Think Progress has video of WJLA's investigation revealing that the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division has not hired a single black attorney in four years. Only two of their 50 lawyers are black.
What's hilarious about this? Obviously, nothing, at least not directly. But it reminds me of Bill Maher's extremely funny riff a month or so ago on Regent University, the Pat Robertson / Christian Broadcast Network school that has placed 150 of its graduates in the Bush Administration, including Monica Goodling.
I've been following the web sites of some extreme right wingers recently. It's scary -- I had no idea that that the white nationalist movement was as sophisticated as it is. And when you see what's happened with the Bush Administration's DOJ you realize that these guys are serious about winning the battle.
With such intense stuff, it's nice to have comic relief, and Maher's monologue provides it.
© Jed Lewison