First and foremost, it must be realized by now that Jon Corzine has no respect whatsoever for the body in which he used to serve. It will soon be confirmed that he lied to former colleagues during the first Senate hearings on MF Global. Not only does he have no respect for the Senate, but he has no respect for the House of Representatives either (where he was similarly less than honest under oath). Which means he cares for no one but himself. Values nothing about our system of government or any principles on which our nation is based. How a person without honor could rise to such a position of preeminence is telling about our present state of circumstances.
There are many parallels between Sandusky and Corzine. Both crumpled the institutions with which they were associated. Sandusky brought down the venerable Joe Paterno, along with the president and some administrators of the university. Due to him, the number one recruit of the flagship football program has already de-committed, along with some others and further signees soon to follow. He has drastically lowered the perception of the institution and what it claimed to stand for in the eyes of the public. It would be hard to envision more destruction traced to the acts of one man. But he still maintains his innocence. And this scenario will soon be repeated at Syracuse with Bernie Fine, Jim Boeheim and probably others.
Corzine is a similar creature. He maintains his innocence and lack of knowledge about any of the violations by MF Global. Corzine, however. not only brought down MF, but has wrought severe damage to the entire commodities trading industry - if not the entire securities industry. When one's "secure, segregated accounts" are insecure and not segregated - trust properly vanishes. And this just intensifies the pre-existing lack of trust at the forefront of the financial industry.
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I'm constantly amazed at the big picture corruption and morality issues that Americans consistently believe can't exist until they are shown over and over again that they are real and as described. How many confirmations does it take before we finally conclude that something is, in fact, very wrong in this world? The OWS movement knows it - but I've been reading articles that bemoan the costs associated in controlling & arresting these patriots and cleaning up after them - while ignoring the pillaging of trillions from the system by the true financial villains they are trying to identify and expose.
I grew up in the time of the Kennedy assassinations, the Vietnam deceit and Watergate. As time went by, I hoped that we had progressed beyond these types of things. But we never did - it was all an illusion. Perhaps now is the time when one's first reaction should be to mistrust everything they are told. To question the motives behind the main street media. If we develop a healthy questioning of authority, maybe these parties will think twice about what they try to force feed us. Maybe we can take back what has been taken away - or perhaps given up through lethargy. I fear it won't happen in this election cycle. Hopefully, the populace can derive a clear picture of our "supposed" democracy and come up with and agree to a strategy to bring about the true "hope and change"phrase that Mr. Obama utilized only for the purpose of getting elected.
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