No One Is Above The Law. Oh Really?

  I've been seeing and hearing a lot about, Peter Schweizer's new book,  Throw Them All Out on the news lately. As I understand it, Peter Scheizer's book,  shows documented proof,  that many of our well known  politicians including, Speaker of the House, John Boehner, and the former,  Speaker of the House,  Nancy Pelosi, as well as Democratic Senator,  John Kerry,  were able to have access to certain inside  information on certain stocks,  that you  and I,  as regular citizens,  with no political connections, would not be able to have. The book seems to suggest, that these and other well known politicians, were able to buy or sell off stocks  at specific times based, on information obtained,  through various committee meetings on the financial  condition of  certain companies on the stock market.
  Mr. Schweizer,  seems to stop short at suggesting, anyone did anything illegal. His point seems to be,  that although what these politicians did,  may not have been illegal because of certain political loopholes,  that seems to make politicians exempt from the normal rules on stocks and trading in general, these political loopholes give those in government, an  unfair advantage,  that a regular citizen would not have  and in fact,  if a regular citizen,  were to secure some of this same information, and were caught by the federal Securities and  Exchange Commission,  they could possibly,  go to prison,  for insider trading. Mr. Schweizer, seems to think,  this seems unfair, and  if his facts,  are accurate and are to be believed, I would tend to agree.
  Consider this, I am not, a particular fan of  Martha Stewart, but I know, there are a good number of women who are. Martha Stewart,  went to prision in 2004 she was convited  of  lying about, the details, of certain stocks she sold, and served  five months in prison  and five more months under  house arrest,  where she was monitored with an electronic ankle braclet  and even after that part, of  her sentence  was over, she was still, on some type of probation, for a year. The truth may be, that  Martha Stewart was guilty of nothing more then doing what many of our politicians do quite often.
  I submit  to you, when  I consider the present level of  political coruption in our nation's government, the title of  Peter Schweizer;s book seems more than appropriate. I do believe,   that no one,  should  be above the law. Thomas Jefferson, expressed it this way,  in the following quote, "Tyranny, is defined as, that which is legal for the government, but illegal, for the citizenry All Americans, are supposed, to be guaranteed  equal justice under the law. I  guess some,  are more equal, than others. As always, my friends, these thoughts remain, just, some words, to think on.