And I'm from New Orleans. We know stupid criminals. Like this guy:
Buffy: So how'd she get away with the bad mojo stuff? Anya: Giles sold it to her. Giles: Well, I didn't know it was her. I mean, how could I? If it's any consolation, I may have overcharged her.
'Sleeper'
Natter 62: The 62nd Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Dana - Dec 09, 2008 5:41:00 am PST #4983 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Jesse - Dec 09, 2008 5:42:41 am PST #4984 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Go through the agenda, make decisions, and leave them a summary of what you decided. Then give yourself a bonus for being so efficient.
Heh. It wasn't my agenda, but it was a successful meeting nonetheless. And ended on time!
Theodosia - Dec 09, 2008 5:54:36 am PST #4985 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Oh in Boston recently we had State Senator Diane Wilkerson, who refused to resign her seat after the FBI had her on videotape accepting a cash bribe and stuffing it into her bra.
I'm not making that up. On tape, and the state Senate had to schedule a vote to kick her out before she'd resign.
Tom Scola - Dec 09, 2008 5:57:09 am PST #4986 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Doesn't Illinois already have a Governor in prison?
Kathy A - Dec 09, 2008 5:59:32 am PST #4987 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
The governor before this one is doing time in a federal prison up in Wisconsin (IIRC) for pressuring his employees in the DMVs to cough up campaign funds for his gubernatorial race. They ended up selling licenses to get said funds, which eventually led to six children of a minister being killed in a car accident.
Laura - Dec 09, 2008 6:03:24 am PST #4988 of 10002
Our wings are not tired.
the FBI had her on videotape accepting a cash bribe and stuffing it into her bra.
Florida politicians are just too boring.
Tom Scola - Dec 09, 2008 6:05:23 am PST #4989 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
If I were going to run for Governor of Illinois, I'd grow a twirly mustache, and put on a stove-pipe hat and a cape. I'd be a shoo-in.
Jesse - Dec 09, 2008 6:05:29 am PST #4990 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The governor before this one is doing time in a federal prison up in Wisconsin (IIRC) for pressuring his employees in the DMVs to cough up campaign funds for his gubernatorial race. They ended up selling licenses to get said funds, which eventually led to six children of a minister being killed in a car accident.
Holy crap.
brenda m - Dec 09, 2008 6:10:06 am PST #4991 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
They ended up selling licenses to get said funds, which eventually led to six children of a minister being killed in a car accident.
Trucking licenses, which explains why the wreck was so bad.
Blagojevich will (most likely) be the fourth governor since the seventies to do time.
Jesse - Dec 09, 2008 6:14:18 am PST #4992 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Speaking of crises in Chicago: [link]