gonzales almost

By Philip Champon

last night some of code pink heard they was havin a hearin on mr gonzalez's future, in the senate... a vote as to whether or not the senate could hear arguments for and against a vote of no confidence in the attorney general ... the group was receiving beams of light from a bunch who thought they'd take the message of some ecuadorian tribe to the white folks in north america... just as they were about to smack us down with crystals i was yanked out... to cut gonzalez's head off, put a slip on him, give him some boobs, hairy legs and wing tip shoes... cuz we decided we were heading out to the senate office buildings to paint the town with hideous, albeit humorous leaflets... afterwards, i got to make masks of gonzalez's awe inspiring countencance...

off to bed around 2:30... up at 8... that's better than i pull off for work!...

the group came up with a song to sing the senators...

what a beautiful morning
what a wonderful day
i've got a wonderful feeling
gonzalez is going away
gonzalez is going today

i don't think i sang it monotone either... maybe just baritone...

i had my mask in hand and an orange jumpsuit on... the idea was that mr gonzalez, being a chief and blind supporter of the president and chief counsel to the white house when gitmo was created, should be sent there post haste...

there were an awful lot of salty republican aids that received us... sour pusses and all... but we managed to make a few people smile, even if it was sardonic...

we wrapped that up and i got to dance around in an oversized gonzalez mask in front of the department of justice while other folks brandished signs and bullhorns... admittedly, my dancing was somewhat minimal, perhaps more of skip... there was no hip swishing or slinking... but!... i did figure out how to make the mask bounce just right, so our dear friend was rendered a bobble head.... to keep rhythm i hummed to myself as i sashayed up and down the sidewalk... once again, we succeeded in getting some people to honk, hoot and holler...

from there we met up with a bunch of other folks and trundled into lieberman's office... he announced on some sunday talk show that "we've got proof that iran helped to train iraqi insurgents and as a result aided in the deaths of over 200 american soldiers"... or something to that effect... maybe he shoulda been tapped to be secretary of defense... at least there wouldn't be any question where his marching orders come from... at any rate, we filled up the office (not too big anyway)... and his executive assistant spoke to us... leslie, a code pinker, lead the chatter... she'd just come back from iran in may and because of his statement she began a hunger strike... we'll see if that affects his decision to meet with her... i won't hold my breath...

some other pinkers tried to "lobby" the senators just before the vote... hanging about in the basement of the office buildings, you'll come upon the nexus between them all... where they often pass... this appears to be one of the surest places to stumble upon them... unless you're a registered lobbyist...

knackered, i took up residence in the senate viewing lobby... and listened to dominici (from NM, part of the gonzalez brouhaha) throw out some sad info on environmental changes... clean coal!... 150 new plants in the works... new nuclear!... 30 new plants on the way... maiz ethanol (largely discredited as a sustainable alternative to petrol)... to his credit, he did yammer a bit on celulosic ethanol, good for him...

then the senate began their debate about debating and voting on the gonazlez no confidence doodad... schumer, whitehouse and someone else gave elucidated the subject clearly ... lott and two other shit slinging humanoids tried to deride the attempt as a strictly political ploy... schumer's rebuttal had a lovely bit, excoriating them for lame attempt to confuse the issue...

the democarats claim this is about his mistakes, blunders and political machinations... that to judge him without political regard he's not only under performed, but irrevocably damaged the department whose lead was in his charge... as a result of all of this, it's the congress' job to express the will of the people and their conscience, because gonzalez won't step down and the president won't replace him...

the repulicans are cried political ploys... that the cabinet, once approved by the senate, is the president's to do with as he pleases... and the senate must have more pressing issues to tend to...

they needed 60 yea's... they got 53... it was non-binding anyway... purely a symbolic manuver... but i would have been pleased as punch to see them debate the issue... and vote no confidence...

bugger