Lattice of Coincidence: Breaking News

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Breaking News

TV sez Blago taken into custody.

18 comments:

k-mad said...: We might finally be rid of this @ss#ole?; December 9, 2008 at 8:44 AM
k-mad said...: "Beginning no later than November 2008 to the present, in Cook County, in the Northern District of Illinois, defendants ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH and JOHN HARRIS, being agents of the State of Illinois, a State government which during a one-year period, beginning January 1, 2008 and continuing to the present, received federal benefits in excess of $10,000, corruptly solicited and demanded a thing of value, namely, the firing of certain Chicago Tribune editorial members responsible for widely-circulated editorials critical of ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH, intending to be influenced and rewarded in connection with business and transactions of the State of Illinois involving a thing of value of $5,000 or more, namely, the provision of millions of dollars in financial assistance by the State of Illinois, including through the Illinois Finance Authority, an agency of the State of Illinois, to the Tribune Company involving the Wrigley Field baseball stadium; in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 666(a)(1)(B) and 2."

Woops!; December 9, 2008 at 9:07 AM
Corms said...: Damn, you beat me to it. He's about to become someone's blagojevich.; December 9, 2008 at 9:11 AM
k-mad said...: "Defendants ROD BLAGOJEVICH and JOHN HARRIS, together with
others, attempted to use ROD BLAGOJEVICH’s authority to appoint a United States Senator for the purpose of obtaining personal benefits for ROD BLAGOJEVICH, including, among other things, appointment as Secretary of Health & Human Services in the President-elect’s administration..."

Mistakes were made.

If this guy seriously believed he had a snowball's chance in hell of coming within a meeellliion miles of Obama ever wanting his name even mentioned in connection with his Cabinet, he is udderly, irretrievably unhinged.; December 9, 2008 at 9:38 AM
Corms said...: I saw in one of the releases today that he thought that he could make a presidential run in 2016.; December 9, 2008 at 11:36 AM
k-mad said...: If so, that is breathlessly disconnected.; December 9, 2008 at 12:10 PM
k-mad said...: "If I don’t get what I want and I’m not satisfied with it, then I’ll just take the Senate seat myself," the governor said in recorded conversation, prosecutors said.

What a douchenozzle.

I wonder what provisions they'll make for keeping his feeding tube inserted?; December 9, 2008 at 12:13 PM
smiff said...: I hope they didn't muss his hair when they put him in the squad car.; December 9, 2008 at 12:19 PM
k-mad said...: He might be looking at a long string of bad hair days.; December 9, 2008 at 12:21 PM
k-mad said...: "The tapes reveal a two-term governor who no longer wants his job (problem solved! Ed.), badly wants cash (that could be a problem - Ed.) and is determined to leverage a financial benefit out of his appointment powers.

He also appears to think little of the president-elect, whom he calls a "motherf***er" at one point.

'F**k him,' Blagjoveich says of Obama during a lengthy call with top aides and his wife recorded on November 10th, 'For nothing? F**k him.'" (And he'll be asking for a pardon in 2016? PHOKK HIM... Ed.); December 9, 2008 at 1:15 PM
k-mad said...: The public is reminded that a complaint contains only charges and is not evidence of guilt. The defendants are presumed innocent and are entitled to a fair trial at which the government has the burden of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

Fair trial? Phokk him...

"Corruption Crime Spree..." new team name?; December 9, 2008 at 1:18 PM
k-mad said...: ROD BLAGOJEVICH stated that he is "struggling" financially and does "not want to be Governor for the next two years..."

See? Everyone wins.; December 9, 2008 at 1:30 PM
k-mad said...: Whoever the next gubnor is, should we indict him/her right after the swearing in to save time?; December 9, 2008 at 2:04 PM
smiff said...: Obama's Senate Seat: now on Ebay http://tinyurl.com/6ebp5z; December 9, 2008 at 2:09 PM
Fungster said...: Wow K-Mad, tell us how you really feel. Dis one really touched one of those nerves usually reserved for Smiff didn't it? Blago for now is innocent. But it sure is going to be fun proving him guilty.; December 9, 2008 at 2:12 PM
k-mad said...: My nerves have been known to be touchy.

A downside: this does deprive us of the spectacle of Lisa Madigan pounding him within an inch of his life in the 2010 primary.; December 9, 2008 at 2:22 PM
k-mad said...: "ROD BLAGOJEVICH has spent significant time weighing the option of appointing himself to the open Senate seat, and has expressed a variety of reasons for doing so, including frustration at being “stuck” as governor, a belief that he will be able to obtain greater resources if he is indicted as a sitting Senator as opposed to a sitting governor, and a desire to remake his image in consideration of a possible run for President in 2016, avoid impeachment by the Illinois legislature, make corporate contacts that would be of value to him after leaving public office, facilitate his wife’s employment as a lobbyist, and assist in generating speaking fees should he decide to leave public office."; December 9, 2008 at 2:35 PM
k-mad said...: But except for impeachment, “there is no way to remove the governor against his will,” said John Marshall School of Law professor Ann Lousin, an expert on the Illinois Constitution. “The only reason would be if the governor is mentally impaired (for example, due to accident or stroke) and can’t sign anything.” The constitution and the Illinois Governor Succession Act refer to “disability” or “temporary disability” of the governor as a reason for the lieutenant governor to become acting governor.

He thought he could get elected REZZZZIDUNCE in 2016 - is that not mentally impaired enough?; December 9, 2008 at 3:50 PM

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A lotta people don't realize what's really going on. They view life as a buncha unconnected incidences and things. They don't realize that there's this like lattice of coincidence that lays on top of everything. I'll give ya an example, show ya what I mean. Suppose you're thinking about a plate of shrimp. Suddenly somebody will say like, "plate" -- or "shrimp" -- or "plate of shrimp" -- out of the blue, no explanation. No point looking for one either. It's all part of a cosmic unconsciousness.

"You know the way everybody's into weirdness right now? Books in all the supermarkets about Bermuda Triangles, UFOs, how the Mayans invented television, that kind of thing? Well the way I see it it's exactly the same. There ain't no difference between a flying saucer and a time machine.... People get so hung up on specifics, they miss out on seeing the whole thing. Take South America for example. In South America, thousands of people go missing every year. Nobody knows where they go. They just like disappear. But if you think about it for a minute, you realize something: there had to be a time when there was no people right? Well, where did all these people come from? Hmm? I'll tell you where: the future. Where did all these people disappear to: hmmm? the past. How did they get there? Flying saucers, which are really... yeah, you got it! Time machines!"