Just what does it take........?

In view of his successor, I have been unwilling to use the word "Impeachment" with regard to George W. Bush. I have always believed that Cheney would be a worse choice. But will someone please explain to me just what it takes to remove a President from office?

Not lying to the American people about the reasons for the invasion of Iraq. Not lying to the American people abou how we'd be greeted as liberators by the Iraqi people. Not lying about how Iraqi oil would pay for the reconstruction of the country, once we destroyed it.

Violating the first, fourth, and fifth ammendments to the Constitution apprently won't do it. Holding American citizens without due process won't do it. Secretly listening to telphone calls and monitoring emails of Amerian citizens you suspect without oversite from the courts won't do it.

So, someone, tell me, what "high crimes and misdeameanors" does a President have to commit to be removed from office? He can be a former crack-head, former alcholic, military coward (who should have caught a general courts martial for his ailure to follow orders and his contract with the Air Force), but none of those things are grounds for removal from office.

If the situation were reversed, every Republican in the country would be screaming for the head of a Democrat who did these things............ but of course, a Republican can do no wrong. No, no, to be impeached, you only have to be a Democrat and have sex in the White House.

You tell me.................. which is worse. Lying about having sex or lying about a war which has cost 2000 + American soldiers their lives.

It is time, long past time, in fact, for some Republican to develop some back bone and tell Bush it is time to stop playing at being king or dictator and to become what he swore an oath to be... President of the United States and all the legal obligaions that means. Republicans have to stand up and stop tis run away with our civil rights. Bush has got to go and he's got to go now while we still have something resembling a country left to defend.

Ohio License Plates

Like many residents of WV counties which border Ohio, I resent the Hell out of people who live in WV but register their cars in Ohio to avoid: (a) taxes; (b) annual inspections; and (c) proof of insurance. It is, obviously, difficult to tell who is a legitmate Ohio driver and wo is one of the cheaters.

But I've noticed something which should give pause to those who do cheat.

It appears that putting an Ohio license plate on a car immediately turns the driver into an idiot.

Yesterday, I made a trip to Scott Depot to see a doctor. I saw numerous cars with Ohio plates, as you always do when traveling the Interstate. 90 percent of these cars committed one or more illegal acts. Not one of them gave a turn signal when changing lanes on the Interstate or while turning in town. I was damned near run off the road by one (in a Cadillac, which is a whole different story [I sometimes think Cadillac owners belong to their own special circle of Hell]) who had to be doing at least 100 mph in a 55 zone and who swerved across lanes of traffic without regard to other cars. I got behind several of them driving in the fast lane at 50 mph in a 70 mph zone.

Please notice that I am not blaming Ohio drivers for this..... it just seems to be a function of the license plate, regardless of where the driver lives. If I were running the State of Ohio, I'd be seriously thinking about trying to change the situation to make it less attractive for WV residents to tag their cars in Ohio... it is ruining their reputation.