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Non-Tech : The ENRON Scandal -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Mephisto who wrote (2021)	1/31/2002 7:59:47 PM
From: PartyTime	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5185

Ashcroft, I guess, did more than simply recuse himself--lol! im Knipfel "I'm a Man! Flesh and Blood!" It was first reported yesterday on the Drudge Report as follows: "Fed up with having his picture taken during events in the Justice Department's Great Hall in front of semi-nude statues, Attorney General John Ashcroft has reportedly ordered massive draperies to conceal the offending figures-which have been displayed since the 1930s!" The male and female figures in question-wearing a loin cloth and breast-baring toga respectively-represent the Majesty and Spirit of Justice. The idea of covering the statues for prudish reasons with $8000 draperies is funny, pathetic and very, very disturbing all at the same time. At the very least it's just embarrassing. What, was Ashcroft too distracted by that aluminum boob while trying to warn the American public that we were under high alert? Was he-as one friend suggested-too tempted to start humping that hot Justice chippie, the way Mel Brooks did in Blazing Saddles? More worrisome, though, is the very idea that the Attorney General would want to conceal, ignore and deny the figures of Justice. What sort of message is that sending to the American people? That there is no justice to be found in the Justice Dept. anymore? I remember all the fun everybody had when Ed Meese, while reporting on the findings of his anti-porn commission, had his picture taken with that big ol' boob hanging there over his shoulder. Yet even crazy Ed Meese never went this far. Apparently aware of how this move might be interpreted, the Attorney General's press secretary got right on it, releasing a statement that flatly denied that Ashcroft was offended by the statues, or that he had anything to do with the decision. As quoted in this morning's New York Post, Barbara Comstock told reporters, "It's not something he thought about one way or the other. He's got better things to do." Comstock went on to claim, with a straight face, that the decision was made by "an aide," and that the $8000 drapes made for "better TV pictures." Oh, that doesn't even make sense. Given the choice, what would most Americans like to see on their televisions-some corrupt, rat-faced guy standing in front of some drapes, or boobs? I think we'd all like to see at least some evidence that the spirit of justice isn't being shunned by the Justice Dept. Well, that and boobs. "Resistance to the Bush regime is a patriotic act."