American Athens

scape·goat (skāp’gōt’)
noun.

1. One that is made to bear the blame of others.

2. Bible: A live goat over whose head Aaron confessed all the sins of the children of Israel on the Day of Atonement. The goat, symbolically bearing their sins, was then sent into the wilderness.

3.

From Reuters:

WASHINGTON - Former vice presidential aide Lewis “Scooter” Libby was sentenced on Tuesday to 30 months in prison for lying and obstructing investigators during a probe tied to the Iraq war.

I am not about to come out and say he shouldn’t get 30 days for this one, after all he is a pretty big weasel, and chooses to go by “Scooter.” C’mon, if you are over 16 and people are still calling “Scooter,” you are not to be trusted with national secrets. Period.

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