'Twas the night Abu Ghraib photos escaped the White House

'Twas the night Abu Ghraib photos escaped the White House,
And Rumsfeld was scurrying, like some kind of louse,
The Iraqis were hung by the their shackles with flair,
In hopes American voters would never care;
The Generals were nestled all snug in their beds,
While illusions of honors danced in their heads;
And Bush in his tuxedo he bought at the Ritz,
Had just hunkered down for a long PR blitz,
When out in the press there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
And to the TV I flew like a flash,
I turned on CNN, not that Fox trash.
I beat my breast from the new-fallen shame
T’was the Abu Ghraib photos that were to blame,
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a Congressional investigation, which Bushies most fear,
It was begun by John Conyers, so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment Dick Cheney felt sick.
More rapid than eagles those traitors then came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;
"Now, Rumsfeld! now, Bolton! now, Cheney and Bush!
And those crooks whose heard are filled with NeoCon mush!
To the top of the docket for impeachment and worse!
Your shall pay for your crimes and the lies you disburse!
Now dash away! dash away off to jail houses,
Where you'll be treated badly like Newt Gingrich spouses!”
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
Conyers gave me to know I had nothing to dread;
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And laid out his case, and named every last jerk,
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, as the number of felonies rose;
He demanded justice and fought the good fight,
But I heard him exclaim, ere he strode out of sight,
"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night."

REMEMBER: The Bush administration's deadline to postpone release of the Abu Ghraib photos expires December 15 <http://rawstory.com/news/2005/ACLU_says_next_deadline_in_Abu_1209.html>

I WANT THESE RELEASED DAMN IT
Quit stalling!
I WANT THESE RELEASED DAMN IT
Quit stalling!
I WANT THESE RELEASED DAMN IT
Quit stalling!
I WANT THESE RELEASED DAMN IT
Quit stalling!
I WANT THESE RELEASED DAMN IT
Quit stalling!
I WANT THESE RELEASED DAMN IT
Quit stalling!
I WANT THESE RELEASED DAMN IT
Quit stalling!

Dec. 15? I just can't see them actually doing it, especially cause it's the same day as the Iraqi elections. But they've already extended the deadline and the judge probably won't allow them to postpone it any longer.

for the US to seek another extension of the deadline because, after tomorrow, the judge could rule any time on the administration's latest efforts to hide evidence of the torture which Bush and Rice tell us is not occurring. I don't think the judge has any formal deadline.

I enjoyed the re-write.

they will come out and Americans might have to finally face the truth.

I have the right to know what is being done in my name.

<http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5599509>

said at the July 2004 conference of the ACLU, that the images show American soldiers sodomizing Iraqi boys: "The boys were sodomized with the cameras rolling, and the worst part is the soundtrack, of the boys shrieking."

Lawmakers who saw the unreleased photos and videos in a private viewing on the 12th of May, 2004, said that they showed naked prisoners forced to have sex with each other.

Sergeant Samuel Provance from Alpha Company 302nd Military Intelligence battalion has reported the sexual abuse of a 16-year-old girl as well as the abuse of an Iraqi general's children (as his father was made to watch) as part of interrogation techniques.

I have no idea what it is.

That's still bad since our people were "in charge," but it isn't exactly the same thing.

The longer they hold this evidence, the closer it gets to the 2006 elections, so they're damned if they do and damned even more if they don't.