Wow, I'm REALLY opinionated.

I sent this to my senator.

Every administration duly elected by the people must also answer to the people. The impeachment of George W. Bush can't undo the last 8 years, but it could restore the balance of power and allow the executive branch to not only be reined in by the legislative branch, but also be forced to do what is right by the people of the United States.

I cannot in this letter express the actual case for George W. Bush being impeached, we're all aware of the reasons, the people of this nation are already aware of what makes the current president liable for impeachment. An investigation could probably get him hanged for treason -- but you know Obama would have to pardon him if so, and even if not, so what? All I'm trying to do is lay out my reasons for believing that George W. Bush, and much of his cabinet perhaps, /deserves/ to be charged and held accountable.

I believe that this outgoing administration has willingly and deliberately pushed the United States into a recession, that they did willingly and deliberately alienate the American people from their government by lying, cajoling, and bribing us by encouraging bad loans and bad stimulus packages that resulted in businesses not being paid for work rendered.

My mother works for a company, ((changed to protect blogdentity)) Incorporated over in Salmon Creek, Washington, and this company has made several 'electro fishing' boats for work in nature conservancy for the state and/or federal government, and have not been paid. This small but important company has eked a position for itself out of developing technologies here in the U.S., with U.S. manpower and minds, that simply can't be found anywhere else. That they have not been paid for production, I believe, has a lot to do with how our country has gone from a record surplus to a record deficit in such a short time. So I do feel personally slighted, but this goes beyond that.

Tax breaks for a business are, in a word, socialism. You are paying a business in order to encourage them to keep employing U.S. workers. Small companies that are working hard to produce an actual product are not the real beneficiaries here, big companies that don't do much of anything but simply employ a lot of people, are. Corporate welfare doesn't help companies that produce a product who aren't being paid for their materials and manhours involved, because government money has already evaporated thanks to corporate taxcuts.

I'm aware you and I are not in the same political party, but you and I are both going to have to live in this country for the next 8 years, and if we're lucky, the 8 years after that, and so on. Now, in these difficult times, is an opportunity to strike a blow for government accountability. If Obama goes on to turn this country around (as I should hope he does), he will be much, much harder to stop or limit than George W. Bush is right now, and could do anything he wants with the country.

If a blow is not struck to show that the executive branch can and will be taken to task for what it does to the United States of America, if we do not act to show that weakening the U.S. here and abroad, both maliciously and deliberately, can and will result in harsh measures against those responsible, then we could see life and liberty get very difficult in the times ahead. I don't want my own party to become a monster, this isn't all about partisanship -- it's about the roles we elect people to fill, and the limitations of those roles being breached and re-drawn by strong figureheads.

I thank you very much if you or someone in your office has actually taken the time to read this.
-- ((name changed to protect my blog-dentity)), perpetual voter.