Jack's Loyal Friend

by digby


Tom: You were around the old timers -- and meeting up on how the family should be organized. How they based them on the old Roman legions and called them regimes -- the capos and the soldiers. And it worked.

Abramoff:Yeah, it worked. Those were the great old days you know. And one was like the Roman Empire. The Family was like the Roman Empire.

Tom: It was once. Jackie -- when a plot against the Emperor failed -- the planners were always given a chance to let their families keep their fortunes.

Abramoff: Yea -- but only the rich guys Tom. The little guys -- they got knocked off and all their estates went to the Emperors. Unless they went home and uh, killed themselves -- then nothing happened. And their families -- their families were taken care of Tom.

Tom: That was a good break -- nice funeral.

Abramoff: Yeah -- they went home -- and sat in a hot bath -- opened up their veins -- and bled to death. And sometimes had a little party before they did it.

Tom: Don't worry about anything Jackie Five Angels.

Abramoff: Thanks Tom -- thanks.


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