Al Capone
A house supposedly used as a hideout by gangster Al Capone is up for sale. It’s a two-story stone lodge in Couderay, Wisconsin, and it sits on 407 acres of land. The property is in foreclosure, and it can be yours for only $2.8 million.
Al Capone was a killer who became rich and powerful by supplying liquor to eager patrons during that dark period of U.S. history known as Prohibition. Apparently, it was once illegal to buy a beer here in the “land of the free.” It was all about destroying evil. It’s funny how destroying evil often tends to manufacture more evil.
Al Capone once said, “Capitalism is the legitimate racket of the ruling class.” While this might be an exaggeration, I’m sure Al would have been jealous of the $700 billion that America’s banks heisted from the U.S. treasury a while back. I mean, do you know how many shots of Canadian whiskey a guy needs to sell to make 700 big ones?
Capone paid off cops and politicians to get what he wanted. This kind of bribery is a crime. Banks donated mountains of money to politicians and got what they wanted. Apparently, this was not a crime.
Capone received a stiff sentence and went to prison. The bankers received huge bonuses and went to Hawaii.
Hey, Al, you were in the wrong racket.
Tags: al capone, al capone's house
stuff in the news | joeythesquash | 
October 8, 2009 8:13 am
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