Purchasing Justice, the American Way

SOMEBODY SPENT seven million dollars to keep Obama Supreme Court nominee Justice Garland from getting a fair chance, and somebody, probably the same somebody, has already spent more than ten million trying to promote the Trump nominee Justice Gorsuch to the high court. The question is: who? Charles and David Koch? They're the most likely suspects, but nobody knows. When asked before a congressional committee considering his nomination about this mystery, Mr. Gorsuch clearly indicated that he had no idea, and said, rather flippantly, that you'd have to ask whoever donated the money who donated the money. The curious member of congress replied that he himself hadn't the faintest idea whom to ask, but thanks anyway for the heads up. And there the matter stands, or, in judicial parlance, sits. We have arrived at such a corrupt state of affairs in the United States of Advertising that whereas we know that nominations to the United States supreme court are bought and paid for, we know not by whom. Billionaires bribe members of congress with campaign contributions, and bribe we the American people with lavish and extensive ad campaigns, and both of the above respond like Pavlovian lap dogs, right on cue, doing the bidding of our nation's wealthiest and elitest. That's the way it works, with all dark money. Can we be far from a time when political offices and judicial appointments are auctioned off on satellite TV, with anyone who is anyone texting bids to the corporate media, which adds them up, and announces the winner, while the president smugly sits in his New York tower or Florida estate, and tweets his approbation or condemnation, whichever happens to come to mind? You're fired!