shirts. "Boot Bush" shirts. Whatever.

PLUG PLUG PLUG, dammit!

Tell Kos and FDL to do the same.

Light a fire under their asses.

jules's picture

"A Question of Impeachment" runs on Monday November 26 (Torture), Monday December 3 (Criminal Reponse re; Hurricane Katrina", Monday December 10 (NSA Wiretapping) - all Mondays at 7pm - and a special closing matinee on Sunday, December 16 at 2pm (Expansion of Executive Powers). You can order tickets by at www.cultureproject.org. Kucinich dropped by after th event on the 19th and had dinner with the participants and some audience members . Naomi Wolf will be there on the 16th...

Well, being far, far away from New York, Jules, i can't come in person but you have my support and i will watch all of it online.

Power wielded with no consideration

Power wielded with no consideration of the danerous intoxication of power become irrational, tyranical and destructive.

Time to test how left you are.

This woman says it all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ofsVwH4O_k&feature=related

foolme1ns's picture

"The plays the thing,
wherein we'll catch
the conscience of the king."

Except this "king" has no conscience. You have to have a brain to have a conscience.

joze46's picture

For those of you who keep up with the news Journalist that have an ethical thread, Bill Moyers, of Public Broadcasting, was commenting and showing his new DVD about how Mainstream Media totally bungled the run up to the Iraqi war.

This exposure is serious and powerful illustration that reviews how the Mainstream Media, Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC New York Times, Washington Post, Talk radio, and more, examples about the details with explosive truth that Bush and a whole line up of the administration lied about the reasons to go to war, the intelligence manipulation, the media inaccuracies and out right lies about the reasons America should go to war.

The price tag is $90.00 as a donation for membership to PBS and you get this DVD. This is going to be a history classic, and a tuff one for Bush and Company to avoid political humiliation that devastates Bush the Republican Party and that Right Wing Neo-Con gang who have been beating the drum for war. This sinks the Bush administration, the media, and those swift boaters. My predictions are massive resignations in top business and government agencies will occur as news starts to unravel this mess.

Its incredible and powerful which will likely create controversy with undefined historical proportions. Impeachment is not good enough here, were as this DVD is so compelling popular opinion is going to turn to total domestic and international outrage and criminal indictments will very well a occur across boardrooms, and to Bush himself on down. This will be the most incredible political house cleaning scandal that can be rated worse than Watergate.

Cloudbusting's picture

Looks like Australia has a new Prime Minister.

... and there's a possibility of John Howard losing his own seat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tequila's picture

Another Bush sycophant bites the dust. Howard is out-voted in Australia.

plane's picture

And people pay money to see this? Boring!

Nick's picture

“I’m really looking for the bargains this year because I’m losing my job; they’re moving our plant to Mexico after the first of the year, so I have to be careful,” said Tina Dillow of New Richmond, Ohio, who camped out at a Best Buy store near Cincinnati at 3 a.m. because of a great deal on a laptop."

That sums up a lot of things in one sentance.

Record year for casualties in Iraq. I can't wait to see the ventriloquist's dummies, er, right wings pundits spinning that into something positive.

Johnny Thief's picture

"I ask that you dig deeply tonight, to the depths of our souls,..."

WTF?!

No one has to dig deeply to call for impeachment! Impeachment is four years overdue! War crime charges are years overdue! Wiretapping, fixed elections, propaganda, illegal wars, veterans being disowned, conflicts of interests, no bid contracts, cronyism, domestic spying, Katrina, prison camps, sanctioned torture, trillions in debt,...

We don't need some mushy performance art, we need outrage, & righteous anger! We need justice! The blood that was spilled on the ground in 2001 is crying out for vengeance, & hasn't gotten it.

The only soul searching question that needs to be asked, is why are we letting them get away with this?

Preacher Boob's picture

Impeachment should not be a question, it should be

THE ANSWER.

IMPEACH.

Mike Meyer's picture

Call Nancy Pelosi @1-202-225-0100 DEMAND IMPEACHMENT.
ONLY YOU, THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER, CAN FORCE CONGRESS TO IMPEACH.

Jenny'O's picture

for everyone out there who automatically assumes that everyone in the south is a racist, i have a news flash for you. move to southern california if you want to see racial prejudice old style.
bartenders who pretend to not see that brown person standing there waiting to buy a beer.
the gift shop that changes its music over the sound system from rock to a shockingly racist 'comedy' tape about mexicans, asians and all other immigrants.
another time another bartender finally 'notices' the brown person only to sneer and frown while taking the money. seemed insulted to have to wait on someone so not pink. i remember such scenes from the 60's.
you pay $400.00 to get your brown sprayed on you're cool but other wise don't have brown eyes, dark hair and an abillity to tan really dark thanks to your cheerokee ancestors.
i could have fixed any of these occurrences by opening my mouth. no mexican or A-rab could have a kentucky accent. i even started to say something at the gift shop--shopping for trinkets for my friends and grandkids back home--but thank gods that i got pissed instead and just left.
i really am a bit of a paranoid person but after a while all the dirty looks and rude service - well it's like african americans have been saying for forever...there's not too much solid to put your finger on but you feel it - and then feel it again, and next week again.
la la land it ain't.
thanks for giving me a place to rant.

Remove Speaker's picture

If the DNC will not impeach, then let's remove Pelosi as Speaker, and make way for impeachment. There is no excuse for there not to be either an investigation or an impeachment.

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