Corruption

Despite the Blagojevich feeding frenzy, Illinois is NOT the most corrupt state in the union, at least according to a USA Today story that puts our neighbor to the west at the top of the crookedest states list. “On a per-capita basis,” the paper writes, “Illinois ranks 18th for the number of public corruption convictions [...]

Despite the GOP’s efforts to link Barack Obama to the Rod Blagojevich scandal, the president-elect states he’s “had no contact with the governor or his office so [he] was not aware of what was happening.” Further, according to U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald’s statement (pdf), Obama, in the words of TPM, “wouldn’t pay to play.” The [...]

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff John Harris were reportedly arrested this morning under suspicion of using Sen. Barack Obama’s open seat for personal and financial gain. The FBI was granted approval to secretly record the Democratic governor after the Nov. 4 election as part of an ongoing corruption investigation.
According to a [...]

Just in time for the new Congress, American RadioWorks has come up with a terrific documentary entitled “Imperial Washington“. Listening to it one wonders, “How come no one came up with this stuff a few years ago?”

Actually, part of the answer is explained in the documentary. For example, all those congressional junkets to posh resorts [...]

“I can’t imagine this loan would’ve ever passed if we had due process.”

Who are the other hobgoblins in this merry band of trick-or-treaters? Sen. Coleman? Rep. Gutknecht?

Taxpayers Go Trick-or-Treating

Washington, D.C. Much scarier than the prospect of being haunted by the undead is the prospect of being spooked by a record $8.6 trillion national debt.  In the Halloween spirit, Citizens Against Government Waste provides a list of who [...]