Gonzo goes back to Texas – Tail between his legs
I used to think that I would celebrate the moment when Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez would be revealed for the partisan destructor jurisprudenciae he is. But somehow, I just feel queasy. We came way too close to a Dictatorship under his watch to simply celebrate his return to Texas. Instead, we need to take this opportunity to make sure such a thing NEVER happens again.
First, we need to stop with this complacent attitude that the only way to maintain our freedom is to submit to police state. Nothing shouts out “totalitarianism” like random searches.
Second, we need to stop with the knee-jerk response to any criticism as an attack on our principles. This country is a plurality, not the uni-brain of a collective of thirteen year olds who think they’re grownups. Criticism is not only necessary for betterment, it is an essential element of the democratic process. Have we all forgotten about “redress of grievances”?
Third, we need to stop listening to the TV pundits who rely on their viscera rather than there intellect, and whose tiny, tiny bits of information cannot be extrapolated into a universal truth. If their knowledge were butter, all bagels would be dry, dry, dry.
Fourth, we have to get rid of the Lobby as the Fourth Branch of Government. It is simply disgusting that Healthcare and Pharma Companies dictate to the Congress, rather than the other way around. How do we do this? Let’s THINK about it. THINK.
Fifth, we have to stop acting like we’re as rich as the Inexplicably Celebrated of Hollywood, thus running up or debt as we rush to dress, act, talk, walk and live like people who are not entirely real.
Lastly, let us never again allow a man such as Gonzalez to eviscerate the Judicial Branch, bleeding it
of respectability and the balance intended by the Constitution. Let us never again allow One Party to begin to form, amoeba-like, seizing power and money and all the while attempting to convince us that the only way to be free is to submit.
We deserve better, Gonzo. We deserve the Judiciary to uphold the Constitution.
