John Ashcroft (R-Choad)

Is all over the big threats to the Republic--kids downloading mp3's. Read all about it here.

Remember during the 2000 campaign, when Candidate Bush, after giving a laundry list of things that he was for, was asked what, if anything, he was against?

In his typical bumbling style, he answered, "Uh, I'm against big Hollywood, big trial lawyers...what was the question?"

Good thing he wouldn't ever side with Big Hollywood: "The raids are reflective of a new effort by the Justice Department to treat copyright enforcement as a higher priority, something that motion-picture and music-industry officials have been urging."

Hey, John Ashcroft, remember that Osama bin Laden dude? You know, the one who murdered 3000 people in one day? How about finding that guy, and THEN worrying about those dastardly threats to FREEDOM (tm) who are busily downloading songs and movies, eh?

Since some people like statistics, we here at Punch and Jude offer the following quantitative jewel:

Number of people killed due to actions of Osama bin Laden: 2,976 (just from 9/11)

Number of people killed due to teenagers downloading music: 0

Hmmmm.