{"id":6231,"date":"2008-12-23T09:59:08","date_gmt":"2008-12-23T16:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=6231"},"modified":"2009-02-28T08:38:01","modified_gmt":"2009-02-28T15:38:01","slug":"the-frog-and-scorpion-millenium-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/6231\/the-frog-and-scorpion-millenium-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"The Frog and Scorpion (Millenium Edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rod Blagojevich<\/a> tried to sell the Illinois Senate seat, recently vacated by President-Elect Obama.\u00a0 Blago is to public service what Bernard Madoff is to investment advisory; a modern day pirate, raping and plundering.\u00a0 Their sociopathic behavior is exacerbated by their belief that position implies entitlement.\u00a0 If you’re a believer, there is a special place in hell for them. You’ll hear Blago take the stand and offer this defense, in a classic Midwestern dialect,<\/p>\n

“I didn’t do nuttin’ wrong. Daat’s how things get done in Chi-caago. ” <\/strong><\/p>\n

He’ll walk and that will be that.\u00a0 How do I know this?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He wants to fight the charges<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“I’m not going to quit my job. I’m not going to do what my accusers and political enemies have done and that is talk about this case in 30 second sound bites. I am dying to show you how innocent I am. I intend to answer every allegation that comes my way.” <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I think Blago’s DYING to speak out because he’s got the dirt on the whole Illinois political machine.\u00a0 It’s a festering wound, oozing pus from a century of infection and I believe it’s reach extends from the freshest of aldermen to the highest office in our land. You shouldn’t care about this because “Daat’s the Chi-caago Way”.\u00a0 Illinois voters price corruption into the market when they vote because they have no choice.<\/p>\n

Here’s why you should be pissed off<\/strong>; Banks are refusing to disclose the uses of TARP funds<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Goldman:\u00a0 When pressed for what the TARP money was being used for, Goldman Sachs replied that it is spent to “facilitate client activity in the capital markets.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Morgan:\u00a0 Of the 16 banks that were contacted by ABC News and asked how they were spending the hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars, only one bank pointed to a specific loan<\/a> that it made with the cash. That was a $17 billion loan that Morgan Stanley made to Verizon Wireless.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Keep in mind that both Goldman and Morgan relinquished their status as securities firms and applied for Federal bank charters.\u00a0 The brokers became bankers; members of the 3-6-3 club<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Did you expect this to Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rod Blagojevich tried to sell the Illinois Senate seat, recently vacated by President-Elect Obama.\u00a0 Blago is to public service what Bernard Madoff is to investment advisory; a modern day pirate, raping and plundering.\u00a0 Their sociopathic behavior is exacerbated by their belief that position implies entitlement.\u00a0 If you’re a believer, there is a special place in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6231","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-real-estate","8":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6077,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/6077\/colloquial-warming\/","url_meta":{"origin":6231,"position":0},"title":"Colloquial Warming","author":"Geno Petro","date":"December 11, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"It is my contention that a man has the right to drop an F-bomb in the privacy of his own Bluetooth as long as it is not: sexually suggestive or within 50 yards of an elementary school; in a restaurant within earshot of my wife before coffee and dessert have\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Casual Friday"","block_context":{"text":"Casual Friday","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/casual-friday\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5140,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/5140\/praise-the-lord-and-pass-the-ammunition-i-am-joe-the-plumber-and-another-perfectly-good-election-year-is-ruined-by-politics\/","url_meta":{"origin":6231,"position":1},"title":"Praise the lord and pass the ammunition; I am Joe the Plumber and another perfectly good election year is ruined by politics.","author":"Teri Lussier","date":"October 22, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"And that remarkable Obama eloquence that was so uplifting in January, cuts deeply at this point, and I'm angry. 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