Anyone remember the Impeach Earl Warren signs?

[Armstead]

I'd love to see those today ... But replacing the name with Thomas,Scalia, Alito, Roberts..

Okay, I know it aint gonna happen. But one can dream.

[OnyxCollie]

1. Why impeach Earl Warren? nt

[Armstead]

2. Because he's dead

But at the time right wingers wanted to impeach because of civil rights rulings like Brown v Board of education.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. I remember them. Yeah, I'm old...

It would be great to see new signs with Thomas, Scalia, Alito, Roberts...

Yes, you can dream!

[stage left]

4. I remember that.

In fact, I've been thinking about it all day and thinking how good they'd look with Scalia, Alito, et al on them.

[octoberlib]

5. Grabbed these off Google images

[SamKnause]

6. Thanks

Nice job !

[nomorenomore08]

8. "Compulsory racial mongrelization"?

The topic du jour of paranoid drivel may change, but its basic essence never seems to.

[octoberlib]

10. No, it doesn't. They're still using the Communist label.

[MisterP]

19. even today they say the schools, press, and parties are all Moscow-controlled

heck, by 1987 they were even calling Reagan a Commie (and JFK was condemned because he a damn Papist)
the CIA made a black-propaganda book: it's bad

[octoberlib]

20. Wow. First I've heard of that book. Thanks!

I can remember reading an article by Carl Bernstein on journalists at major publications who were working for the CIA.

[MisterP]

21. and the CIA "assets," of course, worked 24/7 to make it seem like the media was full of KGB

assets; just like how they hired Claire Sterling to write propaganda and then cited that propaganda

[octoberlib]

22. Jesus.

[longship]

7. John Birch Society.

The same outfit who put up the "Get US out of the UN" billboards.

[JEB]

18. Koch Bros. = John Birch Society

[Hekate]

9. Yes I do, and they were not successful. Calls for SCOTUS impeachments won't work this time either.

Sorry.

[MineralMan]

11. I remember them in California.

The John Birch Society sponsored them, and you'd see them on the freeways in Los Angeles and Orange County. The impeachment never occurred. It will not occur now, either.

Impeachment begins in the House of Representatives. Since that body is currently controlled by the Republicans, there is no chance that impeachment proceedings against any Justice will be brought to the floor.

Want to impeach some SCOTUS justices? Start by electing a Democratic majority in the House and a super-majority in the Senate. The election is in November. Until we do that, all of this impeachment talk is pure bunkum. We need to lay the foundation for Democratic control, and that's not going to happen through futile calls for impeachment. It will happen through dedication, activism, and hard, hard work.

GOTV 2014 and Beyond!

[Armstead]

12. Please reread my post

I was venting and -- with irony -- indulging in a little fantasy which i acknowledged will never happen.

[MineralMan]

13. I'm not big on fantasies. They replace realities all too often.

There is a path toward a new SCOTUS. It's not a fantasy, either. It's called election activism, and that's what I suggest we do. I suggest that we focus strongly on that goal and leave the fantasies behind. The recent SCOTUS decision is ammunition we can use to increase Democratic turnout in the November election. If we do not do that, we do nothing.

I'm weary of fantasies. They waste our time and energy.

GOTV 2014 and Beyond!

[Armstead]

14. I like you a lot, so please take this in the intended spirit...

Lighten up.

I wasn't seriously suggesting that proposal. Just letting off steam in frustration at these so-called "justices." Using a little ironic humor.

I wasn't saying don't vote, don't organize...all that.

Just venting. If you think my humor as too dry or misplaced, so be it. But fer goshsakes, This is a discussion board.

[MineralMan]

15. I will not lighten up.

You want some billboards? How about some billboards with the conservative justices on them and text saying:

These Men Want to Take Away Your Reproductive Rights! Vote for Democrats in November!

I don't consider 2014 to be a time for lightening up. I consider it a time for continuous activism until November.

This is a discussion forum. I'm discussing. I do not appreciate being told not to express my opinion or to lighten up. This is serious business.

[Armstead]

16. I think its as serious as a heart attack

But if every post that is not a straight, serious "organize and get out and vote" were removed from DU, there's be about five threads a day, and this would be a very boring place.

[MineralMan]

17. You can post whatever you want to post.

I will reply to whatever I want to reply to. I don't find impeachment to be anything humorous, especially if it is not even a possibility. My billboard suggestion could be done and might actually help. Yours can't and wouldn't.

Why can we not suggest things that are both interesting and still useful? The Earl Warren impeachment campaign was silly and worthless. There was no chance that it would happen and it made the John Birch Society even more ludicrous than it actually was. Why would we want to duplicate that nonsense in any way?

There's room on DU for all kinds of posts, including humorous posts. You can count on me to enter those humorous posts and attempt to put some sort of positive direction on them, when I can.

Telling me to lighten up does nothing to scale back my commitment to winning in November. I respond poorly to that particular expression. I will never lighten up, but I do make humorous comments when they are called for.