tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post1227516199235856008..comments2023-11-30T04:19:29.368-06:00Comments on ILLINOIZE: The Last Days of Rod BlagojevichRich Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05405714376169753223noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-92194967327045041632009-01-30T11:18:00.000-06:002009-01-30T11:18:00.000-06:00YDD, i'd be shocked if you thought that corrup...YDD, i'd be shocked if you thought that corruption and abuse of (political/governmental) power was confined to the reign of rod blagojevich.<BR/><BR/>but, since you asked, i will repeat my extreme discomfort with the concentration of political power in the hands of a single person or family in this state. while you could argue that the speaker has been successful at regaining a majority in bored nowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14579125066653569367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-24335794675987664622009-01-30T09:45:00.000-06:002009-01-30T09:45:00.000-06:00=== While one violator may be removed, others re...<I>=== While one violator may be removed, others remain. ===</I><BR/><BR/>Names please!<BR/><BR/>Anyone can toss around allegations like horseshoes, hoping they land close enough to score points.<BR/><BR/>If you have evidence that someone else is violating the law, give us the names and the evidence. Better yet, give it to the U.S. Attorney.<BR/><BR/>Illinoize and Illinois deserve better thanYellow Dog Democrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04298700349853141750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-41993267478170155132009-01-29T19:41:00.000-06:002009-01-29T19:41:00.000-06:00It's good that Blagojevich has been finally remove...It's good that Blagojevich has been finally removed. We hope that the successor will do a better jobs.. Based on his background and what people say about him, I think he will be a leader.. Hope that he will not be tempted to abuse his power just like Blagojevich did..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-50278508146183757012009-01-29T16:40:00.000-06:002009-01-29T16:40:00.000-06:00My Open Letter to the soon to be former governor.h...My Open Letter to the soon to be former governor.<BR/><BR/>http://crimesandjustice.com/2009/01/bye-governor-blagojevic/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-48813122559394302492009-01-29T14:13:00.000-06:002009-01-29T14:13:00.000-06:00we simply disagree. you voted for criminals and e...we simply disagree. you voted for criminals and elevated them to governor. i didn't. you support illinois' political machine. i don't. you support illinois' corrupt system and its abuse of government. i don't. you vehemently oppose reform of illinois' political system. i support that. we have different values. i'm offended by the corrupt, criminal political system that you defend. bored nowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14579125066653569367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-52514474975776147002009-01-29T13:50:00.000-06:002009-01-29T13:50:00.000-06:00When did Obama ever fight the machine?Quinn endors...When did Obama ever fight the machine?<BR/><BR/>Quinn endorsed Blago in 2006 and explicitly refuted the evidence of the gifts to the Blagojevich Children.<BR/><BR/>We all knew better in 2006. I voted for Topinka. (Did you bored?)<BR/><BR/>I admit to voting almost straight Democratic tickets from 1972 through Gore Leiberman.... except for Socialist Frank Zeidler in 76, and then for Obama over Bill Baarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095486926836836714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-91867861515586120892009-01-29T12:02:00.000-06:002009-01-29T12:02:00.000-06:00only an idiot would describe rod blagojevich as a ...only an idiot would describe rod blagojevich as a liberal or a progressive -- presuming that one is intelligent enough to understand the meaning of those two words.<BR/><BR/>rod blagojevich is nothing but a corrupt pol. you should be embarrassed that you voted for the last two governors -- both of whom will have spent time in jail -- and even more embarrassed by your continual defense of the bored nowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14579125066653569367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-3852890336045355752009-01-29T11:46:00.000-06:002009-01-29T11:46:00.000-06:00...people here in Illinois are so accustomed to th...<EM>...people here in Illinois are so accustomed to the corruption in the state's politics that it doesn't occur to them to speak out about it.</EM><BR/><BR/>As a guy who's lived almost all his life here, I'm offended.<BR/><BR/>I voted for Ryan because I bought the social liberals line about Poshard.<BR/><BR/>I voted first time for Blago because I thought he was a reformer.<BR/><BR/>I've been Bill Baarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095486926836836714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-83126912064719216692009-01-29T11:24:00.000-06:002009-01-29T11:24:00.000-06:00bill, you must have a guilty conscience. once aga...bill, you must have a guilty conscience. once again, feel free to show where i said i blamed the people of illinois. an honest reader would have noted that i said that the reason illinoisans hadn't made more out of the corruption they've witnessed was because they were afraid. an intelligent reader would have understood that i blamed a corrupt system, not the people who's will is basically bored nowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14579125066653569367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-3782743911614601762009-01-29T11:18:00.000-06:002009-01-29T11:18:00.000-06:00Besides that bored, you blame the people of Illino...Besides that bored, you blame the people of Illinois for this... why not just blame the people foolish enough to vote twice for the Guv... and ask yourselv how many of your friends you can count among those voters.Bill Baarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095486926836836714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-3861939415144541022009-01-29T11:17:00.000-06:002009-01-29T11:17:00.000-06:00Neither of these guys has a history of reform... ...Neither of these guys has a history of reform... Quinn at least while Lt Guv... heck he gave the Guv a pass over the gifts to the Guv's kids.<BR/><BR/>All of Obama's staff have been subepeoned over this mess too...Emanuel, Axelrod, Jarret...<BR/><BR/>They're not going to bring any reform.<BR/><BR/>Looks to me like Quinn is going to be hardpressed to raise cash for a campaign and not take a fall Bill Baarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095486926836836714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-19509710047500534712009-01-29T11:06:00.000-06:002009-01-29T11:06:00.000-06:00feel free to defend the sleaze (or, at least, your...feel free to defend the sleaze (or, at least, your side's sleaze). the average person would realize that obama and quinn's career's were designed to bring change from the sleazy environment you defend. i realize that upsets you, and you will continue to fight their efforts to reform politics in the land...bored nowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14579125066653569367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14463601.post-7755727362723250092009-01-29T10:53:00.000-06:002009-01-29T10:53:00.000-06:00The answer is simple: people here in Illinois are ...<EM>The answer is simple: people here in Illinois are so accustomed to the corruption in the state's politics that it doesn't occur to them to speak out about it.</EM><BR/><BR/>So what was occuring in Quinn and Obama's minds amidst the sleaze...our two virgins in the whore house of Illinois politics...what in the world to you think our lads were doing Bored? Too stupid to see what was around themBill Baarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095486926836836714noreply@blogger.com