"Obscenities have always been a priority of the attorney general," said Mary Beth Buchanan, U.S. attorney for western Pennsylvania. "[A]nd he has asked each U.S. attorney to make that our priority as well." Buchanan is the lead prosecutor on the case against Zacari http://www.abcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/US/porno030828.html Seems she's in bed with Ashcroft, with no compunction about raping the 1st. (Which may or may not have to do with Prof. R's fascination with her; we don't follow that). Or she may be reviled as a domestic terrorist for her role in the persecution of a glasswares vendor http://216.239.41.104/search?q=cache:Q2lzFGs63RMJ:marijuana.newstrove.com/+%22mary+beth+buchanan%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 Perhaps life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is too much for her. Or perhaps she merely enjoys initiating violence against those involved in mutually consensual transactions she disapproves of. Perhaps Prof R for all his too precise meanderings is at least bringing someone deserving into the public light. ---- "Did you really think that we want those laws to be observed? . . . We want them broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts that you're up against - and then you'll know that this is not the age for beautiful gestures. We're after power and we mean it. . . . . There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted - and you create a nation of lawbreakers - and then you cash in on the guilt. Now that's the system, . . . that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with." From Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand.