Hi Dave B; Re sex in the workplace. There's a rather famous engineer I've heard about who got fired at the lazy B after being seen servicing himself in the "privacy" of his automobile in the (huge) parking lot. So I'm not so sure that getting serviced by another at the highest desk in the country is not grounds for dismissal also. There is no way that I could ever hope to keep my job if I were found doing such activity during work hours. I'd be lucky to keep it if I were found taking advantage of those beneath me on my own private time. What the President did in his office to that young victim of his was unkind, immoral, and unwise, but not illegal. For a worker at a private company, it would mean immediate dismissal. The fact that a government worker might be able to get away with that sort of BS is a sad comment on our country, not an indication that the president was kind, moral or wise.
But the high crime was perjury, and for this I would definitely get my peepee whacked. So why shouldn't he? What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander, and no one is above the law. (Unless they have massive political support from the more corrupt political party.)
In this case, the applicable law is perjury, and it is definitely a high crime. It burns me up just to think about it.
At this time, I think we can look forward to a Gore presidency. The bad news is that he is not a sexual pervert and (near) child molester. Instead, at least if you take what he has written at face value, he wants to save us from environmental destruction. I still remember what happened to drug stocks when the Clintons were first elected. That was before they drifted into a life of easy pleasures, and still had some ideals to fulfill. Fortunately, they didn't get what they wanted, but it sure put a dent in a lot of stocks.
-- Carl |
