What's Wrong with Illinois?

You would think a governor would learn from his predecessor's mistakes. Apparently not in Illinois. The state's previous governor is in prison, and its current one will more than likely join him fairly soon. What state has two governor's in a row imprisoned? Really? Making this anomaly worse is what governor thinks he can SELL a SENATE seat and get away with it?? Especially, a senate seat that was Barack Obama's, and is obviously being scrutinized by many?Has the crumbling economy left you that desperate for money Rod. R. Blagojevich?? Are are you smoking crack?? This is not Monopoly World. Boardwalk is not for sale and if you collect money for it you are not getting out of jail for free. You are staying there, and you're going to be stuck with the purple places that no one wants.

Good thing Illinois produced Barack Obama, or I think the whole country would seriously be questioning its political legitimacy status. On that note, I am going to use this time to give kudos to MN for uh, never having a governor go to jail. And our last governor was a a WWF wrestler. Yes, I realized that in standing firm, we must be careful not to fall. So here's to hoping MN's prison-free political streak continues.

Oh man, some things I just don't understand. I probably shouldn't judge Gov. Blagojevich, he perhaps acted out of personal troubles or desperation. It just seems so odd..., trying to sell the president-elect's senate seat. Well, I suppose weirder things have happened. Such as the NYT article yesterday detailing the 28 & 26 year-old couple that bought a house in the Lowry Hill neighborhood of Mpls. What 28 & 26 year-old can afford a home there? My goodness. This is a whole other issue however, that I do not have time to get into today. Cheers.

UPDATE! Thanks to Jon Stewart, I just learned that FOUR of the last EIGHT governors of Illinois have ended up in jail. That is 50 percent. That is ridiculous. The end.