We've Seen This Before...

US Attorney General's (Alberto Gonzales) attitude toward the "appropriate" firings of 8 US prosecutors was that it was the "appropriate" one and he stands by that decision. Well, of course he does. It's corporatese (there we go, coining another term) - meaning that he has elected to take the moral low ground by standing by a political superior(s)'s decision to injunct immoral conduct in the DOJ (Department of Justice) - but this term could apply to any corporate or political stance of the same specious nature. You don't need a backbone in this political environment, you're packed together like a bunch of proverbial sardines. URL: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070313/ap_on_go_co/congress_prosecutors

Sigh, this also leads us to coining another term: Gonzalizing. Or, the ineffective, inappropriate and specious approach to providing a corrupt political, bureaucratic and/or corporate environment. Which leads us to speculate, are all US political, bureaucratic and corporate entities corrupt in this fashion - or just the ones we hear about? See also URL: http://theantizenhandbook.blogspot.com/2007/03/hows-that-patriot-act-working-for-ya.html

Updated 3/14/07: Bush has (finally?) weighed in on the latest, saying that the firings were flawed, but he still stands by Gonzales and finds the firings "appropriate". Well, of course he does! URL: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070314/ap_on_go_pr_wh/gonzales_prosecutors

It is almost at times surreal, even Daliesque (there we go, another word, but we don't think this word is entirely original - is it? Just its application...) , when one looks at the huge canvas of scandals that the administration has painted.

Updated 3/27/07: Monica Goodling (DOJ to White House liaison) has reportedly had her attorneys inform the senate of her attention to invoke her Fifth Amendment Rights. URL: http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/goodling-to-invoke-fifth-amendment-right-not-to-testify-in-firings-scandal-2007-03-26.html Ummm...does this not suggest that there might have been some possible wrongdoing in the case? Sigh...wake up and smell the skatole. (We hope to follow up on this later).