Autumn '07 News

The time is ripe for impeachment, and impeachment will preserve our Constitution.

The following absurd humorous actions were created as a sane response to the absurd and tragic fact that Bush and Cheney have committed more impeachable crimes than any other administration in our country's history, and yet Congress is doing nothing.

On Saturday, September 15th, at the Washington DC ANSWER anti-war rally, eight Chesapeake Citizens had a splendid time doing our sublime and ridiculous Ripe imPeach Farmers Market Musical Street Theater Action. We sang adaptations of agrarian themed nursery rhymes, accompanied by an accordion, a cow bell, and egg and apple shakers. We also gave away dozens of ripe local peaches to hungry activists. Thanks to Mark, Baird, Gabe, Josh, Mary, Gail, Margaret, and Clare.

On Friday, September 21st, at lunchtime, a couple of Chesapeake Citizen farmers took the country's growing hunger for Impeachment into the Longworth and Rayburn House Office Buildings.

We reckoned our public servants in the House ought to know what the majority of Americans want from them, and old-fashioned citizen lobbying has proven 'fruitless' to date.

We were warmly welcomed by security personnel at the building's entrance. A security staff member even kindly took our photo, using our camera (see photo).

Once inside, we visited Rep. Kucinich's office to give him peaches in gratitude for H. Res 333, and we stopped in at Rep. Conyers' office to offer him peaches in exchange for impeachment.

We then sang and strolled as we made our way to the cafeterias of both buildings, where we placed delicious peaches on the lunch tables of smiling staffers.

What we sang as we walked through the hallowed halls and crowded cafeterias:

"Peaches, apples, pears are still ripe,
But rotten criminals must go.
Peaches, apples, pears are still ripe
But Bush and Cheney must go.
Reap what you sow.
And Congress you should know
You too will reap what you sow."

©2007, Diane Wittner, All Rights Reserved