integrity (noun)
1: firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : INCORRUPTIBILITY
2: an unimpaired condition : SOUNDNESS
3: the quality or state of being complete or undivided : COMPLETENESS
Definition from Merriam-Webster Dictionary
I didn’t have my dictionary with me on that cold, rainy afternoon as I stood before the “grand inquisitor”. I was interviewing for a crap job at a community newspaper, an entry level reporter’s position that would cover school board meetings, neighborhood functions, and local VFW spaghetti dinners. It paid worse than a ditch digger’s wages but that was okay; I really wanted to get into the news business.
The editor was a slight man with a wispy mustache and yellowing teeth. The room was encased with faux wood paneling and heavy grime from the man’s incessant smoking. He was slight and sat behind a desk large enough to give him a Napoleon Complex. Papers and books and pencils were randomly spilled across the desk, a desperate attempt to fight back chaos.
He didn’t allow me to sit. I stood before him, towering over his mere existence and yet I was humbled, hat in hand. Please, sir, may I have the job.
“You don’t want this job.”
“Yes sir, I do.”
He shook his head and told me about long hours—more hours available in a day—getting paid shit (his words not mine), not even enough to afford a pack of cigarettes (this was back when a pack could be had for less than a buck). I didn’t care, I wanted the job.
“Define integrity.”
I don’t remember what I answered but I know it wasn't sufficient. I didn't get the job.
It means do the right thing, damnit!
I don’t know a thing about the law—didn't get into law school either—but it is based upon logic and I’m not too bad at that.
We already know that Fulton County (GA) District Attorney Fani Willis doesn’t carry a dictionary, either. She probably doesn’t own one and I’m pretty sure she flunked Basic Law 101 her first semester in law school. Nathan Wade may own a dictionary and he may know what integrity is but he certainly exerts no effort in being righteous. If all you can win are traffic court cases and Fani offered him the moon—and she flashes a pretty large one—he couldn't resist. Failing upwards seems to be a disease with which this society is greatly afflicted.
How can you explain how an ignoramus of such proportions is the DA of the largest county in the state of Georgia?
Disgraceful voters?
Fulton County Superior Judge Scott McAfee (related to John?) may own a dictionary but the page with the definition of INTEGRITY is missing. Despite his insistence that his decision has nothing to do with trying to keep his job in the county’s May 2025 election, it seems that he is wanting to keep said job. Disgraceful voters pick despicable people.
Do the right thing, damnit!
King Solomon was called upon to settle a dispute between two women claiming the same child. Knowing that there was an easy way to settle the dispute, he ordered the child split with each woman given half. One of the women agreed while the other acquiesced so the child would live. Knowing the rightful mother, the wise king gave the child to the woman who had agreed to let her antagonist win.
Judge McAfee is no Solomon. As legal scholar Jonathon Turley said in an interview, it’s like catching two thieves in a bank vault and only arresting one.
Fani, you can carry on with your back assward RICO case by firing your boyfriend—who you used to funnel county money into your own pocket—or, let true love win, and step aside.
Legal mastermind Nathan Wade gets screwed either way but at least he’ll know true love if Fani follows him into the legal wilderness.
Rico sounds like a friendly Puerto Rican cab driver and Fani is going to drop ol’ Nathan like yesterday’s news.
She committed fraud, perjury, and displayed an arrogance of the absurd. So what?
Everything under the sun is vanity and integrity has been cast into darkness.