So much for Made Men.

The signal has been given: time to roll some heads before the people come and lynch the powers that be for allowing all this corruption to go on unabated.  Today it is the turn of corrupt New Jersey Senator Melendez to be called out for criminal charges.  I didn't say "councilman" or "mayor" or even "representative".  That is Senator Melendez that you see falling from the sky in a fiery ball.  The article says that "Menendez allegedly used his Senate office to push the business interests of a Democratic donor and friend in exchange for gifts".

He sold out the sleepy population of Jersey for some gifts.  I wonder what those were.  Being that it is Jersey I would not rule out prepaid sex parties in some posh suite in Atlantic City.  Being that he is elite it would not surprise me to find pedophilia involved.  Having that much power can be intoxicating.  You know the old saying about the stages of drunkenness (copied from the web):

Stage 1 - SMART

This is when you suddenly become an expert on every subject in the known
universe. You know you know everything and want to pass on your
knowledge to anyone who will listen. At this stage you are always RIGHT.
And of course the person you are talking to is very WRONG. This makes
for an interesting argument when both parties are SMART.


Stage 2 - GOOD LOOKING

This is when you realize that you are the BEST LOOKING person in the
entire bar and that people want you. You can go up to a perfect stranger
knowing they want you and really want to talk to you. Bear in mind that
you are still SMART, so you can talk to this person about any subject
under the sun.


Stage 3 - RICH

This is when you suddenly become the richest person in the world. You
can buy drinks for the entire bar because you have an armored truck
full of money parked behind the bar. You can also make bets at this
stage, because of course, you are still SMART, so naturally you will win
all your bets. It doesn't matter how much you bet 'cos you are RICH. You
will also buy drinks for everyone that you fancy, because now you are
the BEST LOOKING person in the world.


Stage 4 - BULLET PROOF

You are now ready to pick fights with anyone and everyone especially
those with whom you have been betting or arguing. This is because
nothing can hurt you. At this point you can also go up to the partners
of the people who you fancy and challenge to a battle of wits or money.
You have no fear of losing this battle because you are SMART, you are
RICH and hell, you're BETTER LOOKING than they are anyway!


Stage 5 - INVISIBLE

This is the Final Stage of Drunkenness. At this point you can do
anything because NO ONE CAN SEE YOU. You dance on a table to impress the
people who you fancy because the rest of the people in the room cannot
see you. You are also invisible to the person who wants to fight you.
You can walk through the street singing at the top of your lungs because
no one can see or hear you and because you're still SMART you know all
the words.

Credit is an intoxicating drug and you know it is going away now because the reaction is the same as when drunkenness wears off.  You find that you are not invisible and not bullet proof.  All the stuff you did while intoxicated comes back to haunt.  We will now be seeing a bunch of criminal politicians doing the perp walk.  Some of them will be cases that have been ongoing for a couple years, just simmering.  But many will be new and at least a few will be shockingly unexpected.