You said it: the violence must stop

From: futrelle@shout.net
Subject: You said it: the violence must stop
Date: July 15, 2007 4:02:06 PM CDT
To: senator_obama@obama.senate.gov

I read today that you're concerned about the "epidemic of violence" in our inner cities, saying "the violence is unacceptable and it's got to stop.
I agree with you that violence is unacceptable and it's got to stop.

One of the biggest proponents of violence in the United States is the Bush administration, who have thwarted the constitution in order to launch an illegal occupation of Iraq that has killed hundreds of thousands of civilians and swept up thousands of others into a network of secret prisons in which they are detained indefinitely without charge and tortured.

You can stop this by saying to the administration: your epidemic of violence has got to stop. You must get these criminals "off the streets" of Washington by supporting the immediate impeachment of Bush and Cheney.

I can't see how you can rail against violence in the inner cities and simultaneously allow the Bush administration's violence, which is on a massive scale over a period of many years, to continue unchallenged. You need to get off the campaign trail, get back to Washington, and join the growing number of congressional leaders who won't let these atrocious crimes continue for one more day. If you really oppose violence, go after the criminals who are taking over our government. If you don't, before long there will be no nation left to "get back on the right track."

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Joe Futrelle
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