Saturday, May 26, 2012
Fitzgerald retires
Patrick Fitzgerald retires.
Good.
Much as I hate partisan hacks, if I had to choose between a corrupt party hack and a sanctimonious Good Government busybody, I'd keep the hack. Commercial politicians like Blagojevich may not be honest but they're obvious and direct. Blago doesn't claim to be doing anything holy or eternally blessed, while the GG busybody does. This gives GG a level of fanatical energy that the hacks can't match, and it also gives him immunity from criticism by the press.
When you give a prosecuting license to the GG type, civilization collapses.
Competent government requires a fair amount of corruption. Chicago works better than most cities because it's openly fueled by the Mafia. Fitzgerald and similar GGs think they can strip out the money and leave something pure and noble called "public service". Nope, it just doesn't work that way.
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Good example of the unbalanced prosecutorial mind here in Spokane. The prosecutor believes he's uncovered a case of "sex trafficking" based on the word of one female "victim", who must be believed without reservation because she's female.
Rather amazingly, the media are doing their proper job. Every day the case gets weaker and weaker. Looks like the "victim" was a prostitute who wanted to get revenge on some of the people she dealt with. Many of those people are involved in drugs and prostitution ... they're hardly innocent bystanders ... but the story of a "sex trafficking" ring is falling apart.
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Update 5/29: The cops have released the "trafficking" suspects. Prosecutor is slowly backing away from charges, as always. Unlike the criminals we put in jail, the criminals we call "prosecutors" never confess, never reform, never admit guilt. They are permanently and irredeemably evil. ¶ 5:24 AM
Good.
Much as I hate partisan hacks, if I had to choose between a corrupt party hack and a sanctimonious Good Government busybody, I'd keep the hack. Commercial politicians like Blagojevich may not be honest but they're obvious and direct. Blago doesn't claim to be doing anything holy or eternally blessed, while the GG busybody does. This gives GG a level of fanatical energy that the hacks can't match, and it also gives him immunity from criticism by the press.
When you give a prosecuting license to the GG type, civilization collapses.
Competent government requires a fair amount of corruption. Chicago works better than most cities because it's openly fueled by the Mafia. Fitzgerald and similar GGs think they can strip out the money and leave something pure and noble called "public service". Nope, it just doesn't work that way.
= = = = =
Good example of the unbalanced prosecutorial mind here in Spokane. The prosecutor believes he's uncovered a case of "sex trafficking" based on the word of one female "victim", who must be believed without reservation because she's female.
Rather amazingly, the media are doing their proper job. Every day the case gets weaker and weaker. Looks like the "victim" was a prostitute who wanted to get revenge on some of the people she dealt with. Many of those people are involved in drugs and prostitution ... they're hardly innocent bystanders ... but the story of a "sex trafficking" ring is falling apart.
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Update 5/29: The cops have released the "trafficking" suspects. Prosecutor is slowly backing away from charges, as always. Unlike the criminals we put in jail, the criminals we call "prosecutors" never confess, never reform, never admit guilt. They are permanently and irredeemably evil. ¶ 5:24 AM
