How Many?

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 I put politicians and corporations in the same category.  How many of either ever admit guilt?  Even when a car company is forced by the government to fix a problem, how many admit guilt?  None.  Admitting guilt is a death nell for either.  Even Nixon upon his resignation didn't admit guilt.  Enough in Congress believed him to be guilty.  So, every politician says to let the people decide.  Every corporation says the same thing.  

It seems no one is ever guilty of anything.  Except for preachers.  Jimmy Swaggart apologized to his people for visiting prostitutes, yet his congregation forgave him but said he couldn't be their pastor any longer.  Jim baker did the same thing and it was his wife, Tammy Fae who played the victim and made a fortune off his sin.  The list of pastors in endless, but not so with corporations and politicians.  Where power and money are concerned no one admits guilt.  They can't.  

Some things don't matter and then some things do.  Ford felt it was cheaper to pay off families of those killed in Pintos than to fix the gas tank explosion problem from rear end collisions.  It's always cheaper to pay off families of victims than to correct a problem.  Politicians do the same thing.  They all do.  Who admits they made a mistake?  Even if voted out of Congress by their peers, a politician always go down swinging.  Then they do something to prove their colleagues wrong.  They become commentators on national news outlets making more money with a better retirement than if they were still elected officials.  

One thing a defense attorney says to their client is to never admit guilt.  Even if found guilty one will say they will appeal.  That is how the system works.   Once in a while a case is open and shut, meaning no chance for appeal, and the best thing to do is hope the judge is lenient.  Then the accused is sorry and will even hug the victim's family.  Sometimes there is no doubt and the courtroom becomes a confessional.  But not with a politician, or a corporation, or with mob bosses. 

Now, having said all this, the fact is that even Congress has a difficult time convicting corporations in Congressiinal hearings.  And Congress has a difficult time when dealing with their own.  It was Goldwater who convinced Nixon to resign by saying even he could not support Nixon.  Nixon is the only president to resign in disgrace.  

Well, this is the world as it is today and I've decided to sit here on the lanai, smoke my Tim West pipe and relax with some Old Professor.  There are pressing issues facing the world today, but I'm just not worried.  I guess I am like Alfred E. Neuman of Mad magazine fame who so famously said with a big tooth missing grin on his freckled face, "What?  Me worry?"   I'm not, really.  Thank you for your time and Peace to each one of you.

Dave 

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