Ain't that Sweet?

[ellyssian]

Funny, how two news stories can show completely unrelated items, and yet really help show how absolutely insane life is these days.

First off (because I stumbled across it in blackbyrd2's journal *after* I read the other one,) is this bit about a kid and some powdered sugar, and the felony charges that resulted.

Next up, this NY Times article (requires registration) about how the White House knew about the levee's breach before the admitted to knowing about it - and without doing anything about it.

On the one hand, a 12 year old is a criminal because of a basic staple ingredient, and on the other, the leader of a country ignores critical information that allows his people to come to harm.

It will be interesting to see if the punishments fit the crimes. Well, it would be interesting, if I thought they had any chance in hell of anything remotely resembling justice.

Sigh.

Comments

[nolawitch.livejournal.com]

The punishment for the kid will fit the crime...of being born to a working class family. There will be little appropriate punishment for the oligarchy given the current political climate.

[kk1raven.livejournal.com]

According to our system, the fitting punishments are for the kid to be treated like a genuine drug-user and for the people in the White House to have to make excuses and blame someone else for the whole mess. After all, powdered sugar is a dangerous substance, isn't it?Joking about having a drug at school is illegal. Leaders ignoring the needs of the citizens isn't illegal as far as I can see.

[patrixa.livejournal.com]

Besides, Bush can DO ANYTHING HE WANTS TO! Don't you get it? He is THE EMPEROR er, error, error, er, he's the KING no, that's wrong, too. Wait I got it: he is the PRESIDENTZAR! Yup, that's what he is, so he and his onions, er, minions can do anything or do nothing if they want. Unless one is connected to Hallibubrton, oil,gas, or a stinky minion one can do nothing. Got it?