Overpasses for Obama's Impeachment organized in all 50 states

Overpasses for Obama's Impeachment organized in all 50 states

Overpasses for Obama's Impeachment organized in all 50 states

By Dean Chambers

It started with a group of people who attracted national media with a demonstration on a California highway overpass demanding that Congress impeach President Barack Obama. Soon this lead to the concept of a national movement of volunteers organizing overpass protests for Obama's impeachment. The movement, called Overpasses for Obama's Impeachment, is growing rapidly across the nation with goals of protests in all states this summer.

 

The Overpasses movement is now organizing and exists in all 50 states of the country. For each state group there is also a Facebook group that volunteers and join to communicate with and contact the organizers in their own state for those interested in getting involved. This movement is showing how the combination of grassroots involvement by citizens and effective use of social networking sites can be important in building up a national movement quickly. This page hosted on a blog site called Ann Loves America lists the Facebook groups for the Overpasses groups in all 50 states.

 

That site says, “All Americans have the right to participate in peaceful protests. James Neighbors founder of Overpasses to Impeach Obama feels it is of paramount importance to assure that ALL Americans throughout the country have a chance to attend and exercise their First Amendment Rights. Many times protests are only in Washington DC or at state capitals. People who go to work every day and have people who depend on them cannot just leave their jobs anytime to be part these historic protests. One of the philosophies of this movement is to do it in a way that empowers and encourages ordinary Americans and so their voices are heard.”

 

On August 6th, the Overpasses for Obama's Impeachment groups will stand together for synchronized protests across the nation in what the group has named “The Patriot Wave,” beginning in the Eastern Time zone, and culminating on the West coast. Neighbors emphasized that the protests will continue on a national level every week during the Patriot Wave, and at dates across the nation as determined by their state organizers.

 

By the end of the summer, the group expects to have held events in all the states. The protests will continue, the group says, until Congress begins the process of impeaching the president.

 

Neighbors said that the Overpasses movement is not affiliated with the Tea Party movement or other groups, but members of Tea Party groups do support and have joined the movement. He said the movement is an independent movement of citizens who believe in the Constitution and that the president should be impeached for violating the Constitution.

“Just that I would like Americans to take a long, hard look at the direction America is headed. Is this a direction you want your children, or the youth of America and future generations to inherit? If you answer is no, I would implore them to join the cause. Once Congress is aware that We the People have awoken from our slumber and are paying attention, we hope and pray they will act in the best interests of the nation in the future,” Neighbors said, urging citizens to look at the record of the Obama administration and consider the argument for impeachment of this president.