Justice.

I am amused.

This morning I read an article in the New York Times about some conservative authors who are suing the conservative book publishing company claiming that their company is practicing some illegal sales manipulation. (You can read the article here.)

The authors are people who clearly are supportive of the Republican and/or Bush presidency. They include the authors of Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry (Jerome Corsi) and Dereliction of Duty: The Eyewitness Account of How Bill Clinton Compromised America’s National Security (Lt. Col. Robert Patterson) and Shadow War: The Untold Story of How Bush Is Winning the War on Terror (Richard Miniter).

Basically, their claim is that their conservative books publisher is offering their books to company-owned book clubs at such deeply discounted prices that the result is no royalties are paid to the authors, or that the books are being given away in large numbers as promotional items and rewards, also resulting in no royalties.

Mr. Miniter is quoted as saying, “We’re not looking for a payoff; we’re looking for justice.”

To me, these authors, who have profitted by their endorsement of the cronyism-filled Republican government and who now face a similarly cronyistic publishing practice ... justice has been served.