I caution you not to hold your breath awaiting federal prosecutors bringing criminal charges against

I caution you not to hold your breath awaiting federal prosecutors bringing criminal charges against

any of the big-time players who hang out on “Boardwalk” and “Park Place.” It will be the denizens

of “Baltic Avenue” who will be called upon to bear the sins of a disappointing system. “Take that,

Martha Stewart! Take that, John Q. public! We have a ‘zero tolerance’ policy when it comes to the

offenses of you ordinary people!” In the end, cases of this kind only reconfirm the centuries-old

observation that:

The law locks up both man and woman

Who steals the goose from off the common.

But lets the greater felon loose

Who steals the common from the goose.

At least this once the greater felon, one of the “big-time players” AND – we can hope – Mr. MBT and

his cohorts just might get locked up. Couldn’t happen to a more deserving bunch.

Well break out the eggnog and throw another log on the fire, because it sure looks like we’ll be

snowed in for a good while to come this Fitzmastime.