Alberto Gonzales is the Michael Brown of lawyers. A loyal bureaucrat put into a position with a high level of responsibility by a perfect storm: a peculiar coincidence of fate – that “being the right place,” loyalty, and some nominal, minimal qualifications to get the job.
When asked, he diligently produced a 3rd-rate lawyers justification for things like torture, phone-taps, and the retention of the similarly borderline 85 competent lawyers who passed the loyalty test and got to keep their jobs.
We’re lookin’ at 85 guys and gals who mindlessly followed the party line instead of their conscience, if they even had one.
The 8 who got fired were not only competent, they had a basic sense of ethics, a feeling of “what’s right, ” you know, the very thing that strikes fear at the heart of a push-button bureaucracy. These were people who questioned authority, people who got by on their moral compass, ability, and drive - instead of family connections and looks.
“Appearances” has given us George W. Bush, Michael Brown, Bernard Kerik, and Jeff Gannon - so let’s pause now and remember what Frank Zappa said about all those beautiful people:
"Aright, wait a minute, wait a minute. I have an important message to deliver to all the cute people all over the world. If you're out there and you're cute, maybe you're beautiful, I just to tell you something - there's more of us ugly motherfuckers than you are, hey-y, so watch out now..."
When asked, he diligently produced a 3rd-rate lawyers justification for things like torture, phone-taps, and the retention of the similarly borderline 85 competent lawyers who passed the loyalty test and got to keep their jobs.
We’re lookin’ at 85 guys and gals who mindlessly followed the party line instead of their conscience, if they even had one.
The 8 who got fired were not only competent, they had a basic sense of ethics, a feeling of “what’s right, ” you know, the very thing that strikes fear at the heart of a push-button bureaucracy. These were people who questioned authority, people who got by on their moral compass, ability, and drive - instead of family connections and looks.
“Appearances” has given us George W. Bush, Michael Brown, Bernard Kerik, and Jeff Gannon - so let’s pause now and remember what Frank Zappa said about all those beautiful people:
"Aright, wait a minute, wait a minute. I have an important message to deliver to all the cute people all over the world. If you're out there and you're cute, maybe you're beautiful, I just to tell you something - there's more of us ugly motherfuckers than you are, hey-y, so watch out now..."
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we're the mother people too
Every last fucking GOPer in power is ugly. Also all the other ones. Name ONE that has any outward appeal; compound that with their inner hideousness, and you got uber-uglies.
Frank RULEZZZZ!
Yes indeed, we may be making an ugly stink about their Imperial Ruler, but we're beautiful people with a lovely vision for restoring democracy. The Rethugs, on the other hand, are as repulsive as all get-out, inside and out, as isabelita noted. And Blossom Boy is the ugliest of them all. Bleeeeargh. *shudders*
By the way, if you love Zappa, I have a terrific Friday Frank clip up today. I can't take it!
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