Setup for IMF Chief?

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the International Monetary Fund, is charged with sexual assault of a housekeeper at his hotel in New York. Sexual assault is a serious issue, but, as is usually the case, this gets down to a he said she said matter. A complication is that Strauss-Khan is a leading socialist candidate for President of France. When men in such positions are charged in this manner it is a concern that he may be the victim of a setup. He is challenging Corporate Scumbagery in France. The powers that be will not allow this. Their predecessors were even more extreme. When it looked like a socialist government might take control of the country in the 1930s, the leading families managed to surrender control of their nation to the Nazis. To these traitors it was more important to maintain their ill gotten gains. To set up a man for sexual blackmail is nothing to these people. Why would the victim cooperate with these forces? The usual reasons: money, blackmail, threats to family or some combination thereof. There are hints that Strauss-Kahn's defense will be that sex was consensual or he said she said. Although crimes of this nature should not be taken lightly, the charge of setup up needs to be given proper consideration.

Sons of Anarchy-Organized

The FX series, Sons of Anarchy, is in re-runs now. This series depicts a motor cycle club that runs a small town that allows it to conduct its criminal as well as legitimate businesses. I do not know of any biker groups that actually own cities, but it occurs to me that this show is an allegory. The burg represents the United States and the bikers are the white collar gangsters that actually operate the economy. The name of the club would indicate that this group is into chaos. Nothing is further from the truth. They are a force of law and order in this municipality. The Sons of Anarchy need order and stability in order to generate profits. This is reminiscent of the Nazis whose name implies socialism when they are really a party of big business. The show's efforts will probably lost on the vast majority of Americans. We see the criminal activity of businessmen, as in the recent economic collapse, and we pretend that these things just do not happen. After all, this is not South America. It is encouraging to see artists present the issue, even if their efforts may be for naught.