Slate's Mapped Diagram Of Administration Wrongdoing Demonstrates The Awfulness Of Alberto Gonzalez

The only thing in all the world I love more than flowcharts, which are awesome, are Venn diagrams. I especially adore interactive Venn diagrams and I am really, really fond of this one on Slate, that maps out the Bush White House's five major crimes and groups the people involved. It's big help, considering the fact that you'll want to know, going forward, who needs to be put in the stockade and who needs to bound, blindfolded, folded into a stress position and carted off to a CIA prison or the Hague.

Anyway, you wouldn't imagine that there would be a single figure who's involvement in pure, un-American malfeasance was so deep and wide and vast that they'd be central to all these major crimes, but you'd be wrong! At the middle of the entire mess is the man who I've long and happily and comfortably referred to as the Worst American In My Lifetime, former Attorney General and Affront to God Himself Alberto Gonzalez. Slate says, "if this were The Sopranos he'd be our Silvio."

The entire presentation is well-laid out by Slate, and it should be sufficient in demonstrating that everyone out there currently writing that Batman, as portrayed in The Dark Knight, is a fitting stand-in for the Bush administration needs to have their heads examined, by gorillas armed with powerful jackhammers.

Comments

[deminmo]

12:47 PM on 07/28/2008

This explains why so many people, especially Gonzoles,
refuses to testify.

[separatingwheatfromchaff]

09:09 AM on 07/28/2008

I love your posts Jason,but there are so many missing circles as others have mentioned.I can't blame you too much though because everyday is another crime spree for these people and I really have to research to remind myself how much criminal activity they were involved in.One of the crucial missing circles is the SCOTUS ruling that counting of votes in Florida should stop,in essence appointing a president by default.I have always considered that ruling as criminal and treasonous and the main reason our nation has been disgraced in the eyes of the rest of the world.

[Amunaka]

08:14 AM on 07/28/2008

Nice......

[BlackbirdHighway]

08:02 AM on 07/28/2008

The Venn diagram of Dems who are actually doing anything about any of it is much simpler. One circle labeled "Nothing", with only one name in it: "Nobody".

Thanks a lot, enabler party!

[gcallaghan]

07:59 AM on 07/28/2008

Finally, a picture accompanied by simply-stuctured words that even trolls might comprehend.

[mamacat]

05:41 AM on 07/28/2008

Once again, Jason delivers the goods. Thanks Jason.

[LiberalBuzz]

03:41 AM on 07/28/2008

And as usual NOTHING will happen. This criminal administration will as usual, just sneer and thumb their noses at the justice system and Dems will as usual cower out of some sort of fear of the rightwingers and their media outlets and be more concerned about what Rush says than what is right, and just in America which is holding ANYONE culpable who breaks the laws of this land.

Cowards....the lot of 'em.

[TN]

12:35 AM on 07/28/2008

How can we read the chart when it is soo small, why can't we click on some of these and enlarge them?

[metalpipe]

08:59 AM on 07/28/2008

Go to the Slate link provided.

[BaltimoreSteve]

12:27 AM on 07/28/2008

Excellent.

[ObamAtomic]

11:50 PM on 07/27/2008

Bushay,Chenay ,Gonzo,Dondy,Runfield,Rope,,,damage to the Constitution
The Hague.....War Crimes

[CocteausTwin]

11:49 PM on 07/27/2008

Jason,
Do you ever sleep? It is amazing the number of your articles that pulls me into comment. You seem like a person that I would really like to know in person and would keep me laughing. It is comforting to know that someone like yourself finds the time and the energy to comment on the things that I myself find so astounding.

Michael

[LiberTLover]

11:34 PM on 07/27/2008

Gonzales was just another Petraeus. He did what he was told to do, and said what he was told to say, to ensure that he did not join those who dared oppose the Decider on the unemployment line. Funny thing is, in his case he ended up there anyway, apparenly the Decider's loyalties only extend to a chosen few.

[metalpipe]

09:01 AM on 07/28/2008

I'm thinking the Executive branch's justice department should be the only ones actually facing jail time. They gave everyone else an iron clad defense for their crimes.

[kellygrrrl]

11:29 PM on 07/27/2008

that is totally awesome!

I'm giving it to my 14 y/o daughter and her friends right now to see how much fun they have

[kellygrrrl]

11:27 PM on 07/27/2008

we gonna need mo' Hoof-Cuffs

[RJII]

11:25 PM on 07/27/2008

we should wait till after Bush is out, then go after all these crooks. this way Bush can't pardon them or himself.