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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (1247)	5/26/2005 8:25:59 PM
From: sandintoes	Respond to of 71588

So true, so true... People who charge into burning towers are heroic; nuns who work with the poorest of the poor are self-denying; people who volunteer their time to help our world and receive nothing in return but the knowledge they are doing good are in public service. Politicians are in politics. They are less self-denying than self-aggrandizing. They are given fame, respect, the best health care in the world; they pass laws governing your life and receive a million perks including a good salary, and someone else--faceless taxpayers, "the folks back home"--gets to pay for the whole thing. This isn't public service, it's more like public command. It's not terrible--democracies need people who commit politics; they have a place and a role to play--but it's not saintly, either. I don't know if politicians have ever been modest, but I know they have never seemed so boastful, so full of themselves, and so dizzy with self-love.

To: Peter Dierks who wrote (1247)	5/31/2005 10:36:21 AM
From: Peter Dierks	Respond to of 71588

High court overturns Arthur Andersen's conviction By Hope Yen Associated Press Published May 31, 2005, 9:15 AM CDT WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned the conviction of the Arthur Andersen accounting firm for destroying Enron Corp.-related documents before the energy giant's collapse. In an unanimous opinion, justices said the former Big Five accounting firm's June 2002 conviction was improper. It said the jury instructions at trial were too vague and broad for jurors to determine correctly whether Andersen obstructed justice. ``The jury instructions here were flawed in important respects,'' Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist wrote for the court. chicagotribune.com (Only a tad bit late for those whose lives were destroyed in the leftwingers' persuit of rollings heads.)