Today the headlines and commentary will be filled with the story of Eliot Spitzer.  No doubt the irony of the self-righteous crusader falling, will make for a great story.  The arrogant egotistical SOB ensnared doing the very things he destroyed others over.  Ensnared by the very tactics and methods he employed.  The sorrow and pity that is to be felt for his wife and children with this most public of foibles being disclosed.  The arrogance, the abusive of power, and the irony of pride.  It would make a great movie, but Hollywood would not do such a movie about a Democrat. 

When I look at the case superficially, I see the typical Type One, arrogant, egotistical, abusive, all wrapped in a religious like fervor.  That belief that he is superior to us, and that he must lead we the huddled masses, to his light.

There is however a more sinister and insidious side to this affair (no pun intended).  According to ABC News, this was brought about because Spitzer's bank alerted the Feds to transaction activity in his accounts that they thought were suspicious.  We are not talking international terrorism here, we’re not even talking domestic terrorism, we’re talking about hookers.  Think about the uproar over warrantless wiretapping of international communications, something at least in an area that at this time in history could represent a threat to us all.  How about warrantless data mining of all your financial activities, by private organizations in cooperation with the Federal Government, so they can catch you with hookers or whatever else they may find.  Shades of 1984; it’s here, now.  Worried about your civil rights, your right to privacy; you don’t have any.  This should scare the crap out of all of us.  I guess it takes a lot to worry the herd as it marches to the slaughter house.  Want to know why I’m not optimistic over the long-term prospects for a truly free United States; well this is one of far to many reasons.

As a quick aside, Eliot Spitzer is a despicable evil person.  Even though we don’t know the finally outcome, it couldn’t have happen to a better guy.  I am not one of those who believe that being a “public servant” should buy you “Good Works” (as I believe it was called).  I feel sorrow for his children, but his wife is another matter.  She is an Ivy League graduated attorney (where have we seen this scenario before?).  She knew full well who and what she married and probably what he was doing.  She wanted the power and wealth that he brought to their table, and who and how many were destroyed was of no concern to her.  Women like her (at that one running for President) condone what is going on and then hide behind their children when it all comes tumbling down.  They are despicable in their own right.