Pubdate: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 Source: San Francisco Chronicle (CA) Copyright: 2011 Hearst Communications Inc. Contact: http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/submissions/#1 Website: http://www.sfgate.com/chronicle/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/388 Author: Anthony Holdsworth NOT THE CLUBS, THE BANKS It's upsetting to see the corporate banksters, who orchestrated a massive Ponzi scheme that resulted in the heist of our public wealth and assets, walking free. It's even more upsetting to watch the federal prosecutors, entrusted with the protection of our public interest, persecute a grass-roots medical-marijuana movement that has brought jobs and money into our communities in the midst of a brutal recession. The real criminals sit laughing in their banks, comfortable in the knowledge of their impunity from prosecution. They know that these federal buffoons will continue to attack the poor and middle class as long as the banks and corporations continue to control Washington. We, the people, have become slaves in the land of Egypt. Anthony Holdsworth, San Francisco - --- MAP posted-by: Keith Brilhart