Liberty has been under assault lately, with Big Government seizing on economic adversity as an opportunity to further its reach into every home, into every life. We are reminded of how precious are our freedoms by the letter below, from an old and very dear friend of ours who who recently began serving a six-year sentence at a minimum security prison. A commodity trader and hedge fund manager, his crime, mainly, was to have promiscuously mingled personal funds with those of clients. Although he does not profess his innocence, the experience of being “put away” has made him fearful of a federal judicial system that be believes has concentrated too much power in unjust hands. He writes as follows: A heart-felt generic message to you my dear friends, who maintain contact with the evil felon during the holidays. Send me a note, an e-mail, and any prayers such as lighting candles, toasting to my health with strong or mild drink or just a joke or three. Life here is not really hard, but it IS after all, voluntary incarceration. Voluntary you ask? Yes, no fences, no guns or gun towers -- just a severe consequence should we walk out and be brought back chained and disgraced, resentenced and sent to a minimum (fenced, gunned) security prison. But, today, some of our Mexican drug types disappeared, presumably southward (I do not know, or only knew them by sight) into the obscurity of perhaps the Mexican nation? In any event, I wish them well in their furtive freedom. First “Secular” Holiday Freedom is such a precious thing as you all know. The Thanksgiving celebration, the world's first secular ‘holy” day under Lincoln, was designed to bridge the various faiths, most of which clashed seriously, and have a common ground. But, one thing
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