"Just so you know, that nice old black man who is set to become the next US Senator from Illinois is well prepared. He has already built a tombstone -- actually, more of a monument -- with all his accomplishments listed on it. Planning ahead, he has left extra space for additional accomplishments.
Ah, Illinois...land of my birth (Chicago...Cook County General Hospital, to be exact)...and the one place on the face of the Earth that can give Texas politics a run for it's money when it comes to Teh Stupid. And it's not as if I can lay this one at the feet of the Republithugs. No, Illniois in general, and Chicago in particular, has long been the domain of Democrats, who long ago gave birth to the term "machine politics". Chicago and corruption go together like professional athletes and strippers, and while Rod Blagojevich may be Governor of Illinois, he broke his political cherry in the rough-and-tumble of Chicagoland politics...which only means that the entertainment and comic relief factor in Illinois is through the freakin' roof.
After pledging not to muddy the waters even further given his arrest on corruption charges, Blagojevich has gone full speed ahead and selected a replacement for former Illinois Senator and now President-elect Barack Obama. Roland Burris may, under normal circumstances, be a perfectly capable and competent replacement for Obama. To say that these are far from normal circumstances would, not surprisingly, be an understatement of massive proportions. Accordingly, we're going to be treated to just about every one of Roland Burris' all-too-human foibles until he decides to do the right thing and decline to accept his appointment...which is about as likely as my being elected Queen of England.
How many Senators, f'rinstance, have already built their own final resting place, complete with resume and space for additional accomplishments to be detailed after he shuffles off his mortal coil? Yep, nothing says, "Nope, no self-esteem issues here!!" like building a monument to yourself and your accomplishments while you're still alive to make sure the i's are dotted and the t's crossed, eh?
So...it would seem that while Roland Burris may not be as bombastic profane, or monomanical as Gov. Blagojevich, he's takes a back seat to no one in the ego department. Stay tuned, y'all; this is going to be FUN.... ;-)
