As I write, a busload of villains and miscreants are being unloaded at the US Courthouse in Newark. I heard about it on the radio about an hour ago.
Is it a function of age or living in New Jersey that I am not shocked to learn:
- The mayor of Hoboken
- The deputy mayor of Jersey City
- The Jersey City council president
- A NJ state assemblyman
and others have been busted for various charges, including money laundering.
I even heard something mentioned about international gun-running and organ selling? Wha?
Well, okay, this is Jersey. None of this shocks me. I raised my eyebrows for an nth of a second before I thought, oh, well, typical.
But.
But.
I am shocked to learn that rabbis are being arrested. Obviously, as the Catholic church painfully learns time and again, being a man of the cloth does not automatically exclude you from sin.
Still. Weren't these the guys who were supposed to be listening to A Higher Authority?
Oh, the mayor of Hoboken was arrested. I think he set a new record, because he was sworn in as mayor on July 1. Way to go, Peter Cammarano!
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As soon as I heard this on the radio I thought of you.
This might interest you:
http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2009/07/23/new-jersey-where-only-the-corrupt-survive/
For some bizarre reason that I haven't had time to analyze, I was shocked by the multiple rabbis that were busted, too. Particularly (again, why this caught me off-guard more than usual, I don't know), the variety of illicit activities in which the rabbis were engaged. Oy.
Just sayin'.
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