On occasion, I allow myself to fall into the comfort of believing that all is right with the mind of man. The ridiculous little box we call television often rescues me from this illusion. Today I watched a religious, social ritual in sheer horror. They had a ceremony in a palace of God. A palace that God himself would never inhabit, but mankind loves to fill with bloated piety, a terrible sense of mortal doom and, of course, great monuments to the rich and famous. Ted Kennedy lay breathless in a fine ivory casket as prayers for his soul poured from mouths of the silver spoon fed. This was a man who upon being responsible for death of another decided to hide from his deed and obscure the truth. Ted drove Mary Jo into a pond, let her drown, left her lifeless body in 12 feet of water, went home, showered and went to bed without telling anyone of her demise. If the local butcher had done this, it would have been life in prison. Because Ted is a bona fide member of an American royal family, he received no jail time. Millions of dollars for expert witnesses, a glamorous family name and a legal system which constantly lets the privileged get away with any sin imaginable, gave Mr. Kennedy a suspended sentence of two months.
Today as the television screen gleemed into my living room, it showed rich men paying tribute to their treasures. A sickening sight for those of us who do believe that all men are created equal and pray for a legal system that will someday make it so. The Senate has always been the American House Of Lords. Barbers, steelworkers, dirt farmers and grocery store owners do not walk the halls of the Upper House. Lawyers, directed by the millions of dollars it took them to get to this sacrosanct place, are the asses in the seats of The Senate. Nothing that this man could do under the guise of law could erase the fact that he used his name and money to manipulate the legal system he represented to his own advantage. The next time the major television stations decide to broadcast a funeral, maybe it will be one of a man who gave his community love, not money.
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