Rod Bigliarvich

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Hey Blago...I know you defeated Judy, who plays the accordion, but I didn't know you played the concertina(wire)!

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Where will the scandal lead papi?

Are you suspecting that St.Louis University had anything to do with this?

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Originally posted by Hopperhop:
Now Hot Rod can join former governor Ryan in the Illinois POS Hall of Fame.

Some mood music for the two of them.

Soon... after this bum gets removed...we, the taxpayers are going to have to foot the bill to change all those signs on the toll road that have Big-liar-vich's name on them. Why did we, the citizens of IL, need the Governor's name on them in the first place? So the next guy will put his name up there for two years at our expense, until the next election and then we will have to do it all over again. I really don't understand..........or maybe now I do understand why IL has no money.

Illinois not have money? What are you talking about? They spent millions trying to rid our society of the ugly scourge of seat belt violators in their famous "click it or ticket" campaign. I know I sleep so much better now.


Table 6: 2006 Number of Paid Advertising Spots for Click It or Ticket Statewide

Television advertisements 4,488
Radio advertisements 4,243

These numbers have climbed significantly since 2006. Your taxpayer dollars at work.

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Soon... after this bum gets removed...we, the taxpayers are going to have to foot the bill to change all those signs on the toll road that have Big-liar-vich's name on them. Why did we, the citizens of IL, need the Governor's name on them in the first place? So the next guy will put his name up there for two years at our expense, until the next election and then we will have to do it all over again. I really don't understand..........or maybe now I do understand why IL has no money.

I get a kick out of this as well. Why in the world is there a sign with the governor's name on it at every entrance into the state? I haven't seen other states that have that..

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Can you say EGO!!!!

Yep, "CHICAGO!"

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Thanks to ol' blue eyes, Frank Sinatra.



Our Kind of Town?

Now this could only happen to guys like us.
And only happen in a town like this.
So may we say to each of you with your distrust,
As we hear from each one of you a hiss.

This was our kind of town, Chicago was.
Our kind of town, Chicago was.
Our kind of people stool,
People who now finger you.

Now each time we roam, Patrick is.
Calling us at home, Patrick is.
Now we just frown like a clown.
It was our kind of town.

Our kind of town, Chicago was.
Our kind of town, Chicago was.
Our kind of ra$$-ma-ta$$,
And it had all that cash!

And each time we leave, Patrick is,
Tuggin' our sleeves, Patrick is.
The Dirksen Federal Building, Chicago is.
Home of Fitzgerald, Chicago is.
One town that may let us drown,
It's not our kind of town!

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Originally posted by biggerpapi:
How about the money wasted on this stupid campaign telling us that our non-digital TVs won't work in February?

How many people could this possibly affect? And why do we taxpayers have to buy those ancient people free convertor boxes?

And papi...



...who are you talking about?

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Originally posted by CPLZ:
Illinois not have money? What are you talking about? They spent millions trying to rid our society of the ugly scourge of seat belt violators in their famous "click it or ticket" campaign. I know I sleep so much better now.


Table 6: 2006 Number of Paid Advertising Spots for Click It or Ticket Statewide

Television advertisements 4,488
Radio advertisements 4,243

These numbers have climbed significantly since 2006. Your taxpayer dollars at work.

I just want to put this in the present tense. They are spending millions. In our town, Troy, you'd better not drive around without a seat belt. Why? Well we're one of those "target communities" where law enforcement can make extra money via overtime enforcing that law. Both local and state law enforcement do so on a daily basis. We're also one of those "target communities" chosen to enforce speed laws. Therefore, our local enforcement writes THOUSANDS of tickets per month. Again, the incentive for the officer is that they get to work overtime BUT MUST WRITE 2 TICKETS PER HOUR. We have a weekly newspaper and one full page is devoted each week to putting the names of the speeders in the paper. IMAGINE ONE FULL PAGE.

Correct me if I am wrong but I believe that State Reps/Senators are excempt from speeding tickets if they are in session?

It is pretty obvious things need to change around these parts (IL.)

The politicians want to you be connected via the TV so they can "buy" their seats thru advertising! Who are they kidding? If we are home watching TV...we are not out protesting all their ridiculous pork projects too.

CoachB25,

If you look at any of todays law enforcement reports that deal with traffic violations, you will see that it no longer is about protection or service, it's broken down to profit levels. My own community just recently went through the decision process about installing red light camera's or not. It all boiled down to how much net profit the cameras would bring in. They installed them in an intersection that hasn't had a fatal crash in over a decade, at least, and where any kind of crash is uncommon.

Read the "click it or ticket" reports. It talks about how many tickets an officer needs to write, at a certain fine amount, in order for the campaign to be considered successful. And these are put together by our government.

That's not leadership, we could hire an accountant to run our government and save ourselves a lot of grief under the current criteria.

In many respects, government has gone from serving the people, to threatening and fleecing the people.

gotwood.......

Thanks for the Gabby Hayes memory.

Loved that guy when I was a kid.

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You're welcome. It's not quite in living color, but close soxnole.

Shoot...I didn't realize you were that old!

Rutherford, or Gabby as you refer to him, was quite the guy...



I, being an old f@rt myself, was particularly fond of him for his support of the Timber and Stone Act.

Blago was a creep, is a creep and always will be a creep. I don't know how he was elected twice.

But, while you guys are writing about him and click it or ticket, the Vice President actually admitted to committing war crimes, and it is barely covered by the media.

Cheney said he helped clear the way for torture (waterboarding) which the United States actually prosecuted in the past with the death penalty. Everybody went "yawn".

It is astounding. He also admitted he would have pushed for the war in Iraq even if they had know there were no WMD's. So we still spend 10 billion a month, continue to take casualties for a war that was fought for reasons really only known to Dick and George.

I guess Blago and seat belts are inportant stories. But the loss of life and treasure in Iraq, along with America losing it's moral high ground is a great tragedy. And as these two (Bush and Cheney) brag about their actions, everone twiddles theri thumbs. I hope at at least someone attemps to bring these men to justice.

Drew Peterson was able to top Blago this week.

Why not join the fun at moveon.org?

Gotwood, another thanks for the Gabby Hayes throwback. I can remember him in movies with a very young John Wayne. Does that make me older than Soxnole?

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the Vice President actually admitted to committing war crimes, and it is barely covered by the media.

So you wouldn't believe them for 7.5 years while they were in office, but now that they are leaving you are going to believe whatever they say?

Makes sense to me NOT

It's called admission against self interest. Plus , it is been apparent for a long time that the administration has condoned torture. It is just startling they would admit openly to crimes.

Just caught the press conference held by atty. fast Eddie Genson. Blago is right in line with the types that Genson has defended. He was just throwing mud at the wall hoping that some would stick. He said something about that the state should be paying him his fees and that our atty. general should be defending Blago, not trying to impeach him.

My wife loved every minute of the past case of accused rapist Gary Dotson, when then Gov Thompson held up her panties looking for semen stains. Well, this case we're about to bear witness to will be the biggest trial, with the biggest names in Illinois politics that we're ever going to see. Pull up a seat, grab some popcorn and enjoy the circus to follow.

Quoting a fellow hswebster "If you can read this thank a teacher; and because it's in English thank a soldier."

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Originally posted by itsrosy:
Gotwood, another thanks for the Gabby Hayes throwback. I can remember him in movies with a very young John Wayne. Does that make me older than Soxnole?

If the two of you old fossils would submit a small sample of yourselves I could get you an answer pretty quick...

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"Ya' know Duke...I hear tell young rosy is a sittin' out there in the fourth row a watchin' us!"

Those were the day's!

Gotwood, thanks for the hilarity.

That's all I've got left is a small sample!

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All we need is one rosy...



...send it on in!

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Haven't you heard papi?

"Break them off...they'll grow back."

Well, just like most everyone else I got some instant gratification when Rod got booted out of office.

On the down side there were a whole lot more of them (not all of them) in that chamber who should have gone right with him but you can't have it all.

You can go a lot of places and you will never find the collective scum that makes up our State Government. Just watching some of those crooks get up on their high horses was enough to take the fun out of it for me.

Just wait until he starts flapping his gums to Fitzgerald. He'll take down those that took him down.

Those in Crook County and Daleydom should have already started covering their tracks.

We need the criminal conviction too, or we will be funding his pension for the rest of his natural life. Unbelievable but true.

If you saw his press conference after the ousting was complete, you realize the man is definitely the master of staying on his message. Still talking about how he was there to help the common folk. Yeah, right. People in the crowd thanking him for free health care for their kids and free public transportation for seniors... why are they thanking him? He didn't pay for it - we do!

I just can't wait to drive down the tollway and not have to look at those aggravating signs!

To all you common folk... Elvis has left the State House!

Thank God we did not "Spare the Rod and Spoil the State". (at least any more than it is already spoiled from all of his actions or inactions!!)

Good riddance.

Rod..G'bye. And please, somebody smack him on the head as he's leaving. This guy is a bonafide goofball.

Pat Quinn..He's a very good man. Long time advocate for the people. He's humble, smart and a dedicated public servant. Let's see if he can do what needs to be done here...He has major respect on both sides of the aisle.

Why did Rod never communicate with Pat Quinn? Because Rod knew that Quinn was an honest guy with tons of integrity. Quinn would have checked Blag hard in any situation...best to keep your distance from a guy like that when you're an actively squirrelly individual.

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Congratulations to Governor Pat Quinn, Fenwick's very own!

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Hair helmet? What the heck is a hair helmet?

I tried to stay out of this one since it is a baseball site but I have to ask the question. If everybody is against the ex-gov for what he did why is nobody asking that all the contracts he did for the state get rebid? The jobs filled with questionable donations given to someone else? If the tollway contract for ex required a $550,000 donation (brib) whwy does that contractor still get the work even though he passed on an extra $550,000 to you the taxpayer? Aren't the companies and people that paid the bribes for the work or government job just as guilty? Okay back to baseball.

Is it true that Blago has been offered a two year radio deal for over $150,000 a year?

Blago makes or made a salary of $177,000 a year as Governor. If this radio deal is accurate he could end up making close too or more money a year on the radio. Only in America!

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But his hair...that whole carefully crafted thick topiary on top of his head will be wasted, totally wasted, on the radio.

Blago is making his debut on the David Letterman show tonight. That should be interesting.

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There's a reason why they just call him Blago

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Now that...




has been voted off...





and lost her appetite for...




she has been approached to play the lead part in...

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Roll out the Blago, we'll have a Blago of fun!