THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG OF CORRUPTION, THAT MELTS IN THE LIGHT OF TRUTH

Response to Frank Rich NY Times column - Oct 21,2007 - Re

Corruption in our military / business / government complex

It would be very useful to our American citizens to create a graphic image of the inter-relationships of corruption outlined in your article, Mr. Rich.

As other Times graphics have, it could display, with appropriate annotations, the corrupted projects, corrupted government agencies and appointees responsible for initiating and/or participating in these corruptions, the related (as in incestual) contracting and/or lobbying identities of corruption, plus the physical human consequences (suicides, murders, MIA, disappeared, wrecked families, mental/emotional trauma), the losses of America’s financial capital, and the judicial consequences and interferences, by congressional and judicial sources re oversight of these relationships..

It is clear to a thoughtful mind that your article is but the tip of the iceberg of corruption, which melts in the light of truth, just as the arctic icecap melts in our ignorance of global warming.

Since the common thread here is Bushite administrative policies and appointees, there is good reason to trust that the domestic administrative financial policies of the Bushites (or Chaneyites?) carry the same stench of corruption as the foreign administrative financial policies. A similar graphic would be useful in itself for domestic corruptions of corporate / government / financial markets, and may provide more clarity to see the currently invisible lines of relationship among the henchmen administrators of the Bush regime in all areas of American life that it infests.

Note: Could any of these threads lead to the bunkered office suite of the Vice President, before or after tip-toeing through the West Wing?

Since the lives and death of our soldiers and their families, the lives and deaths of countless Iraqis and their families, the threat to and destruction of our middle and working classes from this plundering of our Treasury and work product seems to make no difference to our congressional, the administrative, nor judicial representatives, perhaps putting the corruption network of the military /industrial /governmental complex in a simple visual form would attract the attention of our conservative, short-sighted, non attentive (attention deficit disordered?), red state citizens(‘red’ – as in the derogative term consrvatives used in the 50’s to refer to those who would organize to undermine the principles and laws of the United States), and other supporters of this regime who have been duped by their own ignorance , and willingness to swallow the swill of the ‘con’- servatives – the most insidious of ‘con’ schemes we’ve faced as a nation, and as a global community.

Note: I use ‘con’ (as in neocon) to be the short form of ‘confidence' as in 'confidence man’ and ‘confidence game’– meaning in law enforcement terms - the attempt to, or achievement of, gaining another’s confidence so as to defraud and thieve another’s capital – financial and human in our case. Associations you make to 'neocon' are not coincidental.

Perhaps such clarity in visual form would attract and hold the attention of our electorate long enough to realize the government is ‘conning’ us out of our human and constitutional rights, our money and our life-blood. If they would protect their property with their lives and their weapons, it’s time they see and hear the fox in the hen house, because we put a skulk of hungry foxes in charge of our prosperity that they want for themselves. (Note: Believe it or not, 'Skulk' is the correct term for a gang of foxes.)

We’re being ripped off and refuse to pay attention – attention enough to realize the idea of just how pervasive and damaging corruption is to our lifestyle, much less our culture and value systems that we purport to hold in such sacred esteem.

Perhaps it is only in these personal financial terms that our American community, our electorate and our representatives be motivated enough to take enough corrective action. Whatever measures are taken they must be substantial enough to end this corruption, just like employee theft - because at its root level that's all this is.

Ultimately, Mr. Rich, I agree with your perspective in another recent article included in the Times – we’re getting exactly the value system we hold as an ideal and yet do nothing to stand up for, nothing to implement, and nothing to live by as American and Global citizens.

We talk about courage and conviction. It's time to walk our talk - as citizens, as government, as business and financial people, as religionists, educators, and philosophers.

How far our 60’s generation has moved from our positive ideals and action for the good, the true, and the beautiful - to the support the negative American institutions of government, business and education driven by principles of evil, purposeful deception, betrayal,and brutality brought to our experience through our own lethargy.

Our rallying cry should be “God help us all, not just me”

“For all Life on Earth.” - might be a credo for those who prefer no reference to a universal organizing being.