Wake up Amerikans!

A month or so ago while Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' ass was being held to the fire by congress, I joked about it. I compared Gonzales to George Costanza in an old Seinfeld episode. It's the one where George Costanza is fired because of his incompetence, but he doesn't leave. He keeps coming back despite his employer's efforts to keep him out of his office; first by disconnecting his phone lines, then taking his keys and, finally, boarding up his office making it impossible for Costanza to access it.

But none of those efforts succeeded. George Costanza, despite all of that, still managed to get into his sealed up, inaccessible-to-the-outside-world office by climbing through a ventilation duct.

Now we see the same thing happening with Alberto Gonzales, with the aid of his long time Texas buddy and accomplice, George Bush. And despite the best efforts of Gonzales' employer--the American people--to get his ass out of the building, they're totally unable to do so. This behind the words of Bush affirming such attempts by the senate as "purely political."

Sadly, this is no Seinfeld and this is no fucking joke. This is a prime example of how far the United States has sunk. Other examples pop up weekly but, rather than evoke outrage by the media, they are discussed briefly in passing--if at all!--without any hint of just how outrageous the actions of these white house leeches are or how they are sucking the life blood from this nation.

So, did you hear over Fox or CNN this weekend about efforts to block public access to the secret service's list of visitor's to the white house by Bush's 'Top Dick" to ensure "the president and vice president receive candid advice to carry out their duties?" Of course you didn't.

Sometimes those lists are protected under the guise they are a matter of "national security." Under the Bush administration, more than any other in the history of this nation, protecting "national security" is code for "protecting my ass." For if the nation really paid attention, really gave a shit, there'd be riots in the streets demanding removal of these bastards who consider themselves above the law. But not to worry. That's because we really don't give a shit.

And that's where George Costanza, aka Alberto Gonzales, comes in. For rather than serving as the highest, most prominent officer in the nation overseeing and enforcing the law for his employer, the American people, we have an attorney general assisting our nation's criminal leadership evade those laws by Gonzales' justice department filing documents challenging the public's right to access Secret Service records of who visits Bush and Big Dick.

As should be obvious to all of us by now, Alberto Gonzales--like George Costanza, has the schematics to the building. He knows where the air ducts are. He's not going anywhere. You can board up the doors to his damn office, but he'll still get in. And that's exactly as Bush likes it. Exactly as Bush needs it, i.e., with his long time buddy and accomplice interpreting the law to protect "national security."