Chicago: home of the President of the United fucking States

Pat Fitzgerald is a fucking action hero and I love him.

Also he was on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me once.

I like that this is the de facto Blago thread.

When/where are you going?

Tonight. Globe Pub. Quiz starts at 8 (get there early for seats).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpsons_Roasting_on_an_Open_Fire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marge_Be_Not_Proud
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_on_Evergreen_Terrace
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayored_to_the_Mob
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grift_of_the_Magi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skinner%27s_Sense_of_Snow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_of_Little_Faith
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27Tis_the_Fifteenth_Season
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpsons_Christmas_Stories
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_Gil,_Volumes_I_%26_II

This is all I can find as far as Christmas-themed episodes. Unfortunately they started doing them more regularly after I stopped watching the show religiously, it seems.

Tonight. Globe Pub. Quiz starts at 8 (get there early for seats).

Ah. I would very much like to come along one night, if you'll have me, but tonight is not that night.

my dem family in IL is sort of in picard.jpg mode right now

I don't get that joke, but I would like to.

me neither. and me too.

http://masculinists.org/images/picard.jpg

ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

http://globalnerdy.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/picard_ashamed.jpg

thx

lol "globalnerdy.com"

hahaha okay. Now I get it.

Given that Blago had a 13% approval rating, I have a hard time imagining too many people being upset/surprised by this. There's a certain ring of "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" around here as far as I can tell.

Assuming he is convicted, what will that be, like 3 out of the last 5 governors doing time?

Ding Dong, the witch, is dead.

Ding Dong, the witch is dead!

Ding dong the witch; is dead.

[quote]What is it about Illinois governors or former governors? Talk about your culture of corruption. In the modern era, former governors Otto Kerner and Dan Walker both went to federal prison, the former for taking bribes, the latter for financial improprieties at a savings and loan he ran. Jim Ryan, was forced from the governorship and is now serving prison time after being convicted on corruption. And now Blagojevich has been arrested. Does any other statehouse have anything approaching this rogues gallery, at least since the 1950s?[/quote]

- http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/12/illinois_governor_blagojevich.html

I copy/pasted that, but it's George Ryan, not Jim Ryan, no?

there was a former ill. politician named jim ryan, but yeah, they mean george ryan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Ryan_(politician)

he ran against blago in 2002

there is also creepy illinois politician jack ryan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ryan_(Senate_candidate)

Jack Ryan (born circa 1960) is a Republican from the state of Illinois who was forced to withdraw from the 2004 United States Senate race due to an alleged sex scandal involving his relationship with his ex-wife, actress Jeri Ryan. [1][2] His eventual replacement Alan Keyes would go on to lose the general election to Barack Obama, who would eventually be elected President Of The United States on November 4, 2008.

YES. I remember Jeri Ryan. I also remember Alan Keyes. (How could one forget?)

Illinois is neat.

the star trek chick? weird. what was the scandal?

In those files, Jeri Ryan alleged that Jack Ryan had taken her to sex clubs in several cities, intending for them to have sex in public.[1

oh come on, that's no big deal.

Probably a bigger deal if you are going to run for office as a Republican in 2004 when it was all about the moral majority, family values, etc.

Richard Daley for Governooooololoooohahahahahaha

Sorry, I couldn't even finish the thought.

What's up with the governor's hair? He looks like Anton Chiguhr in "No Country for Old Men".

I'll always remember him this way:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/photo/2008-12/43789902.jpg

he styles his hair with yellow mustard, green relish, sport peppers, diced onion, chopped tomatoes, celery salt, and a pickle - no ketchup

he also uses a poppyseed bun

http://i5.ebayimg.com/02/i/000/8f/50/5e92_1_b.JPG
“I’ve got this thing and it’s fucking golden, and, uh, uh, I’m just not giving it up for fuckin’ nothing. I’m not gonna do it. And, and I can always use it. I can parachute me there.”

isn't Alan Keyes still trying to keep O out of the White House til he "proves" his citizenship?

Authentic LOLs @ nick and John.

There are a bunch of crazy right wingers debating the finer distinctions between a "birth certificate" and a "certification of live birth." I was unaware that Alan Keyes was involved, yet I am not surprised that he would be. That guy is a Class A Loon.

yeah wtf who the hell cares what Keyes does anyway

http://treasurevalleyhearing.com/assets/images/guy-on-phone.jpg

"The Senate seat is a fucking valuable thing, you just don't give it away for nothing."

His attorney, Sheldon Sorosky, said afterward that Blagojevich "is very surprised and certainly feels that he did not do anything wrong."

Exactly how is this guy going to explain away the recordings in court?

http://www.sillydogs.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/silly-dog-with-toupee-funny.jpg

Fuck him. For nothing? Fuck him

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

hello my chinny friend

omg i want that wee sneezawee in my home

xp - http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2008/12/09/ratner_blagojevich/ about how the Feds overreached their authority in 1) wiretapping and 2) investigating. I'll give them credit for sticking to their talking points even though the target of the investigation is a Democrat.

Amanda, you can squeeze that dog in your home if you contribute $50k to his 2016 presidential campaign.

:( i cannot afford that man

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/03/19/books/schul450.jpg

"I am attempting something illegal, is that clear? I am committing a felony right now."

Okay, someone do the necessary Photoshop job there.

where is jim traficant when we need him to comment on this

LOLhio

I sense a theme w/r/t governmental corruption and terrible hair.

Srsly, this guy must go to Phil Spector's barber.

http://wwwimage.cbsnews.com/images/2006/01/11/image1202860g.jpg

This has been a fabulous day.