In truth Ashcroft and the rest of the Bush administration was simply going about their business of keeping the US population controlled through fear. Oh I’m sure they did actually stop some threats and attacks, but the way they went about it did damage to the US culture and reputation that will take a generation to repair. This fear allowed Bush and his cronies to make sweeping cultural and economic changes designed primarily to financially benefit Bush’s friends and allies.
All this is common knowledge though. I’m just rambling on in the pretence of generating some background story for the picture.
In the midst of it all, someone took offense to Mr. Ashcroft’s supposed problems with the statue of the “Spirit of Justice”. The argument was the partially nude female statue was being used to embarrass Ashcroft by press photographers. Ashcroft’s department, or Ashcroft himself .. who knows, chose to cover the statue with curtains. Ashcroft’s War on Pornography included the harassment and prosecution of filmmakers for including sex scenes in films (fictional films let’s remember) and went after companies that provide erotic films to hotels. The creation of an anti-porn office tied in nicely with the wiretapping and suggestions that Americans spy on each other to root out un-American activities. Basically the exact opposite of Republican’s long stated stance that the government should be smaller and stay out of people’s bedrooms.
This all from a man who lost an election to a dead man.
So someone created this picture of Ashcroft. To me it is a nice protest piece of the Bush administration’s efforts to ram their cultural beliefs on all Americans rather than actually overseeing the economy or chasing actual terrorists. You have to expand the picture and zoom in on it to get the real effect.
Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I cannot accept, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those people I had to kill today because they pissed me off.
And also, help me to be careful of the toes I step on today as they may be connected to the ass that I may have to kiss tomorrow.
Help me to always give 100% at work … 12% on Monday 23% on Tuesday 40% on Wednesday 20% on Thursday 5% on Friday
And help me to remember … when I’m having a really bad day, and it seems that people are trying to piss me off, that it takes 42 muscles to frown and only 4 to extend my middle finger and tell them to bite me!
Amen
One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do.
Finally he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway, it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey. He invited all his neighbours to come over and help him. They each grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly.
Then, to everyone's amazement, he quieted down. A few shovel loads later, the farmer looked down the well, and was astonished at what he saw. As every shovel of dirt hit his back, the donkey did something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up. As the farmer's neighbours continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed, as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and trotted off.
The Moral: Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up.
Each of our troubles is a stepping stone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up!
Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
O.K., that's enough of that B.S. ... The donkey later came back, caught the farmer out in the field and kicked THE SHIT out of him. Then he went over to each of his neighbours farms and kicked the shit out of them too for helping.
The REAL Moral: When you try to cover your ass, it always comes back to get you!
When God created Canada
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Once upon a time in the Kingdom of Heaven, God went missing for six days. Eventually, Michael the archangel found him, resting on the seventh day. He inquired of God, "Where have you been?" God sighed a deep sigh of satisfaction and proudly pointed downwards through the clouds,
"Look Michael, look what I've made." Archangel Michael looked puzzled and said, "What is it?"
It's a planet," replied God, "and I've put LIFE on it. I'm going to call it Earth and it's going to be a great place of balance."
"Balance?" inquired Michael, still confused.
God explained, pointing to different parts of Earth, "For example, Northern Europe will be a place of great opportunity and wealth while Southern Europe is going to be poor; the Middle East over there will be a hot spot. Over there I've placed a continent of white people and over there is a continent of black people," God continued, pointing to different countries. This one will be extremely hot and arid while this one will be very cold and covered in ice."
The Archangel, impressed by Gods work, then pointed to a large land mass in the top corner and asked, "What's that one?"
"Ah," said God. "That's Canada, the most glorious place on Earth. There are beautiful mountains, lakes, rivers, streams and an exquisite coastline. The people from Canada are going to be modest, intelligent and humorous and they're going to be found traveling the world. They'll be extremely sociable, hard-working and high-achieving, and they will be known throughout the world as diplomats and carriers of peace. I'm also going to give them superhuman, undefeatable ice hockey players who will be admired and feared by all who come across them."
Michael gasped in wonder and admiration but then proclaimed "What about balance, God? You said there will be BALANCE!"
God replied wisely "Wait until you see the loud-mouth bastards I'm putting next to them".
Without further ado ...