Ironies, Ironies

OHHHH NOOOOO, as Mr. Bill used to say on Saturday Night Live. Bush has chosen Alberto Gonzales to replace asscroft as attorney general. You may recall that Gonzales wrote the memo that said it was just fine if Rummy wanted to ignore the Geneva Conventions and torture people at Gitmo and Abu Graib. Alberto also served as Enron's general counsel back in their heyday of fraudulent stock-price pumping. It's just another piece of evidence that undermines the BushCo claim that they are bringing back "integrity" to American politics. If this is integrity, especially in terms of the top law enforcement post in the nation, I would hate to see what the opposite looks like.

OH YES! In other news, Cat Stevens was awarded the Man for Peace prize from former Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev's Foundation at a Rome meeting of Nobel Peace Prize laureates. Yusuf Islam was honored for his charity work and for standing by his convictions despite personal hardship. This is the guy BushCo kept out of the country because of his "terrorist connections." Lordy (to use the Red State jargon), what the world must think of us now.