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**************January 1, 2001***************
Not surprisingly, President-elect George "The Tush"
Bush has decided to nominate Missouri Sen. John
Ashcroft as U.S. Attorney General. Readers are
reminded Mr. Ashcroft lost to the late Gov. Mel
Carnahan, November 7. Carnahan's widow, Jean, will
hold the seat soon to be vacated.
With this nomination, Ole' George has revealed his
true fascist colors. Ashcroft has an abominable record
on civil rights, civil liberties, and is strongly
pro-life. As most religious fanatics, he is more than
willing to tell a woman what she can and can't do with
her uterus.
Hopefully, Democrats will stiffly oppose this
nomination as they had with Bork years ago. Ashcroft
has assured Ole' George and the American people,
however, his administration of the Justice Department
will be based on "principle" rather than politics. Is
that right, Johnny? What "principle", sir? Right-Wing
fascism? ... Forcing your distorted religious views on
women by controlling what they can and cannot do with
their uterus? How mighty "generous" of you, sir.
At the same time and not surprisingly, this g--damned
hypocrite agrees with Bush and his stand on capital
punishment. These unabashed fanatics excuse legalized
murder by the state, strongly asserting their victims
are indeed "guilty" as opposed to the unborn who are
truly "innocent". Is that right? How many innocent
prisoners have been executed due to inept defense
attorneys, corrupt and abusive police "investigators"
and prosecutors, as well as insufficient funds for an
adequate defense? -- As opposed to virtually unlimited
funds, courtesy of looted taxpayers, allotted to the
prosecution?
More importantly, how does "guilt" of a prisoner
justify his legal murder by the state? In fact,
execution of a murderer is the height of hypocrisy. It
strongly sends the message: "Do as I say, not as I
do." Worse yet, it teaches killing is a legitimate
method of permanently "solving" problems.
Fascists strongly assert capital punishment is
biblical. -- So is stoning of adulterers, prostitutes,
and homosexuals. Shall we execute these offenders as
well? After all, it's biblical, isn't it? So what? The
First Amendment guaranties separation of church and
state. Not only is freedom of religion protected by
the First Amendment, but freedom FROM religion as
well.
Extremists don't seem to understand this and have
conveniently forgotten our forebears came to this
continent to avoid the very same religious repression
they so eagerly and willingly impose upon the rest of
us. They also outrageously, falsely, and mistakenly
grant constitutional rights not present in the U.S.
Constitution to the unborn. This is precisely why
abortion is still legal in the U.S. and will remain so
until the Constitution is amended. With a strong
majority of Americans supporting abortion rights, any
imminent change is unlikely.
Of course, these zealots will attempt an end-run
around the Constitution by appointing "Justices" to
the Supreme Court who will arrogantly "legislate" from
the bench, finally outlawing a constitutional right
recognized nearly three decades. This is precisely why
Ole' George and his henchmen need to be strongly
opposed in their efforts. Hopefully, Democrats will be
in no mood to cooperate with Bush and his shills, --
especially after the outrageous theft of the
Presidential election.
... Speaking of shills, newly coronated Texas Governor
Rick Perry has strongly asserted his administration
will impose the "highest ethical standards" on itself.
Is that right, Governor? Like you did when you
shamelessly and illegally electioneered for Ole'
George after voting early? Of course, the standard of
acceptable conduct for a Republican is drastically
different for Democrats and Independents in the State
of Texas. Had a state official supportive of Gore,
Nader, Brown, or Buchanan pulled the same stunt, he
would have been skewered, -- if not prosecuted.
With the U.S. Senate evenly divided, Bush will indeed
have his problems. Hopefully, Democrats will rise to
the occasion and put a stop to the Extreme Right. At
the same time and with the polarized split in both
houses of Congress, equally hopefully, the Extreme
Left will also be held in check. Most pointedly, when
the hell will this great country finally return to the
political Center?
The pungent stink of kangaroo justice indeed pervaded
Austin, December 28, as the Texas Supreme Court ruled
a secret ballot by the Senate was in fact "lawful" and
"constitutional". Two hours and eight rounds of secret
ballots, -- and presto, Republican Sen. Bill Ratliff
of Mt. Pleasant was "elected" Acting Lt. Governor by
his fellow Senators too cowardly to allow an open
vote.
What's the matter, "Boys"? Don't have the guts to let
the people know how you voted? Where's your
accountability to the citizenry? ... Almost forgot.
How incredibly stupid of me. ... Accountability only
applies to the unwashed masses, right, Senators?
A secret ballot by these fascists, affirmed as lawful
by their shills on the Texas Supreme Court, is
un-American, running counter to the highest principles
of this great republic. -- A nation second to none.
Yet, an aggressively stupid public has remained
cowardly silent in response to this latest outrageous
travesty. Not surprisingly, the Aryan arrogance and
brazenness of our officials continues to increase in
the absence of public interest. ... We do get what we
so richly deserve, don't we? Bend over and compliantly
take the shaft. After all, you've earned it. ... Just
remember to smile...
As strongly asserted in Special Edition V65, the clock
is indeed ticking... The combined visitor count of The
Llano Ledger and The Llano Ledger 2 websites stands in
excess of 53,200, -- another excellent week and true
testament to the shameless willingness of the
readership to "steal" this writer's labor. Certainly,
you ought to be proud of yourselves. Nothing quite
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Tim Chorney, Publisher
The Llano Ledger
Tim Chorney, Publisher
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