Curiously Quiet About Whitey Bulger
So......who's been curiously quiet about Whitey Bulger? I for one have been terribly quiet about the Whitey capture, but quite frankly, nothing really curious about it. It's not as though there was no place to go for more repetitive information on the great FBI grab of the notorious Bulger brother and honestly I just wanted to let the dust settle a bit. I'm certainly not the only interested player staying relatively quiet on the subject and I'm sure no-one is quieter than all the law enforcement people (mostly FBI) the politicians, community leaders, confidants et al who allowed Whitey to function and then allowed Whitey to disappear for 16-years. You've gotta know, there are several people on out there, some of whom carry or have carried a badge, who are very nervous that Whitey is going to throw up. A figure of speech yes, that this Bulger brother could start spitting out names and places that will confirm this states' status as one corrupt Commonwealth. It is....and has been for longer than Whitey has been alive.
As as well-seasoned news-guy from Boston, I understand the massive media coverage of Whitey's capture and return to Boston....but it troubles me. Of course if I was still working the streets, I'd probably be out there with the throngs of media types jamming a microphone in somebodys face, but to give this kind of star-power to one of Boston's "dirty rotten scoundrals"....apparently a serial killer....is just wrong. Coverage exceeding Osama coverage and he killed more than 3,000 people. And please news people, stop the fawning all over brother Billy and treating him like the quiet intellectual brother who happened to have a brother who was a bad-guy. Quiet? Code of silence?
One more thing....since I love to mock those who don't demonstrate an ounce of common sense; was there really a debate about whether the taxpayers should provide an attorney for Whitey? This dirt bag is holding in excess of $800,000 in cash and needs a publicly paid defender?
