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[oldadjunct]

But, even if you loathe him, wouldn't you like to be able ask him, "What the hell were you thinking?"

You might want to refresh your memory of Gonzalez's contemptuous (not in the technical, legal sense - though it should have been) Congressional testimony if you think a student would or could learn anything from this man.

[darkmatter]

But, even if you loathe him, wouldn't you like to be able ask him, "What the hell were you thinking?"

You might want to refresh your memory of Gonzalez's contemptuous (not in the technical, legal sense - though it should have been) Congressional testimony if you think a student would or could learn anything from this man.

They could learn how to show contempt for Congress.

[dolljepopp]

I'd be less bothered if they paid him an adjunct wage for his one class, let it fill up with forty students (as most of my classes as an adjunct had)*, and let him keep a small percentage of the money he raises from university sponsored events rich fascists pay a few hundred a plate to attend.


Oh, and allowing himself to be water-boarded in class should be part of the curriculum -- you know, to show how it isn't really torture.



*When I was an angry young leftist, I might well have taken such a class just to argue with him, though it's unlikely I would have moved to Texas to do so.

[madhatter]

I don't think Gonzales hates America. I think he doesn't care, one way or the other. My impression from his actions as Attorney General is that his overriding legal philosophy was "George Bush is my friend. I must get George Bush whatever he wants, no matter what."

I'm hard-pressed to think of any senior Bush administration officials that would have something valuable to teach, other than mistakes-by-example. Maybe some of the outer circle folks who got kicked to the curb (like Powell), but they don't really count. Rumsfeld? Although consistently, frighteningly wrong about the Iraq war, he has some interesting perspectives. Anyone else?