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The Tortured World of Alberto Gonzales Posted 5/15/07 GO to full essay In 2005, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales gathered U.S. attorneys at a secret indoctrination center to give them a speech. He wanted to let them know who they worked for before they skipped off thinking they were to apply the law justly. According to John McKay, one of the U.S. attorneys fired in the Department of Justice's famous attorney massacre, Gonzales told them, "I work for the White House, you work for the White House." And they thought they were working for the American people. How quaint. Even as I write, the attorney general is sleazing through a second congressional hearing ridding the House of the truth using a bad memory as his dust mop. ETURN TO TOP Crusades Are Not For Girlie Men Posted 11/05/04 : Full Essay It seems that Howarth the Prevaricator had set out from Amiens about a year earlier with a motly crew of princes, dukes, counts, viscounts, knights, squires, esquires, pages, earls, and girls (for girls always accompany men-at-arms for moral support, nocturnal consultation, and to run the canteens). And because this was a fanatical religious campaign, there were also bishops, priests, monks, deacons, sub-deacons, and altar boys (for altar boys always accompany the clergy on religious campaigns for moral support, nocturnal consultation, and to call numbers for Bingo). RETURN TO TOP Other Than That, What Else Could Go Wrong? by Jim Culleny Posted 2/20/03 GO to full essay I’ve never claimed to be a genius, but being a good citizen doesn’t require membership in Mensa. Conversely, there are a lot of smart people in the Bush Administration who, as my very plain-spoken father would have said, "...don’t know their ass from a hole in the ground." Being a good citizen requires, first, a most basic state: wakefulness. You can’t be a good citizen if you’re so hypnotized by fear (or righteousness) you allow yourself to be led into a kick-ass abyss. RETURN TO TOP Ask Icarus by Jim Culleny Posted 2/21/03 GO to essay The world’s an alluring place. But when I fall or get knocked over I hope it’s not from distraction or inattention. Though inattention’s a very popular addiction, it’s not a practical one. Ask Icarus. Icarus fell from a great high after disobeying strict instructions to be aware of where he was. Icarus died of inattention. We could too. RETURN TO TOP Close To The Truth by Jim Culleny Posted 3/2/03 GO to full essay When push comes to shove words and numbers often fail. That’s why we have mystics. Mystics try to fill in the gaps. They speak in conundrums. Or they slap us upside the head hoping to dispel the idea that our illusions are the points of our lives. RETURN TO TOP The Rhythm Knights by Jim Culleny Posted 3/2/03 GO to full essay I look up and its Jimmy Frey on a ladder under a soffit cradling a seamless gutter in his hands. What's up? ...and we talked for a while. Then we walked away from each other again and entered our respective ethers --falling into the place reserved for dreams and memories. RETURN TO TOP Waiting For An Ambulance And A Tow by Jim Culleny Posted 3/2/03 GO to full essay I was cruising the information superhighway under a cyber sun, top down, warm zeros and ones breezing through my hair, digging my soundblaster; but after unexpectedly driving into a particularly dismal screen, I pulled over in a funk, parked my mouse and wondered, Superhighway to where? RETURN TO TOP

INDEX Page 1 The Tortured World of Alberto Gonzales Crusades Are Not For Girlie Men What Else Could Go Wrong? Ask Icarus Close To The Truth The Rhythm Knights Waiting For An Ambulance Page 2 No New Year's Bender Without a Doubt -Ron Suskind

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