“Work hard get an education but you are judged by a different standard”

“You are not them and you will never be them.”

“Cross your t's and dot your i's”

Jefferson tried to play the game like the other Congressman play it. He doesn't have that type of leeway. He thought he made it. These negroes don't understand you stay on the straight narrow and don't get greedy. But the problem is they start “feeling themselves” too much. Now what? All that work for what? Brother you threw away a distinguished career for financial gain? How much was your integrity worth? Thirteen years I guess. You are going to be spending your “golden years” in a jail cell for atleast the next decade if you live that long and you are financially ruined. Your family is destroyed. Your daughters and grandchildren are going to be without the patriarch of their family and his political connections. Some people may not even associate with your family because the Jeffersons from LA are so tarnished. Your wife may divorce you and remarry.

The job I had previously I was making great money and traveling to a lot of exotic places. I thought I was on top of the world and all that was taken from me at an instant. I was laid off from my job for 10 months and I learned an invaluable lesson, “HUMBLE YOURSELF or something else will humble you” I think the jail sentence is a bit harsh but you know what. It's hard for me to feel sorry for someone who should have known better.

“Work hard get an education but you are judged by a different standard”

“You are not them and you will never be them.”

“Cross your t's and dot your i's”

Jefferson tried to play the game like the other Congressman play it. He doesn't have that type of leeway. He thought he made it. These negroes don't understand you stay on the straight narrow and don't get greedy. But the problem is they start “feeling themselves” too much. Now what? All that work for what? Brother you threw away a distinguished career for a few hundred grand? You are going to be sitting in a jail cell for atleast the next decade and you are financially ruined. Your family is destroyed. Your daughters and grandchildren are going to be without the patriarch of their family and his political connections. Some people may not even associate with your family because the Jeffersons from LA are so tarnished. Your wife may divorce you and remarry. The job I had previously I was making great money and traveling to a lot of exotic places. I thought I was on top of the world and all that was taken from me at an instant. I was laid off from my job for 10 months and I learned an invaluable lesson, “HUMBLE YOURSELF or something else will humble you” I think the jail sentence is a bit harsh but you know what. It's hard for me to feel sorry for someone who should have known better.

My point is this, if Jefferson is “the” definition of a crook and corruption politician, then using him as the standard, there should be roughly 200+ others from Congress who should be joining him jail.

Nov. 13) — Down in New Orleans, in Bayou country, the Jefferson family was a political force to be reckoned with.

The patriarch, former Rep. William Jefferson, headed a political machine called the Progressive Democrats. His power base included his sister Betty, a 4th District Assessor; his brother Mose, a political operative; brother-in-law Alan Green, a state judge; and daughter Jalila Jefferson-Bullock, a Harvard-educated lawyer and state representative, who was hoping one day to replace her father in Congress.

Fast-forward to today. The political dynasty is not only dead, but you need a scorecard to track who in the family is off to prison and who is awaiting trial.

Tulane University political science professor Brian J. Brox says that, simply put, the dynasty rose from humble beginnings and showed some of the best aspects of American politics, but ultimately the worst: “power for power's sake, power for personal gain.”

That credo wound up being the undoing of the family.

http://www.sphere.com/2009/11/13/how-a-politica…