Rod Bigliarvich

Maybe he can share a room w/ Ryan & the taxpayers can save some $$$.

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Originally posted by nc42dad:
Maybe he can share a room w/ Ryan & the taxpayers can save some $$$.

That would be great, as long as our do nothing Senator Dick Durbin isn't successful in petitioning the President for clemency for the jailed former Governor. The clemency campaign might be the most work he's done since he got elected. Nice message to the public...we politicians have to look out for each other...no partisan politics there!

It just seems that corruption reigns in this State. I remember back in the 60's how they would uncover dead people voting for Mayor Daley - multiple times. Apparently these guys think they are above the law.....

Some of those prisoners are going to like that hair dew of his!!!

It reigns in a bigger arena than this state nc how about at the federal level. Sorry I know this is way off baseball topic.

Having in an interest in political shenanigans, I find fascinating the coincidence of the Trib filing for bankruptcy one day and Blogo getting arrested the next. Particularly in light of the allegations in the affidavit regarding the IFA and a $100 mil tax benny to the Cubs.

I can see the smile on Royko's face right now.

What's more fun, watching the "powerful" taking a fall, or Christmas shopping? I'll take the former. What a bunch of knuckleheads.

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Life imitating art!

I haven't lived in Illinois in a decade or so. Good to see that nothing has changed. Now if I was a Blago appointment, I may start squealing now to avoid the Holiday rush. They are going to investigate every person that got a job from Rudy and his Government. This is gonna be good.

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Originally posted by nc42dad:
It just seems that corruption reigns in this State. I remember back in the 60's how they would uncover dead people voting for Mayor Daley - multiple times. Apparently these guys think they are above the law.....

Some of those prisoners are going to like that hair dew of his!!!

In the news conference, the press asked the FBI special agent in charge if Illinois was the most corrupt state in the US, and the agent responded that although he didn't have enough knowledge on the other 49 to make that statement, he'd bet that Illinois is right up there, bucking for #1.

Illinois has to be right at the top considering this will be the 4th governor to serve time in the last 35 years: Kerner, Walker, Ryan and now Blagojevich.

The Tribune filed for bankruptcy protection. This form of bankruptcy has more to do with their ability to move around money and restructure their company to fix debt.

I did a lot of reading on our governor today. Sounds like an indictment is soon to follow. There are a lot of accusations of bribes, kickbacks, etc. My particular favorite is the one where the governor won't let the Tribune sell Wrigley Field unless they fired all the editorial writers who were calling for the governor's head.

Absolutley a new low for Illinois.

CPLZ,I do wonder how our esteemed Sen. Durbin feels today about his plea to pardon Geo Ryan? Oops!

Kudos to the editor of the Trib for holding the story so as to allow the investigation to continue. These day's that's a rarity.

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I agree concerning the Tribune. Their editorial board has been riding hard on the Cook Co. Board...hopefully the mess at the county level will come under Mr. Fitzgerald's scope next.


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I think this is a great day for Illinois.

The only thing that could make me happier would be if Todd and Richie go down, too.

I thank God for Peter Fitzgerald, our former U.S. Senator....In an "It's A Wonderful Life" moment, can you imagine if he never was born? Or never decided to run for the Senate? If not for Peter, then Patrick (not related) would never have been assigned here. He's been a godsend for all of the good and decent people in this state. John Kass ranks right up there for me, too....not to mention Mike Royko, may he rest in peace. With a smile.

I am totally sick of the corruption in this state.....I hope they ALL get rooted out.

Gotwood!

Maybe a picture of Blago and Al Cappone together would be nice here! Don't they kind of look alike?

Well this is a ray of hope for Pontiac. Blagojevich, against all logic and advice of government officials, had been insisting on closing our prison and moving most inmates to a minimum security prison (Pontiac's is maximum security) that is not a facility nearly of the caliber. A government committee advised that it not be closed due to the fact there was no advantage to closing the prison and the impact to Pontiac would be devastating. The thought was that Blagojevich had a vendetta against our area's state representative, who tried and failed to take Secretary of State last election. He was singlehandedly making the decisions in our case, despite lacking any good reasons to do it.

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As requested nc42dad.






Here's a pic of Blago when he was a youngster over in eastern Europe somewhere.



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And here's one of Capone when he was a young punk.

My favorite quote of all by our esteemed governor came back in July when he accused reporters of asking stupid questions and shot back "I have nothing to fear but the TRUTH". Well, it looks like his worst fears just came true!

Some say it's a sad day for Illinois - I say it couldn't be a better day. And hopefully this is just the beginning. I think Rod also sealed the door on George's cell as well with this one...

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One heck of a cub fan is our boy Blago.

Until he can hold them hostage for more dough anyway!

Glad to see BO (that "mother fletcher")on the
good side of town.

heh heh heh!

There's a reason I always called him Gov. Balonyb****!
This should be a happy day for Illinois; let's root them out. That is, as soon as we're over mourning Maddux's retirement. Hey, let's get Larry Himes locked up with BalonyB**** and his staff!

I really don't see why Illinois is getting so much press over this. All people in the great state of Lincoln know that it is a news story if a politico DOESN'T go to jail.

Now that would be amazing.

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Originally posted by play baseball:

I thank God for Peter Fitzgerald.

I have a prediction for you...

Peter Fitzgerald will be promoted to Washington soon after the President Elect becomes the President. There may be things that could be dug up in Illinois that he may not want to come to light, and promoting the bulldog gets him off the case.

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Patrick Fitzgerald may be promoted...that's likely, but Peter Fitzgerald, God bless him, will probably remain a private citizen.

We need Peter to run for Governor!

My bad, thanks for the correction.

It's pretty interesting to put together the Senate Candidate numbers that the press release talks about with the actual players. Jesse Jackson's doing the backstroke now. I see where David Axelrod now says he misspoke when he told the press right after Obama vacated his seat, that Obama had spoken with Bigliarvich about who to use to fill the vacancy.

It's pretty obvious Valerie Jarret knew the score and could see what was coming based on Bigliarvich's actions when she withdrew her name.

Where are all our upstanding public officials that were part of all this wheeling and dealing? How come none of them stood up previously and contacted the US attorney? Hopefully there's plenty of mud to wear, because it looks like there will be plenty of faces to plaster it on by the time this is done.

The biggest question seems to be how high up will it go...

Since the Reagan administration, it has been common practice for new presidents to fire all 92 federal prosecutors. Reagan did it. Clinton did it. George W. fired all but 2, one was in the middle of a terrorist case and the other was investigating Hillary Clinton's pardon activities. It will be interesting to see if Mr. Fitzgerald has a job after January 20th. I think that is some of the reason why he rushed in and got Rod a little early.

How does the politics of Maryland compare to Illinois politics?

I saw the BA cover the other day, pretty cool.

Does any of this mean that I'm going to get my money back? I thought that someone said $50 for the senate senate seat.

Spiro Agnew was the former governor of Maryland.
Nancy Pelosi's father and brother were mayors in Baltimore. We have our own crosses to bear, just not as many of them.

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Originally posted by biggerpapi:
CoachB25, what do you know about Illinois politics? You live in Southern Illinois.

Heck, I live 4 miles south of I-80. I'm irrelevant to Illinois/Chicago politicians as well.

Why'd I have to "know anything?" I had a spare $50. Now, I might have to actually work the rest of my life!

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Originally posted by biggerpapi:
Heck, I live 4 miles south of I-80.

I'll bet you talk funny too.

Totally off topic, but how about the shot of Drew Brees, Coach Tiller and Kyle Orton immediately after the game having their picture taken? Tiller looked like one proud papa, still wearing his Purdue colors.

Back to Blago.

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Something tells me that this phrase will be trotted out again soon...

"There is no controlling legal authority that says this was in violation of law."

Rosy - I saw that too. It says a lot about Tiller as both of the QB's looked like they really did want to be in the picture.

Back to Liarvich........

So now Ryan apologizes? Call me a cynic, but how stupid do these guys think we are? The only reason he apologizes is because he thinks it is his only way out of prison - nothing else has worked.

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rEEL, rEEl StoOpid !

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Our Gov negotiating with prosecutors as he enters his house yesterday...



"Gimme five &*%*$#@ years instead of fifteen and I'll &*%*$#@ sing like a &*%*$#@ Tufted Puffin on &*%*$#@ karaoke night!"

Now Hot Rod can join former governor Ryan in the Illinois POS Hall of Fame.

a crooked Chicago politician? How is that news?

I suspect this Blago episode is a diversion concocted by C-Rove so Palin could keep that campaign wardrobe without drawing media attention