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Digital_Trucker 12-09-08 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Frame57
Not sure as of yet, I still have to exhaust all the funny mushrooms I garned from bovine feces back in the 70's. I am toying with the possibility of branding a new magical mushroom pizza franchise, perhaps with Tommy Chong as a spokesperson for endorsement. :D

I'd buy that for a dollar:up:

geetrue 12-09-08 03:48 PM

It's always the woman's fault ... seems the governor had a little help.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2008...ging-governor/

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Illinois First Lady Patricia Blagojevich is mentioned a number of times in the FBI affidavit accusing her husband and his chief of staff of corruption

Do you think the phone was bugged at the governor's mansion? :yep:

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Much of the information authorities collected came from bugs in the governor's campaign office and his home phone, U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald said at a press conference Tuesday.
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The FBI complaint repeatedly mentions Blagojevich's attempts to win a plum assignment for his wife. On one Nov. 8, 2008, phone call, he discussed the possibility of getting his wife a high-paying job at a Washington or New York firm, or with a union.

MothBalls 12-09-08 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Frame57
Not sure as of yet, I still have to exhaust all the funny mushrooms I garned from bovine feces back in the 70's. I am toying with the possibility of branding a new magical mushroom pizza franchise, perhaps with Tommy Chong as a spokesperson for endorsement. :D

PapaChong's?

Frame57 12-09-08 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by MothBalls
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Originally Posted by Frame57
Not sure as of yet, I still have to exhaust all the funny mushrooms I garned from bovine feces back in the 70's. I am toying with the possibility of branding a new magical mushroom pizza franchise, perhaps with Tommy Chong as a spokesperson for endorsement. :D

PapaChong's?

:rotfl:

1480 12-09-08 08:09 PM

GeeTrue: Blago, bucked the trend and pi$$ed off most of Illinois by not moving into the gub'nas manse down in Springfield when he was elected and relected. He's been a comuter executive. Supposedly this crap has been going on since 2002. Not a surprise to yours truely but anything I would post would be considered right wing propaganda. I guess I get the last laugh. Best now is CNN is debating how much of a connection there is between our President-elect & Blago. Should be an interesting year ahead.

BTW, our trip up was a bit dicey, whiteout conditions on rte 50, but we made it fine. I have to say the jelly belly flavor "vomit" is interesting.... :lol:

Kapt Z 12-09-08 09:54 PM

This guy even makes Jersey pols look good. I can tell you, that takes some doing.:doh:

1480 12-10-08 12:20 AM

Now there is big speculation, the way USA Fitzgerald answered a question near the end of the conference, not verbatim: if offering a U.S. senate for sale is a crime, wouldn't the offering party be just as guilty??? He hemmed and hawed a bit, but acknowledged this as fact and admitted that the investigation is only beginning....

Molon Labe 12-10-08 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by 1480
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Originally Posted by Digital_Trucker
I wonder who gets to sell the Governor's position?:hmm:

I rather be a janitor in a porn shop then the Governor of Illinois.

I think the correct term for that job is "jizzmopper."

August 12-10-08 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by 1480
if offering a U.S. senate for sale is a crime, wouldn't the offering party be just as guilty???

I'm not sure what you mean by this. Did you mean accepting party?

TDK1044 12-10-08 08:19 AM

He's certainly broken seveal Federal laws by governing a US State with that haircut.

1480 12-10-08 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by 1480
if offering a U.S. senate for sale is a crime, wouldn't the offering party be just as guilty???

I'm not sure what you mean by this. Did you mean accepting party?

Could be August. I'm not too versed in those type of investigations. If someone offers said amount for a "favor" or such and is caught prior to the actual benefit from becoming reality, is it actually accepting? Not being a arsch or anything. But I will use that wording so we can all stay on the same page.

The interesting name that is being bandied about for the 'pay to play' is a son of a certain local reverand, who likes to rhyme in prime time.

And to the Kevin Smith fan, I wanted to say that originally, but wanted to keep Onkiel Neal off my aft. :D

August 12-10-08 02:29 PM

[quote=1480]
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Originally Posted by August
Could be August. I'm not too versed in those type of investigations. If someone offers said amount for a "favor" or such and is caught prior to the actual benefit from becoming reality, is it actually accepting? Not being a arsch or anything. But I will use that wording so we can all stay on the same page.

The interesting name that is being bandied about for the 'pay to play' is a son of a certain local reverand, who likes to rhyme in prime time.

And to the Kevin Smith fan, I wanted to say that originally, but wanted to keep Onkiel Neal off my aft. :D

I just wanted to be sure what you meant.

I'd think that anyone who offered to pay a crooked official in return for a "favor"might open themselves up to a charge of attempted bribery, no?

Thomen 12-10-08 05:41 PM

Candidate No. 5.... Jessie Jackson Jr
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/illinois_governor_jackson

NEON DEON 12-10-08 06:27 PM

Who brought it to the FBI?

Lets give him him a medal. :D

geetrue 12-10-08 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by NEON DEON
Who brought it to the FBI?

Lets give him him a medal. :D

The investigation has been going on for more than three years. The FBI said they ended it early to keep the sale of the senate seat from going through.


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