ONE OF THE SADDEST EXPERIENCES ONE CAN HAVE IN THIS IMPERFECT WORLD IS THAT OF BETRAYAL.   

BETRAYAL, BY LEADERSHIP, IS WHAT WE ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE OF IN OUR GREAT COUNTRY IN THIS 21 ST CENTURY.    WE SEE THIS AS RELATED TO THE VERY FIBRIC OF OUR MORAL TEACHINGS AND MORAL BELIEFS.  WE SEE THIS AS A CORRUPTION OF CHARACTER THAT NOW  PERMEATES  OUR  CULTURE TO AN EXTENT THAT I HAVE NEVER BEFORE WITNESSED IN MY 80 PLUS YEARS OF LIFE.  

THIS LATEST MASSIVE BETRAYAL OF HARDWORKING CITIZENS WHO PLAY BY THE RULES SAVED FOR THEIR RETIREMENT….INVESTED IN UNITED STATES JOB CREATING INDUSTRIES….BUYING STOCKS AND BONDS FROM WHAT THEY BELIEVED TO BE RESPONSIBLE INDUSTRIES….INVESTING IN 401 K’S  ONLY TO WAKE UP ON A SEPTEMBER MORNING AND FIND THAT MASSIVE FRAUD WAS TAKING PLACE AND THEIR RETIREMENT FUNDS WERE EVAPORATING IN THIN AIR.  

THESE HARDWORKING CITIZENS ARE BEING SEVERLY PUNISHED BECAUSE THEIR LEADERS IN GOVERNMENT DID NOT SUPPLY THE PROPER OVERSIGHT TO MAKE SURE THOSE WHOM THE PEOPLE TRUSTED … WERE TRUST WORTHY.

WHEN PEOPLE LIKE CONGRESSMAN BARNEY FRANK,  THE FINANCIAL SERVICES CHAIRMAN OF OUR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ENCOURAGES UNSOUND RISKY LENDING PRACTICES ON THE PART OF TAXPAYER BACKED FANNIE MAE AND FREDDIE MAC AND WHEN CONFRONTED BARNEY FRANKS PUBLICALLY STATES, FREDDIE AND FANNIE ARE “FUNDEMENTALLY SOUND” WHILE DAYS LATER THEY GO BELLY UP.

I ASK WHERE ARE THE SERIOUS INVESTIGATION TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS KIND OF ACTION.  WHERE ARE THE INVESTIGATIONS DIGGING INTO SENATOR CHRISTOPHER DODD’S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE NOW DEFUNK COUNTRYWIDE FINANCIAL COMPANY.  

IT IS SAD!   I DON’T TRULY GET THE FELLING THAT EITHER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE REALLY UNDERSTANDS THE PLIGHT OF THE MIDDLE CLASS … DOWN TO EARTH AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PLAYS BY THE RULES…. TRUSTS THE GOVERNMENT AND TRYS TO MAKE THIS A BETTER COUNTRY.                 

BETRAYAL IS WHAT WE ARE SEEING MORE AND MORE OF IN OUR GREAT COUNTRY IN THIS 21 ST CENTURY.    WE SEE THIS AS RELATED TO THE VERY FIBRIC OF OUR MORAL TEACHINGS AND MORAL BELIEFS.  WE SEE THIS AS A CORRUPTION OF CHARACTER THAT NOW  PERMEATES  OUR  CULTURE TO AN EXTENT THAT I HAVE NEVER BEFORE WITNESSED. 

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE JAIL TIME FOR SOME OF THOSE WHO HAVE BETRAYED OUR TRUST AND NOW CAUSE US TO PAY DEARLY FOR THEIR SINS OF CORRUPT LEADERSHIP.

IF JUSTICE AND CLOSURE IS TO COME I BELIEVE CORRUPT LEADERS SHOULD BE PUNISHED.   I TRUST I AM NOT ALONE IN THAT THINKING?