The Illinois General Assembly is about to rock the nation. Members of state legislatures are normally not considered as having the ability to decide issues with a massive impact to the nation as a whole. Representative Karen A. Yarbrough of Illinois' 7th District is about to shatter that perception forever. Representative Yarbrough stumbled on a little known and never utlitized rule of the US House of Representatives, Section 603 of Jefferson's Manual of the Rules of the United States House of Representatives, which allows federal impeachment proceedings to be initiated by joint resolution of a state legislature. From there, Illinois House Joint Resolution 125 (hereafter to be referred to as HJR0125) was born.

Detailing five specific charges against President Bush including one that is specified to be a felony, the complete text of HJR0125 is copied below at the end of this article. One of the interesting points is that one of the items, the one specified as a felony, that the NSA was directed by the President to spy on American citizens without warrant, is not in dispute. That fact should prove an interesting dilemma for a Republican controlled US House that clearly is not only loathe to initiate impeachment proceedings, but does not even want to thoroughly investigate any of the five items brought up by the Illinois Assembly as high crimes and/or misdemeanors. Should HJR0125 be passed by the Illinois General Assembly, the US House will be forced by House Rules to take up the issue of impeachment as a privileged bill, meaning it will take precedence over other House business.

The Illinois General Assembly joins a growing chorus of voices calling for censure or impeachment of President Bush including Democratic state committees in Vermont, Wisconsin, New Mexico, Nevada and North Carolina as well as the residents themselves of seven towns in Vermont, seventy Vermont state legislators and Congressman John Conyers. The call for impeachment is starting to grow well beyond what could be considered a fringe movement. An ABC News/Washington Post Poll Conducted April 6-9 showed that 33% of Americans currently support Impeaching President Bush, coincidentally, only a similar amount supported impeaching Nixon at the start of the Watergate investigation. If and when Illinois HJR0125 hits the capitol and the individual charges are publicly investigated, that number is likely to grow rapidly. Combined with the very real likelihood that Rove is about to be indicted in the LeakGate investigation, and Bush is in real trouble beyond his plummeting poll numbers. His cronies in the Republican dominated congress will probably save him from the embarassment of an impeachment conviction, for now, but his Presidency will be all but finished.

Reports picket line thrown up in front of AFL-CIO headquarters in March 2006, as the most recent development in the effort to force the AFL-CIO cut all ties to the misnamed National Endowment for Democracy—meeting announced at upcoming Labor Notes conference in Dearborn, MI on May 5-7 to build this effort.

A swift makeover in the communications world is under way, as traditional boundaries that once separated wired and wireless services are fast fading away, leading to a creative new era of so-called bundled services, experts tell UPI's Wireless World.
This transformation of the communications industry is primarily a result of the rapid combination of new technologies — and the evolving, competitive marketplace. By Gene Koprowski

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CHICAGO, May 8 (UPI) — Integrating disparate data and voice networks — broadband, mobile phone and WiFi — into one unified network is promising to be a foremost technology trend in the next few years, one that could lead to totally personalized telecom services, experts tell UPI's Networking.

Experts at Gartner Inc., the IT research consultancy, indicate that by 2010 at least 40 percent of U.S. companies will have completely integrated their entire voice and data networks into a single network, and 95 percent of all large and mid-size firms will have at least started the process to do so. By Gene Koprowski

Filthy robber barons exploiting prisine Internet.
The Web: Reaching an inflection point
CHICAGO, May 10 (UPI) — Is the Web becoming "disruptive" once again? That is, is it vigorously stirring things up as it did when it first came on the commercial scene back in the mid-90s? Experts tell UPI's The Web that the second generation of the Web, the so-called Web 2.0, is indeed doing just that.

"The Web 2.0 is not about hype like the 'Bubble 1.0,''' said Robb Hecht, a new media marketing strategist for IMC Strategies. "But, rather, a true growth in the utilitarian value of the Internet." By Gene Koprowski

Filthy robber barons exploiting prisine Internet.
CHICAGO, May 10 (UPI) — Is the Web becoming "disruptive" once again? That is, is it vigorously stirring things up as it did when it first came on the commercial scene back in the mid-90s? Experts tell UPI's The Web that the second generation of the Web, the so-called Web 2.0, is indeed doing just that.

"The Web 2.0 is not about hype like the 'Bubble 1.0,''' said Robb Hecht, a new media marketing strategist for IMC Strategies. "But, rather, a true growth in the utilitarian value of the Internet." By Gene Koprowski

CHICAGO, May 19 (UPI) — Your wireless Internet connection — dear workaholic — will never be lost at sea. Whether you are sailing the Caribbean, the Mediterranean or the open ocean, your wireless broadband will continually be connected to the office, family or friends — an electronic lifeline back to the mainland. Cruise-ship operators and maritime telecom providers are aggressively moving forward with networks for travelers, experts tell UPI's Wireless World.

"I can't tell you how many times my clients ask me if they will have cellular coverage and Internet access at a resort, on a cruise or on an island during vacation," said Mary Pace, director of corporate accounts at GlobalStar Travel Management Corp. By Gene Koprowski

Capitalists filth send out their tentacles.
Small and medium-size enterprises are lagging on IT security, and many still utilize first-generation security solutions that are now ineffective against significant threats that may sabotage their networks, experts are telling United Press International's Networking column.
A forthcoming survey by The Yankee Group, and the Information Technology Solution Provider Alliance (ITSPA), an advance summary of which was provided to Networking, indicates that smaller firms are "struggling" with basic technology issues, including keeping up to date with technology and effectively using technology already on hand. By Gene Koprowski