A Valentine For the 'Prosecutie' ~ from The Guardian ~

[Catrina]

I hope this is not a dupe, but it's a great article on Patrick Fitzgerald ~ after reading it, I know one thing, I would NOT want him around if I did anything illegal ~

St.Patrick's Day

On fine days, when the icy blasts that give Chicago its Windy City nickname are not too strong, a lone figure sometimes exits a plush downtown house. The man, tall but unstriking, jogs a short distance to the shore of Lake Michigan. There, he runs a narrow path between the deep blue of the lake and Chicago's jagged-toothed skyline.

Few Chicagoans would recognise Patrick Fitzgerald on his jogs. The same cannot be said of some of the most powerful, the most violent and the most deadly people in the world. To them, he is clearly a dangerous man. For Fitzgerald has carved out a career in American law enforcement that has earned him the nickname 'The Untouchable', after the legendary Chicago lawman Eliot Ness. It is a good comparison - like Ness, Fitzgerald is ruthless and unrelenting. But unlike Ness, who put Al Capone behind bars, Fitzgerald's enemies go far beyond Chicago gangsters. They stretch from the caves of Afghanistan to the corridors of the White House. They include the Gambino mob family; the blind sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman, who masterminded the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993; Osama bin Laden, and a generation of Chicago politicians, bloated on a culture of corruption that Fitzgerald is seeking to eradicate.


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Patrick Fitzgerald is a workaholic. A single man who appears to have married the law and whose photographic memory has helped him become the best prosecutor in America. 'He is the best I have ever seen. Simply remarkable,' said his former boss Mary Jo White.

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In Brooklyn, Fitzgerald once had a cat that was so neglected by its master's work habits his colleagues kidnapped it. They sent him photos of his pet in various New York locations: dangled off the Brooklyn Bridge, with a toy gun to its head, outside a dodgy-looking Chinese restaurant. Fitzgerald got the message: you look after the cat, or we do. He sent it to live on a farm.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,,1707291,00.html

I love that cat story. His friends do seem to love him and worry about him, and his poor kitty ~

I hope he's alright ~ as the article says, 'these people have long memories'!

I think he needs a girlfriend ~ and tomorrow is Valentine's Day! :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[CoffeeCat]

1. "Prosecutie"...that's just beautiful! Seriously...

...did you make that up?

I'd get that TM'd if I were you.

Absolutely perfect.

He is a complete hottie, isn't he?

Every day is St. Patrick's Day in my house!

[Catrina]

2. I can't claim to have made it up. I saw someone refer to him as the

'prosecutie' on DU. Wish I could remember who, so I could give them credit. But, I thought it was perfect also ~ :-)

My girlfriend sent me the article, she also thinks he's a real cutie, not to mention smart, and most of all, honest. That seems to be so rare these past few years ~

It makes you realize how bad it is, when we have to be excited over one, honest man ~ it's like sparkling water in a desert ~

But yes, he is a 'complete hottie' ~ we'll just have to share him, I guess :-)