From Director to Defendant:
Comey's Courtroom Capers
You know, it's wild to think the ancient Athenians had this figured out over 2,000 years ago. They understood something crucial: a society only works if people actually trust their institutions. So, they created this mandatory audit system called euthyna. Every single public official—whether they were a big-shot general or just some market inspector—had to go through it when leaving office. They'd have just 30 days to hand over all their financial records. And get this: even small accounting errors could land them in court.
This wasn't just for show. Take Pericles—Athens' most respected leader—who got fined for messing up the Parthenon's budget. And it wasn't just about money. Officials got judged on their actual job performance too. The Athenians knew people make mistakes, but they drew a hard line between honest errors and betraying public trust. After this naval battle at Arginusae in 406 BC, they executed six generals. Not because they lost, but because they failed to rescue drowning sailors. That's how serious accountability was.
This system pushed officials to be competent, honest, and diligent. Sure, it wasn't perfect, but it helped keep Athens strong for centuries.
Now look at modern America. We've got nothing like this. Our main check on power—voters—often don't know the facts and get manipulated easily. The Founding Fathers thought the free press would act as the watchdog. Madison literally wrote that the press must exposed government wrongdoing.
But today's media? They've completely dropped the ball. Instead of holding power accountable, they've become partisan cheerleaders—burying inconvenient stories and pushing narratives. Remember when they dismissed Hunter Biden's laptop as "Russian disinformation" right before the 2020 election? Or when social media platforms silenced people exposing Nancy Pelosi's stock trades? More recently, outlets tried to bury coverage of Iryna Zarutska's murder because it made cashless bail policies look bad.
This institutional rot is why James Comey's trial matters. As FBI director, he controlled 13,000 agents and oversaw tens of thousands of arrests yearly. Now he's indicted for lying to Congress about authorizing leaks against Trump. When the head of our top law enforcement agency operates like this, public trust evaporates.
Same goes for Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook—when mortgage fraud allegations surfaced, she should've been suspended immediately. Financial deceit from a banking regulator? That's like poisoning the well.
Yeah, Comey's prosecution looks political—because everything becomes political when the media won't do its job. But that doesn't make it untrue. His actions fueled a fake scandal that wasted taxpayer money, hurt national security, and weakened America globally. If he's innocent, the trial will clear him.
This trial is our modern euthyna—and we're way overdue for more of them, applied equally to both parties. In an age of media failure, legal scrutiny might be our last resort. Punishing corruption and negligence isn't partisan—it's basic maintenance for a functioning republic.
Frankly, the fact we even need these trials condemns the press as much as the defendants. When journalists choose complicity over truth-telling, courtrooms become our final truth arena.
Let's peel this onion. The real issue isn't just process—it's civilizational. Athenians knew nations survive on trust, mutual responsibility, and shared purpose. Euthyna wasn't just paperwork—it was a sacred ritual reinforcing that power belongs to the people. They understood power corrupts, and only brutal transparency stops it.
Our system? We've swapped duty for career climbing. Public office is now a resume line for lobbying jobs and cable news gigs. There's zero reckoning. The whole setup rewards short-term grift over actually serving the public.
The media's failure turbocharges this. They were supposed to be our accountability priests. Instead, they're grave-diggers. It's not just bias—it's a total mission failure. They're not journalists; they're narrative engineers protecting the ruling class.
The Hunter Biden laptop wasn't an oversight—it was press-led election interference. They actively buried corruption evidence to sway an election. That's not journalism—it's palace guard duty for the elite.
This corruption shows in their selective outrage. Right-wing figures get hunted over fake scandals (remember Russia collusion?), while left-wingers get shielded from actual evidence (like the Bidens' influence-peddling). This isn't accidental—it's built into the system.
Which brings us to Comey. He's not an exception—he's the system incarnate. As FBI director, he ran America's security priesthood. Lying to Congress wasn't a slip—it showed he thinks rules are for little people. Notice how he kisses up to power but crushes opponents?
His prosecution is political—but when media accountability vanishes, courts become our only lever. It's messy and imperfect, but the alternative is no accountability at all.
The deeper crisis? We've lost shared truth. A society collapses when its information organs sell fiction as fact. We can't even agree on basic reality anymore. Trying Comey is necessary, but it screams how sick we are—using courtrooms to do the job press and political culture abandoned.
The Athenian solution was elegant because accountability was baked into government. Routine, expected, impersonal. Our messy, politicized prosecutions? They're a desperate hack-job—like applying bandages to a corpse.
Real fix requires more than punishing a few bad apples. We need a cultural revolution: reviving civic duty, rediscovering national purpose, and dismantling the media-political machine shielding the powerful. Until then, we're just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
Thanks Skip
