Haves VS Have-Nots

Jefferson County Monday will pick a purchasing agent to replace Naomi Lawrence-Lee.

Lawrence-Lee got caught with her hand in the cookie jar, using public resources and equipment for personal use.

I need to say up front, this is not an attack on Lawrence-Lee; I am only using her as an example because she was a public official and sparked this thought with her actions.

She lost a very good paying job for a few hundred dollars worth of theft, but no arrest.

If you have power or powerful friends, you probably will not go to jail.

Think about this.

I love history.

Let’s say I saw a nice trinket on display at the courthouse museum.

Let’s say the display case was unlocked and I Pocketed the item and left.

I bet if a sheriff’s deputy noticed me I would be wearing handcuffs.

The public official gets embarrassed, looses her job, but no handcuffs.

Dave Ingram goes to Jail and has to explain to Mrs. Ingram why she needs to bail him out.

This disparity goes as high as the white house.

Bill Clinton lies under oath and everyone excuses him by saying he only lied about having sex.

I know if I was testifying in a sexual harassment lawsuit and lied under oath about having sex, I would be charged with perjury.

I would most likely end up wearing an Orange jump suit and spend my days dodging some guy named bubba who thinks I’m cute.

Here’s another example of the Haves VS the Have-Nots.

If a 20-year-old black man gets shot, it might get a reader on the evening news or three lines in the Metro section of the paper.

If a young white college student gets shot, it has a much better chance of making the news in a prominent spot.

Our society still gives you an edge on the power scale based on race.

You don’t have to believe this assumption, just watch the news over a period of time.

If you have the ‘right appearance’, you get a cakewalk.

There are so many studies that show fat people make less money than people in shape… pretty women get paid more than plane-Jane chicks and tall men make more money than short dudes.

Our society judges people on race, economic status, height, etc.

All of these things are power.

Bottom line… if you have power… you can expect more.

If you have not…your screwed!