I Vote For This Guy

Dr. X posts this from outside the U.S Attorney's office in Chicago:

"Talk about afflicting the powerful. First Scooter, now Conrad Black. Patrick Fitzgerald is what's right about America.

"Of the Black conviction, Fitzgerald said: 'It is very simple: if you are going to take liberties and break the law with other people’s money, there are going to be consequences.'

"Well, not really - not most of the time in America... But in this case, thanks to Fitzgerald's efforts, there will be consequences. Black may be ruined. He appears to be low on funds. He gave up his Canadian citizenship to sit in the House of Lords (!), but now that he is convicted felon, Canada won't take him back. He might even have to serve his sentence in a - *gasp*- American prison."

[Update: Chicago Sun-Times editorial on the conviction: "Everyone who worked under the trying regime of Conrad Black is breathing a great sigh of relief that a federal jury on Friday convicted him of four of the 13 counts against him — more than enough to put him behind bars and a giant step toward guaranteeing that he cannot regain control of his media empire."]