Bush Returns to Crawford in Shackles and Chains

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From the Backbone Campaign:
AMERICA DECLARED AN ACCOUNTABILITY ZONE! Military Tribunal Sentences Bush & Co. to Hard Labor

CRAWFORD, TX- After Last week's ruling on NSA domestic spying, members of the Bush Administration were rushed before one of their own military tribunals and quickly found guilty of treason and conspiracy to undermine our Constitutional Republic. The judge took mercy on the criminals, and spared them the guillotine in favor of a life of hard labor and humiliation along the roadsides of America, "May they serve as a warning to all against hubris and greed for power" said a spokesman for court.

They are pictured above at their first stop in Crawford, Texas, formerly the vacation residence of G.W. Bush. The old Crawford City Jail has been re-opened to house the . The Bush Ranch will be auctioned next week, as will his other assets and the assets of the Vice President, Karl Rove, Condoleezza Rice and Donald Rumsfeld to pay reparations to victims of their crimes.

Work Release Tour Greeted with Cheers and Cameras!
Well OK, we were just tickling your appetite for a little accountability, as the Bush Chain Gang "Work Release Tour" has done all around the country this summer. You probably don't know that there are now three sets of Chain Gang costumes, one based on the East Coast in D.C., another in the Mid-West, based out of Chicago, and a third on the West Coast, based in Seattle. All three sets were created at an "undisclosed location" near the Backbone Campaign's Headquarters on Vashon Island. And our dedicated volunteers are building more!

The Chain Gang has gotten coverage on CNN.Com, New York Daily News, Rueters, AP, YahooNews, The Seattle Times, multiple television stations across the country and now in the Lone Star Iconoclast. Nobody can seem to keep their camera in their pack or there cell phone locked when these characters show up. Crowds in restaurants or in parks often erupt into spontaneous standing ovations as the characters pass by. Many of the people who have volunteered to wear the costumes have raved that it was the "most fun" and "most powerful" political experience of their life!

Friends we are on to something here, but WE NEED YOUR HELP! It has cost the Backbone Campaign thousands of dollars to commission these masks, organize appearances, and ship them all around the country. We know that most of you appreciate this and the other creative work we do. Now we need you to show it. Please, go to the Backbone Campaign website and make a donation.

We'd love to send you a sticker or shirt to show our appreciation. You can now support all the work we do by becoming a member of the Lumbar Club, an easy way to spread out your contribution, and be sure that we have a budget we can count on. Another way to help is to donate a frequent flyer coupon to send an organizer to an event like Camp Democracy. Join us today and please tell your friends about us too.

Right now only 5000 people across the country are signed up to receive our emails. The picture above is worth a lot more than a thousand words, so visit our website and sign up on the right-hand side of the page and encourage friends to do the same. Ask them to sign up and support our work, get a shirt, a sticker or just a good laugh at seeing Bush and Co. wearing the stripes that suit their characters.

Ironically, the Backbone Campaign is not really an "impeachment organization," but with abuse after abuse, violation of national law after national law, and the systematic disregard for the balance of powers, the congress, treaties and international law, finally it just becomes irresponsible not to urge the use of the tool the Constitution provides, while we still have one. It's not negative, it's not "political," it's an affirmation of the document that provides the very foundation of this country. Thanks to the Bush administration, impeachment has become an indispensable component of a positive progressive agenda, and don't listen to the spineless, calculating, scared of their shadow politicians who tell you otherwise.

Finally, a big "Thank you" to Doug Skove and Tara Meehan who made the Crawford trip possible, as well as all the other volunteers, coordinators, providers of hospitality. You all are the backbone of our campaign!

Bill Moyer, Executive Director
Backbone Campaign
206-408-8058