Fire Sale - US Senate Seat
Evidently, the asking price fell quite a bit short of Blago's original estimate:
- Burris has given more than $20,000 to Blagojevich's campaign fund on his own and through his consulting and law firms, state campaign finance records show. Burris' consulting company received about $290,000 in state contracts with the Illinois Department of Transportation a few years ago, according to state comptroller records.
Pay-to-play continues. The look on Burris' face was hilarious when Channel 2's Mike Flannery asked about the $14,000 Burris had personally contributed over the past few years.
Burris might be an honest man on some level. But one doesn't get anywhere in Illinois politics without paying the piper, in this case, $14,000 to $20,000. And Burris backtracking all over his own call that no one accept a tainted appointment from Blago looks all the more hypocritical when he leapt at the offer first chance he got. He's a Machine tool, first and foremost.
Burris might be an honest man on some level. But one doesn't get anywhere in Illinois politics without paying the piper, in this case, $14,000 to $20,000. And Burris backtracking all over his own call that no one accept a tainted appointment from Blago looks all the more hypocritical when he leapt at the offer first chance he got. He's a Machine tool, first and foremost.
Labels: state politics
posted by SCC at 12:04 AM
60 Comments:
Do you feel any discomfort? Yes, then this would be a good time to explain the contract negotiations. Bend over please.
And Illinois just keeps getting worse and worse! How dirty can we get? Blago doesn't casre and is saying F-U to all! More pay to play and Burris has paid plenty to Blago for his seat.
Burris is a TOOL all right.
If we quit 'oiling" the machine, it'll grind to a halt & die. New crooks will see opportunities & take them. It's Chicago/Illinios style goverment. Nothing will change. We are certainly Fucked !!
what a jerk. like anyone's even going to admit having a governor anymore in illinois!
While watching the live sale of the US Senate seat to Roland Burris for a $14,000 payoff, I also noticed on the news updates on the bottom of the screen that Rahm Emanuel is expected to resign from his Congressional seat on Friday...
In this bad economy, and with all eyes on Blago, he was only able to get $14 K for a Senate seat... Hell, that must push the price of a Congressional seat down to a level where just an "average street scoundrel" can afford to get in!!!
blago, ryan, stroger jr., daley, can we have a fire sale on them. for 5 bucks you can have them all shipping included.
Forget the race card that Bobby Rush is trying to play. Roland Burris and John McCain are only 11 months apart in age. That makes Burris TOO OLD and "ready to die right now" according to liberals. Then, we'd have to start this whole senate appointment thing all over again from square one.
Let's learn from the liberals...
Race Discrimination?
Bad, very bad.
Age Discrimination?
No problem!
Anonymous said...
All you anonymous guys have such negative things to say about the city, county, and state...I say....DON'T LIKE IT HERE, THINK IT'S BETTER SOMEWHERE ELSE?? WHO'S MAKING YOU STAY? GO!! Go where the grass is greener, where cops are appreciated more, where there's no corruption....ADIOS!!!
12/30/2008 11:23:00 PM
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HEY GO FUCK YOURSELF!!!!!!!!!
WE EARN, ON A DAILY BASIS, THE RIGHT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT OUR TREATMENT BY THE POWERS THAT BE, AND THE WONDERFUL CITIZENRY THAT WE SERVE!!!
THIS BLOG HAPPENS TO BE A FORUM IN WHICH WE (POLICE OFFICERS) CHOOSE TO VENT OUR FRUSTRATIONS WITH THE ABSURDITY OF IT ALL...
THE DISREPECT BY OUR MAYOR AND HIS LOVE PUPPETS AT REFUSING TO FULFILL HIS RESPONSIBILITY PROVIDE A CONTRACT FOR HIS POLICE DEPT AND TO MAINTAIN A SAFE WORKING ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR OFFICERS AS WELL AS THE CITIZENS OF OUR CITY...
THE CLOUT BABY POLICE BOSSES WHO HAVE NEVER EARNED THE RESPECT OF THEIR RANK YET MANAGE TO GET PROMOTED TO COMMAND POSITIONS AND HIDE FOR THE FINAL 3 YEARS OF THEIR CAREER AND LIVE OFF THE EFFORTS OF THEIR UNDERLINGS SO THEY ARE ABLE TO 'RAID' OUR PENSION FUND FOR THEIR GOLD BRAID PENSION BEFORE MOVING ON AND STEALING ANOTHER PENSION AS HEAD OF ANOTHER GOVT AGENCY...
THE CRIMINAL POLITICAL CESSPOOL, BEYOND OUR REACH, AND INSULATED BY LAWS (WHICH THEY THEMSELVES HAVE PASSED), DISALLOWING ANY INVESTIGATIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT FROM INVESTIGATING THEM OR ANY OF THEIR CORRUPTION...
THE EXPECTATION OF EVERYONE THAT WE DON'T MATTER, DON'T HAVE A RIGHT TO A PERSONAL OPINION, AND ARE BEHOLDEN TO STUPID COCK SUCKERS LIKE YOURSELF WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN A POLICE OFFICER AND THINK YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO JUMP IN HERE AND BE IGNORANT JUST BECAUSE YOU ALSO ARE ANONYMOUS...
YOU THINK WE HAVE SO MANY NEGATIVE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THIS CITY, COUNTY AND STATE? WAKE UP, MOTHERFUCKER!!! OUR SECOND COMING PRESIDENT-ELECT IS PASSING HIMSELF OFF AS THE NEXT HONEST OBE OF ILLINOIS, ALL THE WHILE SCAMPERING TO AVOID BEING CAUGHT UP IN THE FEDERAL 'PAY TO PLAY' INVESTIGATION INTO ILLINOIS POLITICS. TODD STROGER HAS MORE RELATIVES ON THE COUNTY PAYROLL THAN EVEN HE CAN COUNT. DALEY HAS SO MANY SKELETONS BURIED IN HIS BACK YARD THAT HE HAD TO MOVE OUT OF BRIDGEPORT TO FIND A NEW CEMETARY. AND HE CAN'T SEEM FIND THE CASH TO SETTLE OUR 18 MONTHS EXPIRED POLICE CONTRACT OR PLOW AND SALT OUR STREETS BUT THERE ARE ALWAYS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AROUND WHEN FLOWER BOXES NEED REPLANTING, A BRIDGE NEEDS A COSMETIC UPGRADED RAILING, THE ALDER PUPPETS WANT A RAISE OR THE MAYOR NEEDS TO FLY ALL OVER THE WORLD WITH THE CHICAGO 2016 OLYMPIC COMMITTEE! DO YOU EVEN REALIZE THAT BETWEEN OUR WONDERFUL CITY, COUNTY AND STATE THAT WE ARE THE HIGHEST TAXED CITIZENS IN THE NATION!!!!
NOT TO MENTION THE EMBARRASSING SPOTLIGHT THAT IS ON OUR STATE RIGHT NOW. EVERY COMEDIAN DERIDES 'US'. EVERY NATIONAL NEWS SERVICE COVERS 'OUR' POLITICAL SCANDAL, DAILY. EVERY CARTOONIST IS DRAWING BLAGOTOONS. YET, INSTEAD OF TRYING TO SHRINK FROM THE GLARE OF SCRUTINY OF HIS CRIMES, BLAGO CONTINUES TO HUMILIATE HIMSELF AND THE VOTERS OF ILLINOIS! SOME PRISON SCUMBAG IS PROBABLY LICKING HIS CHOPS TO MEAT ROD AND MAKE HIM HIS GIRLFRIEND!!!
SO LET US SUMMARIZE... SECOND CITY COP = A BLOG FOR POLICE OFFICERS AND RESPECTFUL, SYMPATHETIC VISITORS TO COMMENT ON THINGS GENERALLY RELATED TO THE PLIGHT OF AND CONCERNS OF CHICAGO POLICE OFFICERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TYPES. ITS NOT THAT WE CAN'T HANDLE MORONIC COMMENTS FROM OTHER PEOPLE! ITS JUST THAT WE DON'T CARE TO HEAR THEM IN OUR FORUM!
SORRY FOR RANTING, SCC, BUT THAT GUY JUST PUSHED MY BUTTON!!!
ALL THE WHILE SCAMPERING TO AVOID BEING CAUGHT UP IN THE FEDERAL 'PAY TO PLAY' INVESTIGATION INTO ILLINOIS POLITICS. he's gonna be clean on this. he's just not that dumb. no REAL reason to think otherwise.
12/31/2008 05:22:00 AM
Well done.
Holy St. Christopher Batman!!!
He pucker up like an old Irish drunken mayor when mike mentioned money/
More of the same from scumbag Blagojevich.
Let's hope for a swift removal from office and a certain conviction in Federal court and then a long sentence in Federal Prison where Blago can find new uses for his testicular virility.
I wonder if Blago stopped to consider who might be championing clemency for him after he has done a few years in the Federal Prison system?
Do you think Obama will waste a nano-second considering any clemency petition from Blagojevich that might cross his desk?
SORRY FOR RANTING, SCC, BUT THAT GUY JUST PUSHED MY BUTTON!!!
12/31/2008 05:22:00 AM
I usually don't read long postings, but you are right on the money.
If Daley, Blago, Stroger, et.al. are so bad, then why do some/most? police officers continuously re-elect them?
To Anonymous from 12/30 11:23 PM. This is a blog for police officers. This is where they can vent and blow off steam. Officers from all the districts can be aware of what is going on all over the city.
As civilians, we are lucky to be able to read this and find out the truth of what is going on in the city of Chicago. We sure don't get it from the newspapers and from the city spokespeople.
I worked for the city as a teacher. I know a lot of the crap they can pull. But, we never had to go without a contract for 18 months. These officers, men and women have a right to blow off steam. How many other people that are out there in a union would be willing to go to work everyday without an up-to-date conctract, with no raise for 18 months. It's not like these officers are doing busy work, they are putting their lives on the line for the people of Chicago (residents and visitors) every day of the week. Can you imagine what this city would be like without police officers? Then, think about this, they have administrators from the department and the city that don't back them up. So many are so afraid of losing the "minority" and ethnic votes that they blame the police for everything. These are police officers that are doing their job trying to keep Chicago safe for the people. Many of those people are taking pot shots at the police. Where is the respect for the law?
I want to say thank you to all the men and women in the Chicago Police Department for all you do for the people every day.
So Bobby Rush can say "don't hang or lynch the appointee." Can you imagine the backlash if this statement was made by a white politician?
I just heard Burris on Tv , he got pissy with the reporter ...sounds like he's grown a bit senile in his old age. Speaking of age - if there's a mandatory retirement age for us - why not for politicians ??
Isn't funny that the Democrats are whining that Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi should deem who is qualified to be annointed IL senator by them and not the legally authorized IL governor. Blago is simply doing this to enable Burris to be well positioned to defeat his enemy Lisa Madigan in the 2010 gubernatorial primary. Bobby Rush already whipped out the race card and there will be hell to pay against the national Democrats for blocking Burris and disrespecting the Chicago black community.
Arrested Tuesday morning were:
Brittany C. Williams, 21, of the 8900 block of South Justine Avenue; Kiyona P. Jackson, 21, of the 7900 block of South Escanaba Avenue; Sabrina D. Moore, 27, of the 9900 block of South Wentworth Avenue; Christopher J. McNack, 32, of the 11300 block of South Green Street; Donesha Brumfield, 31, of the 12400 block of South Harding Avenue, Alsip; Shomone C. Kuykendoll, 29, of the 13000 block of South Spencer Court, Alsip; Letitia Georgia, 26, of the 100 block of West 147th Street, Harvey. Arrested Tuesday night was Eric A. Muse, of 12700 block of South Bishop Avenue, Calumet Park
Policeman do you know what is in your wallet? These brothers and sisters do!
I'd vote for Burris to represent this state or this country before I would ever punch a chad for McCain. He ran a sloppy, desperate campaign, and that's why McSame lost.
05:22AM You are my brother!!!
Watch for Blago to give full pardons to tens of thousands of prisoners in Illinois jails for drug crimes.
Blago will say that drug penalties unfairly punish minorities and because so, he has no choice but to pardon every single person who is in an Illinois prison for a drug crime.
Full pardons across the board. He will put them all right back onto the street. He will have a big smile on his face when he does it.
He will make the announcement on January 19th, the day before Obama is sworn in. That way he'll steal Obama's thunder and make sure that Chicago has more than 2000 homicides next year.
He'll do it before he's impeached and there will be nothing anyone can do to stop him.
You heard it here first.
I like Roland Burris. I always thought he would have been a good Mayor.
I agree, it was funnier then shit when he told the reporters "I didn't know we had that much money!" He's the biggest winner in all this. The Supreme Court will overturn Harry(the corpse)Reid's decision not to seat him.
We could have gotten a truly horrendous communist like Jan Schakowsky or Danny Davis. I wish Burris the best.
Signed, NW SIDE WHITE POLICEMAN
For the new year, I recommend the command staff buy tablecloths. This way during a meeting I don't have to watch all of you routinely scratch your balls.
12/31/2008 05:22:00 AM
Amen
That press conference was an embarrassment. $14,000, what $14,000?
To: 0522 post. It's REALLY hard to read anything that is written in ALL caps. The worst offenders (using all caps in reports)during my carreer have been tact guys. When these reports work their way through the system, the dicks that get them for follow-up usually cringe.
Well look at New York, Teddy "I let the young girl drown in Chappaquiddik while I got my ass out of there" Kennedy and Co. strong-arming the new gov of NY (he took over after Schwitzer got caught up with his dick out w/ a hooker) to get Caroline who all of a sudden wants to be a NY senator, taking Hillary's place that was betrothed to her after she got tired of being first lady.
Although I personally believe Illinois takes the cake with "in your face" dirty politics. Time for some real indpendents to take hold of the communities and for the many stupid voters to listen and open their pocketbooks and support the indpendents, not the same old machine, different face-same politics.
Rolands donated over 20 g to Blagos campaign fund...... find that interesting?
As a former Burris supporter years ago, I stopped supporting him when he had the gall to play the race card when some unethical dealings were brought up by the news media. A white politician may have been chased out of the political spectrum for his unethical activities a African American is promoted perfect example Harold Washington does not pay taxes for 20 years, owes ten thousand dollars to utility companies, had a habit of running out of restaraunts without paying the bills and maybe an arrest for sexual exploitation of a child thats been mentioned on some talk shows and he becomes a hero.
Well now there, just when you thought there was going to be nothing interesting politically going on for a while old Rod "testicular-virility" Blagojevich makes things quite interesting.
There just ain't no black folk like the black folk from Chicago now ain't that so? Now the rest of the country can get a good long hard gander at what we here have been living with for years.
Why is it that now we have a "Black" US Senate seat from Illinois? Why is it "Black" and why must it continue to be "Black" or cries of lynch mob go up?
Is that the same reason that the Cook County Board President is now a "Black" position and is considered to belong to "blacks"?
I just love the show this is providing for the rest of the country. But heck, if I was appointed US Senator I would take it too! Holy begonias there Ruby, why the hell not?
You absolutely couldn't make this shit up. The very best of southside and westside Chicago black culture for the whole country to see and to laugh at.
Go get 'em Bobby Rush, have at it Danny Davis, hey, has anyone heard from Clifford Kelly? What about Wallace Davis? No howls of protest from Jessee Jackson Jr? So near but oh so far.
This is gonna' get lots better, stay tuned.
I wish I could throw a tomato or a cabbage at Blago. I hate that cock sucker.
5:22 AM
Passionately and eloquently written, 5:22 AM. You owe apologies to no one. My sentiments exactly.
Some say printing all CAPS on the blog is like shouting at people. Well, you have every right to shout about the slime politicians in this cesspool of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.
Not only are they shameless, the filthy scoundrels even take a perverse pride in "the Chicago Way" corruption.
Burris is an egomaniac of epic proportions. He's built himself a mausoleum the size of a small georgian style home.
Is this Bobby Rush the same Black panther who invented the phrase;"OFF THE PIGS-KILL WHITEY" ?
He looks like he been smoking with Richard Pryer.
THANK GOD THAT JESSE WHITE HAS BALLS AND LET BLOWJOBBITCH KNOW IT TOO
3:12 PM
Bobby RUSH was the former "Minister of Defense" for the cop-killing Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party, 2350 W. Madison St.
I will never forget him. Working solo in Fillmo', I had stopped a new Cadillac with one occupant. The car checked stolen by VIN. As I awaited back-up, a RUSH-led mob gathered to "liberate" my cuffed prisoner and my weapons. I called a 10-1.
But for the late "Big Rick" Miller and my Fillmo' colleagues, I was about to be eaten alive by savages. My guys bailed me out in the nick of time.
If Rush's terminal cancer returns, please advise me of his cemetery plot. I'd just love to "pay my respects" with a full bladder.
RUSH: Go "lynch" yourself, you race-baiting piece of shit!
Get Back Here, ASSHOLE said...
Anonymous said...
All you anonymous guys have such negative things to say about the city, county, and state...I say....DON'T LIKE IT HERE, THINK IT'S BETTER SOMEWHERE ELSE?? WHO'S MAKING YOU STAY? GO!! Go where the grass is greener, where cops are appreciated more, where there's no corruption....ADIOS!!!
12/30/2008 11:23:00 PM
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There isn't a person alive who doesn't vent about their job at one time or another. This forum presents the opportunity for Police Officers and Supervisors (yes, it's true) to air out the dirty laundry about the job in a healthy manner. While open to the public, it is intended for use primarily by police officers, and the issues directly faced by them.
As amazing as it sounds, many of the issues expressed on this board turn out to be quite true. It's the cover-up game that distorts how it is presented to the public by city hall, certain members of the press (again, not all---there are some unbiased members of the press, but the ones getting the most publicity unnecessarily bash the police), and liberal members of the public at large.
In short, take what we say with a grain of salt. We do see more than is reported. Read between the lines of what is being said, and question how we might know some of the things being said. Maybe the jaded eye needs to be turned elsewhere in a lot of cases, as in the target of our comments. Used by the right person, with good intent and with determination, Freedom of Information Requests can be an incredibly useful tool by people trying to follow up on some of the allegations in these comments.
Just an idea......
Anonymous said...
To: 0522 post. It's REALLY hard to read anything that is written in ALL caps. The worst offenders (using all caps in reports)during my carreer have been tact guys. When these reports work their way through the system, the dicks that get them for follow-up usually cringe.
12/31/2008 12:08:00 PM
SORRY... I was yelling so it came out as ALL caps. I told ya the jag really pushed my button!
I'll try to keep from yelling so much in the future.
HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!!!
Oops! Sorry, I was yelling again.
Pssst! Happy New Year, everyone!
Everyone seems to forget this whole fiasco was brought about because Fitz pulled the plug way too early in this investigation. When he saw Daley & Obama would be implicated in wrongdoing, he couldn't let that happen because it would hinder his career. Thus the master plan: Daley & Obama wanted Blago OUT. Fitz could be the "unbiased" savior preventing any further corruption, etc..But it's looking like their plan is backfiring bigtime. They did not count on Blago's response. Blago is now going to get his "POUND OF FLESH" any which way. If he's going down, he wants to make sure Fitz, Daley & Obama are right behind him. The best we can hope for is that they ALL self-destruct.
"I wish I could throw a tomato or a cabbage at Blago. I hate that cock sucker.
12/31/2008 01:45:00 PM"
We know you do, lisa, we know you do.
JOHNNY NORTHSIDE
You always did know where the best urinals could be found. F*ck Rush.
(OT) Fore sale how about the idiot fireman who molested 3 young kids, according to fox news! What a pos, he is looking at life in prison! His name is jose morales on the job since 2005! Hope in prison he is put into general population! Hey thanks cfd for taking heat off cpd with this moron!
Northside-
Please make a resalution to write your biography. Some of your exploits are classics. It would be a great seller and some of your wild stuff would have people rolling on the floor laffing. You might even convert the libs.
Well, this sure explains that little visit to the Blago home by the ministers last week. Deal done.
If I get a 20K Home Improvement Loan, and fork it over to the DemocRAT Party, can I please be the new Senator ?????
Burris= old school DemocRAT Machine Politician, old as dirt, racist, pay-to-play guy his entire career. Some change by the DemocRATS with all their big talk. Another old man,old school, punch 10 Liberal DemocRAT bag man weasel.
Bobby Rush is a punk!
He is freaky looking. Maybe you can take some of your ill gotten gains congressman and buy yourself a chin.
You look like "Beaker" on Sessame Street!
Hey Northside, I'll join you at Rush's final resting place with my full colon!
>>> noone said...
If Daley, Blago, Stroger, et.al. are so bad, then why do some/most? police officers continuously re-elect them?
12/31/2008 08:19:00 AM<<<
I never voted for any of them, and I don't know any cop who would admit voting for any of them either.
Don't stay home,vote.
Read Steve Chapmans colum in todays Tribune (01Jan09). He wrote a spot on column about Roland Burris and his appointment to the Senate seat formerly held by Obama. Should silence all the racists who are crying racisim over the peoples unhappiness with his selection.
12:28-
I know of at least three coppers (residents of the 41st ward ) who voted for Obama. Don't kid yourself.
Well it wasn't f'n goilden.......it was more like silver or bronze.
I hope that Blagojevich keeps giving the democratic leadership Maalox moments in 2009.
I'm almost hoping he beats the wrap because he's highlighting the local democrat lunacy for the entire country.
I'm black and I "NEVER,EVER" voted for either of those three scumbags of pure human poss.
never mind tomatoes and veggies throw your shoes at them!!
There should be a retirement age for public service to include politicians. If a person is too old to do a job at 63yrs. what are we getting from people in their 70s and 80s who are making decisions??
Roland Burris is all set to lay down. He already has a custom carved tomb stone.
ALL THE WHILE SCAMPERING TO AVOID BEING CAUGHT UP IN THE FEDERAL 'PAY TO PLAY' INVESTIGATION INTO ILLINOIS POLITICS. he's gonna be clean on this. he's just not that dumb. no REAL reason to think otherwise.
12/31/2008 07:12:00 AM
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Big diffence between "clean", and "just not that dumb" enough to be caught dirty. I love that...no defending his integrity by saying he would never be caught up in illegal activities, just that he isn't dumb enough to get caught.
We agree on his character.
I'd vote for Burris to represent this state or this country before I would ever punch a chad for McCain. He ran a sloppy, desperate campaign, and that's why McSame lost.
12/31/2008 09:53:00 AM
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Congratulations. I am glad you support the corrupt politics of Illinois. You are astute and successful for doing so. Hussein is much better than McCain. I laughed deeply at your witty and original comment calling him "McSame", as in he would be much like GWB. That was well thought out and very funny. I am glad your candidate of hope and change has come through. It is very cool to see the change sweeping through the Federal government as He makes one shocking and out of the box appointment after another. I didn't believe I could ever see a bigger suprise than His appointment of a windbag career Washington politician...I mean, a fresh voice of change such as Biden for VP, but gosh, He fooled me. The change keeps coming. If He can manage to continue to have all His seamy connections and secret life ignored by the mainstream media and evade arrest for another four years, He will be a great president. I have to go now. I am going to see if He is announcing anymore fresh and shocking appointments, or if He is getting tied to any more scandals today. Golly, you are one smart person. McSame...lol. I am still chuckling over that one. I bet your Mom laughs with you every morning at breakfast.
1/01/2009 05:22:00 PM
Anonymous said...
"I'm black and I "NEVER,EVER" voted for either of those three scumbags of pure human poss."
You a lie! :)
1/01/2009 12:28:00 AM
Anonymous said...
"I never voted for any of them, and I don't know any cop who would admit voting for any of them either."
Great! :) This still leaves a lot of police officers in the some, most or didn't vote categories, if the voting totals from the border wards are correct.
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