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benchiladaEverybody who thought that John Asscroft, err, Ashcroft resigning was a good thing? Don't exhale yet.
Bush is replacing him with White House counsel Alberto Gonzales.
Never heard of him?
Read this article, and tell me if it doesn't sound like business as usual.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4999734/
So, my point is, here's your first chance to get off the "depressed about Bush's first election to the office of President" wagon and get on the "doing something about it" wagon.
The appointment of the Attorney General must be approved by the Senate.
Call your Senator, write your Senator a letter, or -- if you must, even though they tend to have less weight -- send him/her an e-mail expressing your concerns about this appointee and his public stances, which often fly in the face of the First, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment.
Don't promise you'll do it later.
Do it now.
I am.
benjamin sTone
CURRENT MUSIC: "Downtown Train," -- Tom Waits (yes, he wrote the song)
LAST BOOK I READ ANYTHING FROM: Le Musee des Sorciers, Mages et Alchemists (Witchcraft, Magic, and Alchemy) by Grillot de Givry, translated by J. Courtenay Locke; original publication 1929, using the 1954 edition.
LAST MOVIE: THE SWORDSMEN IN DOUBLE FLAG TOWN (China, 1991)
Bush is replacing him with White House counsel Alberto Gonzales.
Never heard of him?
Read this article, and tell me if it doesn't sound like business as usual.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4999734/
So, my point is, here's your first chance to get off the "depressed about Bush's first election to the office of President" wagon and get on the "doing something about it" wagon.
The appointment of the Attorney General must be approved by the Senate.
Call your Senator, write your Senator a letter, or -- if you must, even though they tend to have less weight -- send him/her an e-mail expressing your concerns about this appointee and his public stances, which often fly in the face of the First, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment.
Don't promise you'll do it later.
Do it now.
I am.
benjamin sTone
CURRENT MUSIC: "Downtown Train," -- Tom Waits (yes, he wrote the song)
LAST BOOK I READ ANYTHING FROM: Le Musee des Sorciers, Mages et Alchemists (Witchcraft, Magic, and Alchemy) by Grillot de Givry, translated by J. Courtenay Locke; original publication 1929, using the 1954 edition.
LAST MOVIE: THE SWORDSMEN IN DOUBLE FLAG TOWN (China, 1991)
