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Pass the ()$%( Potatoes!

Jimmie | December 11, 2008 | Comments (0)

Matthre Continetti has Gov. Blagovich’s Thanksgiving Dinner pegged, down to a T. 111 a. On or about November 27, 2008, ROD BLAGOJEVICH, his wife and daughters, and BLAGOJEVICH’s chief of staff JOHN HARRIS ate Thanksgiving dinner together. BLAGOJEVICH’s wife asked BLAGOJEVICH to “please pass the potatoes.” BLAGOJEVICH asked what his wife was willing to give [...]

JP Morgan Chase and Bank of America Bow to Extortion Threats

Jimmie | December 10, 2008 | Comments (0)

Extortion works. CHICAGO (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co offered $400,000 on Wednesday to help pay severance to laid-off workers occupying a Chicago factory, whose protest symbolizes resentment over the federal bailout of big banks while workers suffer. JPMorgan Chase’s offer, announced by Rep. Luis Gutierrez, who has been mediating the dispute, follows on Bank [...]

Silver Linings for Obama, Courtesy of the NYT

Jimmie | December 10, 2008 | Comments (0)

Maybe you’re one of the poor, deluded fools who thinks that the arrest of Barack Obama’s close political ally Governor Blagojevich might cause him some small amount of trouble. I know I was. After all, did not Obama enthusiastically endorse the Governor when he was running for re-election in 2006 even though he knew full [...]

Obama and the Governor – A Tale That Needs To Be Told

Jimmie | December 9, 2008 | Comments (1)

I think our President-Elect has some serious ‘splainin’ to do. Asked what contact he’d had with the governor’s office about his replacement in the Senate, President-elect Obama today said “I had no contact with the governor or his office and so we were not, I was not aware of what was happening.” But on November [...]