DDAY wrote:
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In article , "John Carrier"
wrote:

The power corrupts comments earlier hit it right on. We throw 535 human
beings into the candy store, tell 'em the owner is blind, and watch. His
corruption is on the grandest scale yet discovered, but how many of them
have been influenced by lesser things? The whole K-street Congress axis is
a detriment to our well-being, and we've got the budget to prove it. The
SOB's have discovered they can bribe us with our own money.

I guess you're right. He's really a victim of society. He should not go to
jail. We should just let him go and live on his Navy and congressional
pensions.

I didn't get that meaning from John's statement (although I see how one
could). I thought the "candy store... and watch" analogy meant that
corruption is just beneath the surface of many, not all, and waiting for
opportunity.

Sorta like saying hurricanes bring out the closet criminals, but not
everyone from New Orleans is a criminal. Oops, I didn't just say that,
no, wait, I did just say that! Joking aside, that is exactly what I
meant to say.

After all, it's not like American lives depended on the defense contracts
that he granted through bribery.

I concur, I think we all do on this.

The defense team said his longevity may not exceed his prison term. How
does the saying go? Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.


Jim