Edward Tincani – 3/25/09

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Will we really see justice for all?; Edward Tincani; Beaver County Times; March 25, 2009.

Previous letters from Mr. Tincani were entitled “Nation pays price for Bush’s big ego,” “Trade agreements are too one-sided,” “Limbaugh should stop blowing smoke,” and “Medical research needs boundaries.” Mr. Tincani has been a busy guy; this is his fourth letter in a month.

Below is a detailed critique of the subject letter.

“Recently, the media broke with the news of the arrest of Bernard Madoff, who confessed to swindling thousands of his clients out of billions of dollars through deceit.”

[RWC] I guess “recently” is relative. Mr. Madoff was arrested about three and a half months ago.

“Most of his clients were exceptionally wealthy. Justice was swift, but unfortunately his clients’ losses may not be recovered.”

[RWC] “Justice was swift?” I guess I missed the justice part. The worst Mr. Madoff (almost 71 years old) will get is life in prison and his clients will get nothing.

“In other news, millions of other Americans, but of average wealth, were swindled out of their investments through deceit. Even though the identities of the people responsible are known, there has not been one charge filed or arrest made.”

[RWC] Mr. Tincani is describing fraud, but that’s not what happened based on what we currently know.

“Most of the people responsible even walked away with paid bonuses. It is as if the Justice Department is saying to the people who lost all their savings, ‘Well, that’s the breaks of the game.’”

[RWC] What Mr. Madoff did was illegal. What Mr. Tincani is referring to was pretty stupid, but not illegal.

“I wonder how high on that ladder of success one has to be before the Justice Department insists that one of our nations [sic] most revered documents be held to its true and intended meaning. You know the one. (Hint; its last four words are ‘and justice for all.’)”

[RWC] I wonder if Mr. Tincani knows we’re governed by the Constitution and our laws, not the “Pledge of Allegiance.”

Finally, I didn’t know the “Pledge of Allegiance” was “one of our nations [sic] most revered documents.” According to Wikipedia, it was written by a Baptist minister to commemorate the 400^th anniversary of Christopher Columbus discovering America.