Justice Dept. moves to crack down on pornography.
The Justice Department quietly has installed an outspoken anti-pornography advocate in a senior position in its criminal division, as part of an effort to jump-start obscenity prosecutions.
The Bush administration’s election-year move follows three years of heat from the Christian right, which believes that Attorney General John Ashcroft, a longtime friend and ally, has fallen down on the job when it comes to fighting smut.
I wonder how some of my republican friends both, christian and not… who e-mail me weekly with “boobs of the week” pics are going to feel about this?
When they tampered with our civil liberties, you said: “Okay, that’s for the good of the country and protects us from terrorists. Small price to pay for freedom!”
When they started wars in sanctioned and contained nations, you said: “If we don’t get these guys, they’re bound to do bad things. Who cares about WMD’s?”
While they loosened environmental laws to the point of senselessness, you said: “It’s in the name of progress. Progress can’t come without change! Who cares what kind?”
Whey they removed sex education and access to birth control, you said: “What they don’t know, can’t hurt ’em, I don’t want to know about my kids and sex!”
When they ran the deficit through the roof with no end in sight, you said: “Economic change is coming! Nevermind that I just got laid off”
When Cheney and crew left Haliburton to take office and promptly planned global wars, you said: “Confilct of interest? What conflict of interest?!”
Well, fellas… now they’re messing with your boobs. Let’s see if you finally get the message about these guys we’re been trying to tell you for over 3 years.