$8,000 curtains hid justice

[gatorboy]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050624/ts_nm/life_statues_dc

After more than three years of being blocked by large blue drapes, two Art Deco aluminum statues of semi-nude figures in the building's Great Hall can be seen again.

The "Spirit of Justice" and the "Majesty of Justice," which loom over the stage in the Great Hall, were blocked from view by curtains installed by the department in January 2002, when former Attorney General John Ashcroft was in office.

The curtains were quietly removed on Friday after a decision by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Justice Department spokesman Kevin Madden said.

When they were covered up, officials working for Ashcroft -- a devout Christian -- said the move to spend about $8,000 for curtains to cover the figures were made for "TV aesthetics."

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Who knew that high morals were so expensive! :P

[burrowowl]

1. Will we get Justice

now that the Ladies are exposed again?
Could you image A$$KKKoft trying to veil all of Europe, did he take himself for Christo? Christo's shows are shorter.

[minnesotaDFLer]

2. what?

[Webster Green]

3. Thanks Alberto!.....Now can we please get rid of the Patriot Act?

Please??

[Bozita]

4. (this is a peephole) Hey ... what's this?

[burrowowl]

6. LOL

Where did you get this pic?

[Bozita]

7. R.J. Matson does some terrific stuff -- link to site

R.J. Matson draws five editorial cartoons each week, one for the New York Observer and four for Roll Call, and he contributes a monthly back page cartoon to City Limits.


His work has appeared regularly in The Nation, MAD, and The New Yorker, as well. Click here to see old cartoons drawn for The Nation from 1996 to 1999. Click on Greatest Hits to view a collection of R.J.'s favorite cartoons.

http://www.rjmatson.com/cartoons.htm

 

[burrowowl]

8. Thanks for link!

Good stuff!

[left hand man]

5. can you imagine Him having sex with his wife?

she would be wearing a surgical sheet with the appropriate opening---both would have to be blind folded to avoid embarrassment-- You know why right wing christans refuse to make love standing up? They're afraid God will think they are dancing

[Cleita]

9. $8,000 is outrageous. All I Know is Repukes sure know how

to spend taxpayers money. How much better could that money have been spent for school programs.