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America’s Justice System has been corrupted by sleazy politicians.
David Chang, a Bergen County businessman who testified he gave U. S. Senator Robert Torricelli lots of expensive gifts and cash totaling more than $50,000, was found guilty of obstructing justice and was sentenced to 18 months in prison.
Senator Torricelli, a liberal Democrat from Bergen County, walked away a free man.
GORDON BISHOP
ON THE ISSUES
SENATOR TORRICELLI WALKS – CHANG GOES TO JAIL ! ~ By Gordon Bishop America’s Justice System has been corrupted by sleazy politicians. David Chang, a Bergen County businessman who testified he gave U. S. Senator Robert Torricelli lots of expensive gifts and cash totaling more than $50,000, was found guilty of obstructing justice and was sentenced to 18 months in prison. Senator Torricelli, a liberal Democrat from Bergen County, walked away a free man. Torricelli, a Democrat, told the media that a federal investigation into his political-financial affairs taught him that he must exercise “a higher degree of caution” in accepting campaign contributions and associating with donors. Torricelli, like his Democrat friend Bill Clinton, is what’s wrong with America’s judicial and election systems. Like the Clinton White House, the United States Congress today is rife with corruption. The Senate Ethics Committee is looking into the Torricelli matter to see if the New Jersey senator broke any laws, ethically, in taking gifts and money from David Chang. Before Mary Jo White left office when President Bush was elected, she announced she will not prosecute Torricelli for “bribery and other crimes.” Is it any wonder why giant corporations like Enron, Global Crossings and Arthur Anderson stole billions of dollars from stockholders? You can trace it to our bankrupt political system. The Enrons of America believe they can get away with looting investors. Hey, if the politicians can get away with it, so can they! The corruption is rampant in both the public and private sectors. And getting Clinton, Torricelli and other slippery politicians off the criminal hook sets a bad precedent to anyone with weak morals, ethics or a conscience. And they seem to be in the majority nowadays. Judicial Watch, the only nonprofit “legal watchdog” of America, has no less than 50 lawsuits pending against politicians, including Democrats, Republicans and even Independents if they break the law. “Truth” is no longer a word with any meaning in this once great Constitutional Republic. Lies and deception are shaping public policy. The private corporate world is lying more and more to its investors, which is why the stock market has gone south. There is no more “truth in packaging” for politicians and CEOs alike. Even the Catholic Church (and other religions as well) are not telling the truth about their priests or ministers. Pedophiles and homosexuals have invaded the ranks of those we used to trust. That familiar oath, “I swear to God,” is as meaningless as the role of God, or a higher authority, in our day-to-day lives. With a national 51 percent divorce, families are crashing, and more and more youngsters are growing up with either “two mommies” or “two daddies.” The differences between males and females have been blurred. Anything goes! Aids is an epidemic -- and drugs, sex, alcohol and gambling are the order of the day. America is becoming a dysfunctional society. If the head of the fish is rotten, how can the body (and soul) survive? This is where America is today because of more than 50 years of dumbing-down and downsizing our social, cultural, educational and political standards and values. Is it too late to stop this self-destructive cancer? Gordon Bishop
Syndicated Columnist
June 20, 2002
Torricelli’s a free man. Why? Because he got one last “gift” from outgoing U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White, who was appointed by Bill Clinton.
Eatontown, NJ
Gordon Bishop, a national award-winning author, historian and syndicated columnist, is New Jersey’s first “Journalist-of-the-Year” - 1986 / New Jersey Press Association.
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