I have a confession to make.  At least once a day I threaten to kill The Bob.  Yep.  I am a verbal serial killer, of one man, who has more lives than any cat I’ve ever known.  Not all the threats come from capital offenses, but he’s threatened with life-ending consequences at least once daily. Of course, some days it’s more than once, and there have been some red letter days where it’s been more than a hundred life-ending threats. 

(Did I mention that some days I’m more OCD than others?  Okay, well now you know.) 

Anyway, I feel safe telling all of you this, because we’re all friends, right?  You won’t tell anybody, right?  You know, anybody like the FBI or Patrick Fitzgerald or anything like that, right?  Yeah, that’s what I thought.  I hear the doorbell now.  Just like Blago did up Chicago-way.  And guess what kiddies?  He did the audiotape equivalent of my blogged murder threat.  Just like you threaten to kill your spouse/kids/dog/parents every day.  I know it sounds bad on tape.  But it’s nothing but talk, and talking about it ain’t a crime.  So I’m really tired of hearing the News/Babble about the criminal activities of Gov. F-Bomb Blankity-Blank.  Until he actually sells that seat – which he didn’t do – he can’t be convicted of anything more serious than exposing himself to Hoof & Mouth Disease.  And if that was a criminal offense then the jails need to man up fast. 

No boys and girls, the last time I checked stupidity isn’t a crime.  Now, do I think Rod Blagojevich displayed criminal intent?  OH HELL YES.  But did he actually commit a crime when he threatened to sell Obama’s still-warm Senate seat to the highest bidder?  Not by any definition of bribery I’ve found.  So shut up about it already.  I think we’d all do well to remember that Government is messy business.  Petty bribery by government types goes on every day in Knoxville, in Nashville, and even up there in Washington, DC.  The comparison I’ve always heard is that it’s like watching sausage being made.  It’s pretty nasty to watch, but the finished product is usually palatable for everybody.  Except Vegans.  And people who don’t understand how government really gets done.  Make no mistake, that seat was f(c&ng gold.  But the conversations don’t say how much gold, and that (among other things) means it’s not a crime. 

Pity.  Imagine?  Corrupt politicians! Shocking! 

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