heaving bosoms against greenpeace
in an unsurprising move for an administration that believes that creative prosecution is the way to go, and stretching laws a little further than they can go is perfectly legitimate in “these troubled times, ” the us department of justice, under the creative leadership of attorney general john ashcroft is prosecuting greenpeace tomorrow for “sailor mongering.”
it’s not really news – al gore mentioned it in a speech back in november, but it is going forward in a few hours, and it’s a chilling example of this administrations apparent belief that political criticism is grounds for criminal prosecution.
of course, once greenpeace is officially a criminal organization, that opens up a whole new set of approaches to shutting down their efforts. it’s just a couple steps away from getting them tagged as a terrorist organization, and we all know that anyone who supports, directly or indirectly, a terrorist organization is a terrorist.
are those offshore camps ready for all the greenpeace contributors?
find out more here.
oh, you may wonder about the title… it’s from a quote:
Maria Kayanan, ACLUIt harkens to the Barbary Coast and wenches with heaving bosoms and kegs of rum.
update (2004.05.19): the judge tossed this one.