Abu G. Finally Lands On His Feet

(And I also posted here.)

This CNN story tells us that former Bushco attorney general Alberto Gonzales has secured employment; he will work to recruit minority students for Texas Tech University’s diversity office and teach a junior-level political science seminar on "Contemporary Issues in the Executive Branch," according to a statement from the school.

And this story from April 2007 (when Gonzales was in charge) tells us that, in addition to the notorious role Abu G. played in the firing of the U.S. Attorneys…

Federal enforcement of civil rights…eroded over the past six years due to “willful neglect and calculated design” by the Bush administration, according to a recent report released by two Washington think tanks.

The report, which was issued by the Citizens’ Commission on Civil Rights and the Center for American Progress, focuses much of its criticism on the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, long the federal government’s instrument for enforcing civil rights laws.

The division was created in 1957 by President Eisenhower as a response to the growing national civil rights movement. It is charged with enforcing laws in areas such as voting, education, employment and housing.

Now, on the eve of the its 50th anniversary, the report says that the Civil Rights Division has “fallen into a dangerous state of disrepair.”

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In the area of employment, the report claims that the division is pursuing fewer cases in which the complainants are African Americans “while devoting more resources to ‘reverse discrimination’ cases where the complainants are white.”

In voting, the report charges that the Bush administration has intentionally misused the division’s mandate to further Republican Party aims, and has “effectively ignored” the division’s longstanding priority of combating voting discrimination against African Americans.

Well, I suppose this isn’t an issue for Texas Tech, as long as the minority students are Hispanic, or of any other ethnic or racial origin other than African American (removing tongue from cheek as I type this).

And actually, given what we know of our happily-now-gone AG, I’d like to suggest the following course offerings to be taught by Texas Tech’s new hire…

Covering Up A Future President’s Misdemeanor Drunk Driving Conviction

Ignoring The Freedom of Information Act To Restrict Access of Presidential Records

Initiating Convenient Memory Lapses When Testifying Before Congressional Committees

Abusing The USA Patriot Act For Fun and Profit

Soliciting Contributions For Your Legal Fund While Facing Congressional Investigations Into Perjury and Obstruction of Justice Charges

Also, I guess Texas Tech probably doesn’t have a satellite campus in Spain, but if they did, I would love to see “Fredo” sent there by the school, given this story.

Update 7/18/09: More outrage from here...