The Sport of Executive Privilige

I don't really want to hope that Michael Vick receives a severe punishment for his misdeeds. After all he did not kill innocent children or destroy villages faraway from Washington. He didn't lie to congress or rip-off American taxpayers to the tune of several billion dollars (a day!). He didn't have secret plans to enrich his family and friends with great treasures of oil revenues while at the same time making his country even more dependent upon his Saudi friends services. But the real problem is that it is all the same thing. It all boils down to "Executive Privilege". If you are rich enough or powerful enough - then the laws of the nation don't apply to you. Then you live in a different world. You can do whatever you "need" to do.