Jan 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
and i haven’t even looked at anything at all online today. one of the articles in the paper said there was a long line to get into the impeachment yesterday, so i’m even more glad we didn’t try to go. and it’s friday, a good thing for...
Jan 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
we’ve been watching the proceedings on c-span, and now they’re taking calls from people about whether or not people think he should have been impeached. the first caller, from maine, said they did, and now there’s some cretin from new jersey who has...
Jan 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
they’ve just voted to bar him from holding public office ever again. once again, unanimous.
Jan 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
AND IT’S UNANIMOUS! what an historic day here in illinois… but now something is happening and i don’t think cullerton’s microphone is working (cullerton is the head of the senate). so he got up and is talking to the chief...
Jan 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
shall he be removed? now they’re standing up and saying “yes.” over and over and over.
Jan 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
“we have this thing called impeachment and it’s bleeping golden and we’re using it in the right way.” he got a little laugh at this. clever. senator meeks is also a pastor. i bet his sermons are good. especially the one he’ll give this...
Jan 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
that was the first woman to speak. she did a nice job. i remember her from seeing her the other day when we were there at the trial. i have to say it’s more comfortable to sit on the couch here with kevin and mollie and shadow watching, instead of sitting up...
Jan 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
is Senator Martin A. Sandoval (D). he’s talking now, and doing a pretty good job. “free at last, free at last, free at last,” is how he ended.
Jan 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
i wasn’t paying attention for a minute, and an older guy was talking, and he said it’s not a “jubilous” day. i guess he meant jubiliant. all i could find on “jubilous” was from the urban dictionary: Jubilous Juice 4 thumbs up A...
Jan 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
here’s our own senator, larry bomke. he’s talking now. his speech isn’t bad. some of the guys were holding up their speeches to read, and didn’t do so well. one of the guy’s glasses fell off when he was reading, and then he put them...
Jan 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
whew, that last guy was tlaking for a long, long time. he was saying some good things, but he seemed to go on a lot. they cut a couple other guys off at their five minutes, so surely he musn’t have talked longer than that.
Jan 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
ok, i skipped a few of the guys because if i looked away from the tv, suddenly a new one was talking and i couldn’t figure out who it was. this guy, burzynski, has a kind of funny photo on his website. he’s been a senator since 1993, and he looks so...
Jan 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
rep. sen. bill brady is talking now, about the need for whistleblower laws and working to preserve the integrity of this great state. the thing is, how about all the corruption in illinois politics that has been going on and on? how is that going to go...
Jan 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
he’s saying he used to be a cop, and a sheriff. he takes the oath very seriously. the governor has violated state & fed. law and has trampled on our constitution with his behavior…not once, but repeatedly. he said he agreed with the gov’s...
Jan 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
he’s making a solemn vow – “that i will do all i can as we come together, all of us and come together after today to change illinois government, to change and turn this state around in a new and honorable direction.” that was nice. short and...
Jan 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
hmm, i don’t know if i can listen to all these guys. they all should get the chance to talk, but it’s going to take a very long time, i think. a long time.
Jan 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
another republican, they must be letting all the republicans go first. at the beginning of this speech he said that it”s his wife sarah’s birthday today. she’s there, watching. a funny way to spend your birthday. he’s talking a little too...
Jan 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
“as a freshman senator, it has been an interesting first month in office.” he should receive an award for understatement of the day. dan is so new that he doesn’t even have a photo up on the senate website yet.
Jan 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
just said that the governor is a “really good liar.” murphy has only been a senator since 2007, but he certainly knows what he’s talking about and is doing an excellent job. “the man is on tape trying to get people fired,” he’s...
Jan 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
right now it’s senator kirk dillard, who is making great points. we’re watching on tv, and unfortunately, the senator in back of him is nodding off. her eyes keep closing and her head jerks up every couple of minutes. kevin pointed out that this woman...
Jan 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
and senator ricky hendon wants some of the articles of impeachment broken out from the other articles. these are the ones about the prescription drug program, the flu vaccine, and healthcare for underpriveledged. this was denied by the chief justice, and then he...
Jan 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
he seems very mad at the governor and his speechifying. i’m glad he’s being so mad now. WOW, that was fast. a few minutes. he said “are we going to turn the page?” and that was it. now they’re going to caucus for an hour. what, then,...
Jan 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
so, he spewed for less than an hour. now everybody wants to take a break till one p.m., to caucus.
Jan 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
he’s begging the people to acquit him…and he still wants to BRING IN THOSE WITNESSES. “let them come in here and let me show you i have done nothing wrong. it’s not about me…it’s about shaming my daughters…and even more...
Jan 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
it’s so great that he’s the governor. and now he’s helping the people of the state. “I think about my parents a lot…” they have to be rolling in their graves. another story, about some woman who he helped. i’m sure...
Jan 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
uh…really?
Jan 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
‘the means were legal…and in most cases, the ends were moral.” most cases. senior citiens. ted kennedy, rahm emmanuel, john mccain. now a story about his dad, who was in the yugoslavian army…whe scratched and clawed and sacrificed…...
Jan 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
there’s no evidence! zero! no wrongdoing by me as governor! if you give me a chance to call witnesses… when i get my day in court, i’ll be able to prove it. “we’ve had some ups and downs.” sweet. he sounds like he’s going...
Jan 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
seniors. the elderly. infants.
Jan 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
i wish i was playing a drinking game, with the words “senior citizens and children.” “let’s expel john mccain and ted kennedy”…”and demand that president obama fire rahm emmaneul” because they all did the same...
