The Blagojevich story is sick, shameful and embarrassing. But is it surprising? It shouldn't be. We should be expecting much more of this kind of nonsense. Power is highly concentrated in this country. Highly concentrated power leads to highly concentrated corruption. You can count on it. The problem here isn't Blagojevich...trolls like Blago can be dealt with. The problem is the apathetic electorate that allows the Blagos of the world to rise to power in an environment saturated with opportunities to go bad.
Blagojevich: "I've got this thing, it's f-----g golden..."
Blagojevich is absolutely correct. This thing, the power to appoint a U.S. Senator, is an awesome power. Senators relentlessly interfere with our lives, declare wars, and have their hands in a $3 TRILLION pot of gold—the annual federal budget. That's an obscene $30 billion per senator. Thirty billion dollars buys a lot of votes. So we shouldn't be surprised when some bonehead from a corrupt state like Illinois cracks under the pressure when given the responsibility to appoint a Senator to replace Barack Obama.
As the size and scope of government continues to exponentially grow, corruption will grow proportionately. To end the corruption, we must take back the money and take back the power.
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it is an awesome power and that why I get angry when I see politicans giving away seats like party favors, for example why in Gods name should Caroline Kennedy be given the NY Senate seat.
This makes me so angry, because as Big as the headlines are today...Tomorrow they'll all be signing Book Deals...
"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men."
--John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton
Your piece is well-written, thanks. I especially agree with the statement, "The problem is the apathetic electorate that allows the Blagos of the world to rise to power in an environment saturated with opportunities to go bad." Will we ever wake up?
Well said, enjoyed this on Wizbang too.
Jennifer
~as an afterthought...so many bizarre events(or revelations of affairs etc) happened to those against Obama for his current seat, that I am trying hard not to wonder if he(or his buds did the exact same thing)?
Perhaps that is too John Grisham(y)!
Welcome and thanks for visiting, Jennifer.
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