John Ashcroft, the World Tour
Actually, it is only a US tour, but the Attorney General was on NPR this morning defending the USA Patriot Act, a systematic attempt to undermine civil liberties that was rammed through the Senate (98-1) in the wake of September 11. In fact the AG, head of the Department of Justice (actually Department of Vengeance when speaking of Ashcroft), continues to bang the drum of September 11, as though there were no other matter of Justice (or Vengeance) that he should be attuned to.
The t-shirts could be scary indeed: $25 for one with the AG's face emblazoned on the front and the Patriot Act's tagline, "Preserving Life & Liberty," on the back. Somewhere Thomas Jefferson is rolling over in his grave wondering whatever happened to the Pursuit of Happiness aspect of being an American. In the AG's worldview I suppose that there are so many terrorists to be scared of that we don't need to worry about happiness or said pursuit. It is puzzling however, that the AG is on tour nearly two years after the Patriot Act sailed through Capitol Hill.
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Actually, it is only a US tour, but the Attorney General was on NPR this morning defending the USA Patriot Act, a systematic attempt to undermine civil liberties that was rammed through the Senate (98-1) in the wake of September 11. In fact the AG, head of the Department of Justice (actually Department of Vengeance when speaking of Ashcroft), continues to bang the drum of September 11, as though there were no other matter of Justice (or Vengeance) that he should be attuned to.
The t-shirts could be scary indeed: $25 for one with the AG's face emblazoned on the front and the Patriot Act's tagline, "Preserving Life & Liberty," on the back. Somewhere Thomas Jefferson is rolling over in his grave wondering whatever happened to the Pursuit of Happiness aspect of being an American. In the AG's worldview I suppose that there are so many terrorists to be scared of that we don't need to worry about happiness or said pursuit. It is puzzling however, that the AG is on tour nearly two years after the Patriot Act sailed through Capitol Hill.
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