Posted on 01/28/2002 6:14:04 AM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
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 draperies were installed last week at a cost of just over $8,000, reports ABCNEWS.com's Beverley Lumpkin.
At the center of the controversy: two enormous and stylized but largely naked aluminum statues.
The female figure represents the Spirit of Justice; the male on the right is the Majesty of Justice. The male is clad in only a cloth draped over his essential parts; the female wears a sort of toga-style garment, but one breast is entirely exposed.
Last November, during a press conference announcing new challenges of fighting terrorism, Ashcroft was photographed with the naked breast right over his shoulder!
The snap ran in major papers.
Developing...
This is the part of the movie where sneakypete silently parachutes into his yard, enters the house without a sound and in full camo and face paint, and silently cuts the throat of the victim, leaving without a trace. I love action flicks! ;^)
I guess we're lucky he got laughed at. The Dims took Reno "Rocket-Ma'am" seriously in Florida and Washington, and a bunch of innocent people got framed, imprisoned or murdered.
Nice summary.
Remember how they backed the sneakster down when he called DITHF on his stuff? ;-)
Wouldn't bother me one bit. I can recognize the difference between art and obscenity.
Ashcroft can't.
Ashcroft can't.
Yeah suuuuurrrre./sarcasm.
BTW, you didn't answer the second question of if you would compliment the photographer for taking the picture with you under the big boob.
No seriously. You seem to think that all Freepers are prudes of your level. We're not. The statue isn't embarrassing or obscene -- why should I care whether it was in the background. Only a prude would care.
Would I compliment the photographer? Probably not. I wouldn't condemn him either for taking the picture. The statue's not a big deal in reality to the point I wouldn't care.
Just picking the right ground on which to fight. Bush needs the NRA energized again during his next campaign.
The NRA wants something significant. Key 2nd amendment LEGAL opinions that REVERSE the liberal claptrap of the past 2 decades is a good starting point.
Once you have the correct interpretation of the 2nd amendment established, then you can use it to go after specific laws (assault ban) that violate it.
To do it the other way around is to invite highly emotional, politicizing debate. To deal with the general priciples of self-defense and the citizens' last chance against a renegade government is more philosophical and less polarizing.
Would I compliment the photographer? Probably not. I wouldn't condemn him either for taking the picture. The statue's not a big deal in reality to the point I wouldn't care.
So is being a "prude" as bad as being a Nazi in your book. Do you agree with Planned Parenthood when they call pro-life people "prudes"?
JMO, but you should get over your aversion towards "prudes". "Prudes" are not the anti-Christ, like you think they are.
I lurked on this site almost at it's beginning and found the anti-Clinton rhetoric to be sensible and conservative. I now find the same rhetoric leveled at the Bush administration. I find this disturbing and I am re-thinking my decision to join this so-called conservative group.
I thought perhaps that a little dissent is a healthy thing however what I am seeing and reading is not just dissent, it is pure hate.
No,YOU are missing the point. Ashcroft has no right to spend taxpayer dollars to avoid personal embarrassment.
pete and Laz are about as right as they come. They just have more libertarian views on this particular subject. It don't make 'em bad. And it don't make you bad, either.
Dig up some trash on the slime press, like I did. They have a harder time kicking your arguments around then. ;-)
Well,ya gotta admit that will surely "settle it" for a lot of people.
Uh, no I am not. Sorry but your knee jerk reaction towards Ashcroft is hypocritical. AG Ashcroft wishes not to be the "sucker" of the liberal media. Has he ordered the statues to be taken down?
No all he wishes is that he is not put into an embarassing situation, because of some piece of "art".
But that doesn't matter because you go off into your "loony left" mode and try to make him into a "nazi" when he is not.
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