Monday, October 02, 2006
The prosecutor in me...
Comes out a little when I read about a case like that of Rep. Mark Foley of Florida. I hope this doesn't turn into a Republican/Democrat thing, because there are creeps all over Congress. Many of my fellow students at William and Mary (including IPLawGuy) worked on the Hill for a while, and we all heard stories.
What it makes me want to do is run the investigation. There is something about uncovering the truth about acts so dangerous that is incredibly fulfilling (and, also, something equally fulfilling when you find out the truth is not so dangerous-- when what you uncover is innocence).
That's what I miss the most. It's not "fun," and it's not easy, and it's not quick; rather it is depressing and difficult and long. But it is one of those solemn tasks so full of true meaning that one cannot look away once you have engaged the gears. Life is valued in moments, not years, and if your life includes a few moments you can look back on and know that you may have saved a child or ended an abuse of power-- as a social worker, as a parent, as a prosecutor, perhaps as a defender-- a piece of the hole that is inside all of us gets filled in.
What it makes me want to do is run the investigation. There is something about uncovering the truth about acts so dangerous that is incredibly fulfilling (and, also, something equally fulfilling when you find out the truth is not so dangerous-- when what you uncover is innocence).
That's what I miss the most. It's not "fun," and it's not easy, and it's not quick; rather it is depressing and difficult and long. But it is one of those solemn tasks so full of true meaning that one cannot look away once you have engaged the gears. Life is valued in moments, not years, and if your life includes a few moments you can look back on and know that you may have saved a child or ended an abuse of power-- as a social worker, as a parent, as a prosecutor, perhaps as a defender-- a piece of the hole that is inside all of us gets filled in.
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I hope everyone caught the Colbert report on this. He was saying that Foley's statements of Stud and Horny were all acronyms (acronym i think) in the same sense LOL is in internet lingo. Foley is a sicko but what is nuts is that there seems to be a congressman every so many months who ends up being some sort of sexual perversion.
R or D aside, there was some sort of cover up and leadership knew about this either 11 to 60 months beforehand. Something serious needs to get done about this. I long for Prosecutor Osler going little bunny foo foo on the house and bopping congressmen on the heads.
R or D aside, there was some sort of cover up and leadership knew about this either 11 to 60 months beforehand. Something serious needs to get done about this. I long for Prosecutor Osler going little bunny foo foo on the house and bopping congressmen on the heads.
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: 9:13 AM 
The most disturbing part is that the GOP leadership appears to have known about this and did nothing. Like Watergate, the crime is bad, but the attempt to hide it is even worse.
It's time for the leadership to be changed. If the voters don't do it, I hope the rank and file of the GOP does.
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It's time for the leadership to be changed. If the voters don't do it, I hope the rank and file of the GOP does.
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