Illinois. Ashamed to live here, but afraid to leave.

Ahh, Illinois, once the Land of Lincoln, now a constantly evolving punchline. Random thoughts on a desperate Friday morning:

After six years in office spanning two elections, an impeachment, multiple indictments, countless appearances on talk shows, and being fired by Donald Trump, I still can't believe that the people of Illinois elected the buffoonish Rod Blagojevich as Governor. Twice. And it's still not getting old. The latest? Blago's choice of words to the people that elected him to his "dead end" job: "F--- them." Nice.

You still don't think Illinois is a joke? I'm talking, across the board stuff. Flat broke, no budget, and our criminal justice system is a sham. No? Then why did it take 10, that's double digits, ten DUI arrests to put Gordon Vanderark in prison? Just asking.

And to further my point, Chicago lost a good, honest, caring cop to the hands of a lifetime criminal with 21 priors on his record. Again, twenty-friggin-one times this piece of crap was hauled before a judge, yet it took killing a cop to get him off the street. Still think our courts are working just fine?

On the "Wow, they got it right!" front, Drew Peterson is to stay in jail while an appeals process goes on that could last up to 9 months. C'mon everyone, if you don't believe he killed his last two wives, then your last name must be Peterson too. Here's the one time our snails pace judicial process is actually a good thing.

Party + alcohol + swimming pool = very bad idea. Tragic that Carlos Salgado, unable to swim when sober, fell into a pool after probably consuming too many beers, and drowned. Also tragic that the "It wasn't my fault!" syndrome hit his family, as they are now suing the party's hosts because it really was their fault. Riiight.

And finally, our hometown-boy-does-good, President Obama, promised during his campaign, among other things, to protect the environment, get tough with the oil industry, and let science guide the decisions of his administration. Well it turns out that an appeals court blocked drilling in the gulf because the government had not adequately prepared for a major oil spill. Then with all the hubris of another campaign speech, got the court to reverse it's decision by citing the economy and the $10 billion in oil reserves (that's science dictating his decision?), which in turn led to the BP well being dug. So blame BP all you want, but there's no denying that Obama was an enabler to the situation. When are the voters going to learn that politicians are like used car salesmen? They will say and do anything to get you to buy their lemon.