Fwd: Perhaps " Uncle Raymond " should be considered for sainthood by Pope Leo XIV ? He kept THE FAITH !

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From: Ron Ruggieri <radicalron72647@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 at 11:39
Subject: Perhaps " Uncle Raymond " should be considered for sainthood by Pope Leo XIV ? He kept THE FAITH !
To: Letters, NYT <letters@nytimes.com>

How the Mafia Secretly Ran an Entire American City: Providence, Rhode Island [ Perhaps " Uncle Raymond " should be considered for sainthood by Pope Leo XIV ?

The only way that the Italian Mafia could run an entire America City is that the very foundation for democratic rule was made rotten by everyday CAPITALIST corruption of Big City government . It was always possible to buy American politicians just as today the Israel Lobby runs an entire country - the USA . Long before the Stock Market Crash of 1929 Mafia gangster Al Capone was mocking the US STOCK Market as THEIR racket ! Decades later Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and the Chicago Mafia gangsters were hustling votes in Election 1960 for Democratic Party presidential candidate, charismatic John F. Kennedy ? Is that side story included in Theodore White 's " The Making of the President 1960 " ? My Ruggieri family had its roots in the Federal Hill neighborhood of Providence , Rhode Island ( 62 Gesler St. , fifty years ) . There was only " respect " there for " Uncle Raymond " who kept the peace in the neighborhood . In a parked car across from the funeral home on Broadway my friend Don and I witnessed the wake of Raymond Patriarca . Across from his vending machine shop on Atwells Ave you could always get a friendly neighbor dinner at Angelo's Restaurant right across the street . Hypocrite Rhode Island politicians feign moral integrity by habitually " going after the Mafia " . My friend " Chubby " at Burns Brothers Donut Shop in Washington Park neighborhood of Providence described Mr. Raymond Patriarca as " a perfect gentleman ". My brother Robert , back then an ACI security guard , was impressed with Patriarca's ability of keeping order at the hellish ACI . As a long time independent democratic socialist I define REAL " organized crimes " as the united front of capitalism , American imperialism , and Israeli Zionism . Perhaps " Uncle Raymond " should be considered for sainthood by Pope Leo XIV ? He kept THE FAITH !

    Ron Ruggieri , 75 Mathewson St., Cranston , Rhode Island ( 401-829-5949 )

[ " Raymond Patriarca's wake was held on July 13, 1984, at V.J. Berarducci & Sons funeral home, located at 477 Broadway in Providence, Rhode Island. The following day, a private morning prayer service was held there before his burial at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in East Providence. " ] [ "Al Capone: The legendary Chicago outfit boss famously and frequently compared his criminal operations to legitimate corporate enterprises, noting that Wall Street and the stock market were just different types of "rackets."Meyer Lansky / Lucky Luciano: These New York mob architects were famous for analyzing legitimate financial markets through a cynical criminal lens, often noting that mainstream financial systems operated on the same principles of greed and manipulation as organized crime. " ] GOOGLE AI on JFK Chicago Mafia connection [Romanticized Lens: White explicitly wrote about presidential campaigns with a sense of "grandeur" and myth-making. He viewed JFK through a highly idealized lens—even later helping to coin the Kennedy "Camelot" myth—which omitted darker, covert aspects of the campaign.The Era of "Gentlemen's Agreements": In 1961, mainstream journalists routinely ignored the private lives, extramarital affairs, and unverified rumors surrounding politicians unless they spilled into public court records.Where the Mafia Claims Actually Came FromThe rumors regarding the Mafia (specifically figures like Sam Giancana), Frank Sinatra's role as a go-between, and Joseph P. Kennedy's backchannel dealings did not emerge in credible historical literature until decades later. These allegations were brought to light by later investigative works, most notably Seymour Hersh’s 1997 book The Dark Side of Camelot and various Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) releases of FBI files.]