{"id":1742,"date":"2005-06-27T09:24:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-27T16:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=1742"},"modified":"2005-06-27T09:24:00","modified_gmt":"2005-06-27T16:24:00","slug":"john-ashcroft-and-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=1742","title":{"rendered":"John Ashcroft and Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now that John Ashcroft is gone, it appears the Justice Department has <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/news?tmpl=story&#038;cid=542&#038;e=5&#038;u=\/ap\/20050624\/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe\/statue_cover_up\" target=\"_blank\">decided to remove the blue drapes covering the more scantily clad statues<\/a>. This brings to mind the Tom Paxton song (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tompaxton.com\/short_shelf_life_songs\/john_ashcroft.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">MP3 link<\/a>), <i>JOHN ASHCROFT AND THE &#8216;SPIRIT OF JUSTICE&#8217;<\/i>:<\/p>\n<table align=center>\n<tr valign=top>\n<td>John Ashcroft went to meet the press<br \/>\nHe faced the microphones.<br \/>\nHis heart was full of righteousness<br \/>\nHis voice like God&#8217;s trombones.<br \/>\nBut then he saw the statue<br \/>\nThat was set behind him there.<br \/>\nShe was &#8216;The Spirit of Justice&#8217;<br \/>\nYes, but one of her breasts was bare.<\/p>\n<p>John Ashcroft looked with horror<br \/>\nAt this gleaming marble globe.<br \/>\nIt thrust itself upon him<br \/>\nFrom a loosely falling robe.<br \/>\nIt was so hard to concentrate<br \/>\nOn those he there accused<br \/>\nWith that marble breast behind him,<br \/>\nPoor John Ashcroft got confused.<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td>Each time he saw that marble breast<br \/>\nThe poor man was appalled,<br \/>\nHe quickly gave the order<br \/>\nAnd a curtain was installed.<br \/>\nNow when he makes a statement<br \/>\nYou can see him on the tube<br \/>\nThe curtain hides the statue<br \/>\nBut you&#8217;ll still see one big boob.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that John Ashcroft is gone, it appears the Justice Department has decided to remove the blue drapes covering the more scantily clad statues. This brings to mind the Tom Paxton song (MP3 link), JOHN ASHCROFT AND THE &#8216;SPIRIT OF JUSTICE&#8217;: John Ashcroft went to meet the press He faced the microphones. His heart was <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=1742\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1],"tags":[255],"class_list":["post-1742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-lj-xfer","tag-tom-paxton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1742\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}