In case you missed it, Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff, John Harris, were arrested by FBI agents for what U.S. Atty. Patrick Fitzgerald called a "staggering" level of corruption involving pay-to-play politics in Illinois' top office.
Blagojevich is accused of a wide-ranging criminal conspiracy, including alleged attempts by the governor to try to sell or trade the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by President-elect Barack Obama in exchange for financial benefits for the governor and his wife.
As a long-time resident of Illinois, I am neither shocked nor appalled. Government corruption is not news. Not in Illinois. Nor any other state for that matter.
What shocks me is that the people of this country have not risen as one to demand greater government accountability - aka Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Karl Rove, Dick Cheney, Sarah Palin, Oliver North, Ronald Reagan, Spiro Agnew, Richard Nixon, and [fill in the blank].
And the pundits! How about Rush Limbaugh? Recently he stated on his radio program that he would not participate in the recession. (I am going to suffer an aneurysm if I don't get that statement out of my head.)
The real question is where are the American people? Well, a recent straw poll conducted by me found that while local, state, and federal government corruption has been puttering around recklessly in full view of our sanity, the American people have been busy shopping, cleaning guns, drinking, and bashing the gay community. In between, we have been paying close attention to Britney Spears and American Idol. Or Dancing with the Stars. All the while, government and corporate corruption have ruined millions of lives and will continue to do so while we're shopping for the bargains of failed retailers and foreclosed properties.
We are watching the next great depression on television. Feels like a reality TV show.
So, what did we expect?
By the way, all this talk about Chicago politics makes me want to scream, "THE GOVERNOR RESIDES IN THE STATE CAPITAL, NOT IN CHICAGO!"
This country has a long history of political corruption directly tied to voter ignorance.
Shocked?
Really?
The YeetleMaster
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I made a very innocent proposition- I give the Gov one sequined pair of assless chaps, my grandmother's secret recipe for human cheese, and the bones of the AIDS monkey in exchange for considerable consideration of my resume.....he goofed up when he thought about accepting monetary bribes- when its simple bartering, no one minds as much (except Alaskan moosehunters overwhelmed with jealousy of a vibrating chair)....
I like your thinking!
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