> > > > AN OPEN LETTER TO JOHN ASHCROFT, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF > > THE UNITED STATES > > > > On January 28, 2002, Attorney General John Ashcroft announced that he > > spent > > $8,000 of taxpayer's money for drapes to cover up the exposed breast > > of The > > Spirit of Justice, an 18 ft aluminum statue of a woman that stands in > > the Department of Justice's Hall of Justice. > > > > John, John, John, > > you've got your priorities all wrong. > > While men fly airplanes into skyscrapers, > > dive bomb the pentagon, > > while they stick explosives into their shoes, > > and then book a seat right next to us, > > while they hide knives in their luggage, > > steal kids on school buses, > > take little girls from their beds at night > > drive trucks into our state capital buildings, > > while our president calls dangerous men all over the world > > evildoers and devils, > > while we live in the threat of biological warfare > > nuclear destruction, > > annihilation, > > you are out buying yardage > > to save Americans > > from the appalling > > alarming, abominable > > aluminum alloy of evil, > > that terrible ten foot tin tittie. > > You might not be able to find Bin Laden > > But you sure as hell found the hooter in the hall of justice. > > > > It's not that we aren't grateful > > But while we were begging the women of Afghanistan > > To not cover up their faces > > You are begging your staff members to > > Just cover up that nipple > > To save the American people > > From that monstrous metal mammary > > How can we ever thank you? > > > > So, in your office every morning > > in your secret prayer meeting > > while an American woman is sexually assaulted every 6 seconds > > while anthrax floats around the post office > > and settles in the chest of senior citizens, > > you've got another chest on your mind. > > While American sons arrive home in body bags > > and heat seeking missiles > > fly around a foreign country > > looking for any warm body > > you think of another body. > > And you pray for the biggest bra in the world John > > because you see that breast on the spirit of justice > > in the spirit of your > > own inhibited sexuality. > > And when we women see > > our grandmothers, our mothers, our daughters, our granddaughters, > > our sisters, ourselves, > > when we women see that > > statue the spirit of justice > > we see the spirit of strength > > the spirit of survival. > > While every day > > we view innocent bodies dragged out of rubble > > and women and children laid out > > like thin limp dolls > > and baptized into death as collateral damage > > and the hollow eyed Afghani mother's milk has dried > > up underneath her burka > > in famine in shame > > and her children are dead at her breast. > > > > While you look at that breast John > > that jug on the spirit of justice > > and deal with your thoughts of lust > > and sex and nakedness > > we see it as a testimony to motherhood > > And you see it as a tit. > > > > It's not the money it cost. > > It's the message you send: > > We've got the right to live in freedom. > > We've got the right to cheat Americans out > > of millions of dollars and then > > not tell congress about it. > > We've got the right > > to drop bombs night and day > > on a small country that has no army, > > no navy, no military at all, > > because we've got the right to bear arms. > > But we just better not even think > > about the right to bare breasts. > > So now John you can be photographed > > while you stand there and talk about > > guns and bombs and poisons > > without the breast appearing over your right shoulder > > > > without that bodacious bosom bothering you > > and we just wanted to tell you > > in the spirit of justice > > in the spirit of truth > > John there is still one very big boob left standing there in that > > picture. > > > > Claire Braz-Valentine > >-- >Kalindi Trietley, EdS, LPC >Co-Director, Counseling and Student Support >University of Michigan Medical School >(734) 936-1513 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >
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