Civic Governments Listening to the People

Several civic governments have passed resolutions to impeach Bush. The San Francisco city council. The Ann Arbor Democratic Party. The Arcata, California city council. The Santa Cruz city council passed a resolution against the war in Iraq. The New York city council passed a resolution condemning the Patriot Act. The Berkeley, California city council passed a resolution for impeachment. The Jersey City city council passed a resolution against the war in Iraq. The Sacramento, California city council passed a resolution calling for the withdrawl of American troops in Iraq. Davis, California residents passed a similar resolution. No less than FIVE Vermont towns approved resolutions calling for Bush's impeachment. More than half of those polled would call for impeachment if Bush lied about the reasons for going to war. Dozens more examples of folks calling for impeachment are listed on Wikipedia. Yet, no action is being taken by our federal elected officials.

None of these resolutions were passed by federal agencies. They are all local governments, so they essentially have no authority over the president. So, why do it at all? I think it sends a message to Congressmen that, even though they are powerless to act, they can at least make their voice heard. It's very clear that none of our elected leaders are actually acting for the will of the people. Republicans are actually still defending Bush and his policies. In fact, earlier today, Brill Frist said, "The American people are solidly behind this president in conducting this war on terror." He doesn't address the resolutions mentioned above, and would brush them off as incidental, I'm sure.