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Take the Money and Die
by Larry Sakin
31 May 2007
American politics is a complex enterprise. So much of what passes as policy these days is just so much legalese thrown together to benefit the corporate campaign contributors of our supposed representatives. Many Americans have thrown their hands up in the air, frustrated by attempts to make politicians accountable to the people again. These people should not give up hope, for the burgeoning Chinese government has provided a quick, simple solution to this problem.
A recent Associated Press article by Audra Ang entitled “Ex-China drug regulator to be executed” details the corrupt life China’s former State Food and Drug Administrator Zheng Xiaoyu, who was convicted of taking $832,000 in bribes and allowing eight companies to get around drug approval standards.
Zheng’s acts “greatly undermined… the efficiency of China’s drug monitoring and supervision, endangered public life and health and had a very negative social impact,” the court said. The punishment of death was appropriate given the “huge amount of bribes involved and the great damage inflicted on the country and the public.”
Wow! Here in the mighty U.S, this guy would have been rewarded with a million dollar a year job at some large pharmaceutical company for doing exactly the same thing.
Maybe this is what we need to keep our politicians in line. Take bribes and endanger the public - you get sentenced to death. Let’s face it, the only thing that gets the attention of our dear leaders anymore is either the promise of living the good life, or the threat of having your good life taken away. I know, it sounds too authoritarian, too savage to execute someone for putting the general public in danger.
However, American greedheads are willing to go to extreme measures to enrich themselves at the expense of others. Perhaps its time we take extreme measures against them. Instead of calling for President Bush and President of Vice Dick Cheney’s impeachment, we ought to be calling for death by firing squad or hanging. Isn’t that the proper punishment for treasonous disregard of the nation? We Americans love all things military, so let’s give both Bush and Cheney a military ceremony none of us will ever forget. We can ship them out to Guantanamo to await their military trials and when they are eventually put on trial, we can watch the grainy images of the proceedings. We can watch former US Attorney General and civil rights lawyer Ramsey Clark tries to defend Bush and Cheney in vain. After both are found guilty, we can see them take their last puffs on Cuban cigars before they’re hooded and summarily shot.
We can offer the same penalty to members of Congress eager to solicit campaign donations from corporations just itching to produce drugs and foods that aren’t fit for consumption, or for that matter, weakening any standard that puts the health and welfare of the public aside. Imagine what our country would be like today if Ken Lay of Enron fame or Charlie Keating were sentenced to death for ripping off the stockholders of their corporations? Do you really think people like these guys would be tempted if their very lives were at stake?
Of course, none of that will happen here. We’re much too sophisticated in the US to dole out capital punishment to elites. The death penalty is something we reserve for po’ people.
Still, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to find a picture of Mr. Zheng, blow it up to poster size with a caption about his sentence for corruption, and send it to our dear leaders in Congress, the White House, and corporate board rooms across America, just so they know we’re paying attention.
http://mytown.ca/sakin/
by Larry Sakin
31 May 2007
American politics is a complex enterprise. So much of what passes as policy these days is just so much legalese thrown together to benefit the corporate campaign contributors of our supposed representatives. Many Americans have thrown their hands up in the air, frustrated by attempts to make politicians accountable to the people again. These people should not give up hope, for the burgeoning Chinese government has provided a quick, simple solution to this problem.
A recent Associated Press article by Audra Ang entitled “Ex-China drug regulator to be executed” details the corrupt life China’s former State Food and Drug Administrator Zheng Xiaoyu, who was convicted of taking $832,000 in bribes and allowing eight companies to get around drug approval standards.
Zheng’s acts “greatly undermined… the efficiency of China’s drug monitoring and supervision, endangered public life and health and had a very negative social impact,” the court said. The punishment of death was appropriate given the “huge amount of bribes involved and the great damage inflicted on the country and the public.”
Wow! Here in the mighty U.S, this guy would have been rewarded with a million dollar a year job at some large pharmaceutical company for doing exactly the same thing.
Maybe this is what we need to keep our politicians in line. Take bribes and endanger the public - you get sentenced to death. Let’s face it, the only thing that gets the attention of our dear leaders anymore is either the promise of living the good life, or the threat of having your good life taken away. I know, it sounds too authoritarian, too savage to execute someone for putting the general public in danger.
However, American greedheads are willing to go to extreme measures to enrich themselves at the expense of others. Perhaps its time we take extreme measures against them. Instead of calling for President Bush and President of Vice Dick Cheney’s impeachment, we ought to be calling for death by firing squad or hanging. Isn’t that the proper punishment for treasonous disregard of the nation? We Americans love all things military, so let’s give both Bush and Cheney a military ceremony none of us will ever forget. We can ship them out to Guantanamo to await their military trials and when they are eventually put on trial, we can watch the grainy images of the proceedings. We can watch former US Attorney General and civil rights lawyer Ramsey Clark tries to defend Bush and Cheney in vain. After both are found guilty, we can see them take their last puffs on Cuban cigars before they’re hooded and summarily shot.
We can offer the same penalty to members of Congress eager to solicit campaign donations from corporations just itching to produce drugs and foods that aren’t fit for consumption, or for that matter, weakening any standard that puts the health and welfare of the public aside. Imagine what our country would be like today if Ken Lay of Enron fame or Charlie Keating were sentenced to death for ripping off the stockholders of their corporations? Do you really think people like these guys would be tempted if their very lives were at stake?
Of course, none of that will happen here. We’re much too sophisticated in the US to dole out capital punishment to elites. The death penalty is something we reserve for po’ people.
Still, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to find a picture of Mr. Zheng, blow it up to poster size with a caption about his sentence for corruption, and send it to our dear leaders in Congress, the White House, and corporate board rooms across America, just so they know we’re paying attention.
http://mytown.ca/sakin/
