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Brattleboro, VT does something totally meaningless and yet ridiculously awesome

Posted on Tue, 03/04/2008 - 8:47pm by Brian Kaufman

Updated because I confused the two Vermont towns that start with 'B'. Whoops.

I guess the town of Burlington, Vermont -- famous for not having laws against public nudity and for holding an annual World Naked Bike Ride (note: common sense will tell you that there's some nudity (only a tiny bit) on that page, so click at your own risk) -- is a little worried about people forgetting how liberal it is. But they can worry no more.

Here's the proposal that appeared on today's ballot there in Brattleboro:

Shall the Selectboard instruct the Town Attorney to draft indictments against President Bush and Vice President Cheney for crimes against our Constitution, and publish said indictments for consideration by other authorities and shall it be the law of the Town of Brattleboro that the Brattleboro Police, pursuant to the above-mentioned indictments, arrest and detain George Bush and Richard Cheney in Brattleboro if they are not duly impeached, and prosecute or extradite them to other authorities that may reasonably contend to prosecute them?

The dulcet tones of Wolf Blitzer have just informed me that the proposal passed with somewhere around 65% of the vote. Which means the people of Burlington Brattleboro just voted to arrest the President and Vice President if they ever show up in Burlington Brattleboro. Which actually won't be much of a problem, because the dulcet tones of Wolf Blitzer have also just informed me that the President has never once visited Vermont since he's been in office.

Anyway, kinda awesome.

Below: the 2007 World Naked Bike Ride in Burlington (again, click at your own risk)

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Good thing Brookline, MA

Posted on Tue, 03/04/2008 - 9:36pm by Garrett Dash Nelson

Good thing Brookline, MA already impeached Bush.

Garrett Dash Nelson

But those Brookline wimps

Posted on Tue, 03/04/2008 - 9:45pm by Brian Kaufman

But those Brookline wimps didn't put out an actual warrant, now did they?

The proposal occurred in

Posted on Wed, 03/05/2008 - 12:22am by CharlieM (not verified)

The proposal occurred in Brattleboro, not Burlington.

Thanks. I guess that's what

Posted on Wed, 03/05/2008 - 1:05am by Brian Kaufman

Thanks. I guess that's what I get for trying to write a post and listen to the dulcet tones of Wolf Blitzer at the same time.