Ashcroft Gone, Justice Statues Disrobe

[truthpusher]

To quote Mr. Ashcroft...."Let the Eagle Soar"...

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050624/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/statue_cover_up_1

Ashcroft Gone, Justice Statues Disrobe
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By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer
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With barely a word about it, workers at the Justice Department Friday removed the blue drapes that have famously covered two scantily clad statues for the past 3 1/2 years.

Spirit of Justice, with her one breast exposed and her arms raised, and the bare-chested male Majesty of Law basked in the late afternoon light of Justice's ceremonial Great Hall.

The drapes, installed in 2002 at a cost of $8,000, allowed then-Attorney General John Ashcroft to speak in the Great Hall without fear of a breast showing up behind him in television or newspaper pictures. They also provoked jokes about and criticism of the deeply religious Ashcroft.

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complete story: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050624/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/statue_cover_up_1

[thinkingwoman]

1. it's about effing time

Geesh!

[babylonsister]

A victory for Justice! Thanks-glad to read that. What a stupid

action; society of prudes now? We were going backward!:crazy:

[thecrow]

19. We are all naked beneath our clothing.

Yes! You, too, Asscroft!!!

[Miss Chybil]

2. The walls are crumbling...

I'm getting hopeful, again.

[cascadiance]

3. Send Ashrot the drapes and the bill!

[Roland99]

4. Fuckin' A!

[meow2u3]

31. He can cover his calico cat with the drapes

:evilgrin:

[Up2Late]

5. Oh the Horror, I'm calling James Dobson!

If we disrobe the statue of Justice, Next thing you know, ALL Women will start going Topless!

Come on Ladies Prove James Dobson right!

[EmmaP]

8. Wooo Hoooo

Let the girls breathe!

[Hoosier]

11. outstanding

I just laughed beer outta my nose.

HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE!

[Cocoa]

6. woo hoo!

take it off baby!

[Fire Walk With Me]

7. Brrrr.... She might have fed a baby or embryo or something...

Great news!

[Iowa]

9. The article states: "the deeply religious Ashcroft"...

Deeply religious my ass! That weasel doesn't know the meaning of "deeply religious". Damned boot-licking reporters!

Second, what the hell does being religious have to do with not wanting to see breasts? Some of the most religious people I know LOVE to see them! Usually assholes like Ashcroft, the phonies who make a big show of their prudery, are the most twisted perverts. They're the ones you want to hide your children from.

[leftchick]

10. Here is one boob over another...

no wonder he didn't like it! :rofl:

[Tesla]

30. His hands look like they are getting ready to grab

some titties!!!

[htuttle]

12. Bounce your boobies!

[Tesla]

29. hahaha

[Gman]

13. That was $8000 that could have gone to Iraq

What a waste.

[XemaSab]

16. That was 8,000 dollars

that could have gone nowhere other than paying down the deficit.

Hell, Tar-jhay sells sheets for 5 bucks. One of those over Asshat's head would have solved the problem nicely.

[drduffy]

14. Asscroft is, was

a piece of shit. Religious? Another piece of crap. Maybe 'religious' but not a Christian. If he were truly a follower of Christ, he would have abandoned the Repug party and spoken honestly with concern for the truth and with compassion for the downtrodden. He would not have hidden 9/11. He would have disowned the Patriot Act. That he didn't is an indictment of him as a coward, a nonChristian and someone not particularly concerned about the well-being of his soul.

Like I said, POS.

[Gothmog]

15. Ashcroft ran against a dead man and lost

I am glad that this legacy of Ashcroft has been taken down.

[TankLV]

17. FAUX RELIGIOSITY - "deeply religious" my ass!

[annabanana]

18. Yay! Justice can "bounce her boobie" again

That whole chapter was just so surreal and funny.....

[Vickers]

20. Yes, but didn't you just *feel* the morals of the country drop a little?

I mean, right after they did this? Like....sinning increased?

:sarcasm:

[rocktivity]

21. I still say it would have been cheaper to move the podium.

:headbang:
rocknation

[neuvocat]

22. You know with that kind of headline

that just makes me want to get out a couple of bucks to tip them. WOO-WOO!!!!

[truthisfreedom]

23. let freedom ring, baby!

[swag]

24. No More Cover - Up of Nudes at Justice Dept

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-life-statues.html

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The cover-up is over at the U.S. Justice Department.

After more than three years of being blocked by large blue drapes, two Art Deco aluminum statues of semi-nude figures in the building's Great Hall can be seen again.

The ``Spirit of Justice'' and the ``Majesty of Justice,'' which loom over the stage in the Great Hall, were blocked from view by curtains installed by the department in January 2002, when former Attorney General John Ashcroft was in office.

The curtains were quietly removed on Friday after a decision by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Justice Department spokesman Kevin Madden said.

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[rodeodance]

25. it is a shame that Justice was allowed to be covered by Asscroft!!

[Enraged_Ape]

26. Well, knock me over with a feather

I thought Alberto shared many of the same Christofascist ideals of his crazy-as-a-soup-sandwich predecessor. Sorry to lay such a trip on him.

It's still a crying shame that the American taxpayer had to PAY big $$ to cover these statues up in the first place.

[Tesla]

27. Oh My Titties!!!

I wonder what the "Christian Right" will say...

Watch out Mr.G,they might send you for a long walk off a short peir....

[swag]

28. Yes, the Attorney General's office is no place for a tit fan.

[louis-t]

37. Or 'pier'

giggle

[MADem]

32. Minnie must be thrilled!!

I'm sure she didn't like having to hide her lights behind the curtain...

[C_U_L8R]

33. Thank Goodness !

Justice has been covered up for too long !

Bring it on
(or take it off.. whatever :-) )

]

[earth mom]

34. 8 thousand for drapes?!!

:wtf:

How about a bra and panties for the female statue and boxers for the male?! They coulda bought the lot at Walmart for 8 BUCKS on clearance! :rofl:

[Generic Other]

35. Yahoo! The boob's out!

All three of them! :rofl:

[Applan]

36. Ashcroft's big boob(oo)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4623239.stm

[Logician]

38. SO F**KIN' LAUGHABLE

If it were not so costly!

What an ignorant, religious right wing-nut! God knows, we need to drive all these zealots back into their churches, where they can feed each other self-righteous idiotic rhetoric!

Another bit of evidence as to why we need to wipe the slate clean and put Shrub and his kind back in Texas.... or Florida... or anywhere where he will not be able to continually hurt real Americans here and internationally.

[dean_dem]

39. I just remember what John Stewart said...

when Ashcroft had them covered:

"Justice is blind, but apparently John Ashcroft thinks it got that way from whacking off too much."

[Sabriel]

40. Cut the drapes into squares and auction them off

It could be a fund-raiser for victims of injustice. You can't tell me they're actually going to use them anywhere else.

[Merlin]

41. Let's remember Tom Paxton's brilliant ONE BIG BOOB on NPR's Prairie Home

On Garrison Keillor's wonderful piece of Americana every Saturday night from 6-8PM on NPR. Paxton sang this on the show the weekend after it happened. The show was being held live from an amphitheater outside of DC. It brought down the house.

One Big Boob
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JOHN ASHCROFT AND THE 'SPIRIT OF JUSTICE'
By Tom Paxton
(From an idea furnished by Anne Hills)

John Ashcroft went to meet the press
He faced the microphones.
His heart was full of righteousness
His voice like God's trombones.
But then he saw the statue
That was set behind him there.
She was 'The Spirit of Justice'
Yes, but one of her breasts was bare.

John Ashcroft looked with horror
At this gleaming marble globe.
It thrust itself upon him
>From a loosely falling robe.
It was so hard to concentrate
On those he there accused
With that marble breast behind him,
Poor John Ashcroft got confused.

Each time he saw that marble breast
The poor man was appalled,
He quickly gave the order
And a curtain was installed.
Now when he makes a statement
You can see him on the tube
He has curtained off the statue
But you'll still see one big boob.

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