The Sheriff of Wall Street Had to Go
“Not only did the Bush administration do nothing to protect consumers, it embarked on an aggressive and unprecedented campaign to prevent states from protecting their residents from the very problems to which the federal government was turning a blind eye.”
Eliot Spitzer 13 February 2008
Why are Politicians Silent While the Country Burns?
Gretchen 360, Alternet
Public officials are notably silent about torture, the theft of US nuclear secrets and corporate corruption. Eliot Spitzer was an exception a crusader against Wall Street fraud and SEC manipulations.
The Feds aren't noted for 24/7 surveillance of unusual bank account maneuvers. They can't follow every runaway dad and cheating husband.
This is the work of private detectives such as those typically hired by Wall Street crooks. They have time to stand behind the Governor while he buys three money orders. They totaled $10,000, which is the minimum transaction meriting the interest of the IRS.
Indifferent to torture etc, the public loves news of lust and perversion. Although Eliot disappointed as he was not a pedophile, they have managed to silence the Wall Street watchdog.
How many other pols have learned from this incident not to mess with Wall Street?
Elliot Spitzer and American Ethical Perversity
Rabbi Michael Lerner, Opednews.com
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That there is no outcry for these government officials and corporate leaders to resign immediately or be impeached, that there is no moral outrage at the entire system that produces this impact, is America's ethical perversity. Instead, the only crime against humanity that the media takes seriously and the politicians fear is being exposed for personal sexual immorality. While everyone basks in their own self-righteous demands on Spitzer, we all allow media and elected officials to fundamentally distort our ethical vision and play out our morality on the smallest of possible stages while ignoring the global and personal consequences of our larger ethical failures.
