The sad end to the sad story

You may recall that I mentioned some time back, a doctor who was murdered outside the gym where I do aqua-fitness. Recently the whole story came out and so the story comes to a sad conclusion. Seems his murder was paid for by a state senator! But for personal reasons. The doctor was dating the senator's ex-wife (read: divorced). The senator took that as an affront I suppose and so paid R$30,000 for the man's murder. The police officer hired two very inexperienced young men (paying them R$15,000) to shoot the doctor. Everything was carefully planned, including the exact spot where it would take place. They just didn't plan on a police car being on the corner because the policemen were taking a break, buying some fruit from a corner market. And so we now know what happened. I am sure the two gunmen will be convicted. Perhaps the police officer. But the senator will probably suffer nothing. That's the way justice tends to work around here. Or, has I call it, injustice. I have lost faith in the system and, in general, politicians. I must say that in my mind, the senator isn't particularly more guilty than the other senators who rob the public coffers to build houses and buy cars - they are directly responsible for the 100 or so deaths of children recently. The children died from dengue, as a result of "no money" for mosquito control. That's because our politicians spent the money to "kill" their rivals and other wonderful causes. One politician in another state, spent thousands to hire a jet and take his family on vacation to Europe and even said he saw nothing immoral in what he did! Great. If depriving our children of education and medical care, so he could take a vacation isn't immoral, what is? When oh when oh when will we raise up a generation of politicians who really CARE about people? Who refuse huge salaries? Who pursue the corrupt? Who refuse special privileges because they chose to SERVE? I am so tired and so disillusioned with the corruption and selfishness it makes my cry. But the mothers who children who are in their graves, have shed more tears, I know. The families who wait for their loved one to have surgery for cancer, until it is too late, have shed more tears. The children who dream of having a better life, but have no teachers or schools have shed more tears. Can we not put our tears in a bottle and pour them out at the feet of our politicians and cry NO MORE TEARS???