Look On My Works, Ye Mighty, And Despair

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Roland Burris, appointed by scandal-beset governor Rod Blagojevich, is turning out to be—not to put too fine a point on it—a nut.

CHICAGO (AP) — Roland Burris has erected a grand mausoleum for himself, carved with the words “TRAIL BLAZER” and a long list of his accomplishments, with a space left for his more recent achievements. That gap could soon be filled in with “U.S. Senator.”

The tomb is a monument to the ambition — some say egotism — that led him to accept what many regard as a tainted prize: an appointment to the Senate from scandal-ridden Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

“Roland wants an office. It’s another thing to chisel on his Ramses II pyramid,” said Judy Baar Topinka, a former Illinois state treasurer and Republican candidate for governor. She added: “His ego is huge.”

Here’s a photo of the “Trail Blazer” plaque on Roland Burris’ monument to himself.

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227 comments
1 thelongblogger  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:38:15pm

My name is Ozymandius, King of Kings.....

2 DoubleU  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:38:53pm

He is a democrat, he is entitled to it.

3 Pyroskank  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:39:37pm

But....he won't be the first African-American senator from Illinois. That honor belongs to.....oh gosh, what's his name? Barry....something.

4 thelongblogger  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:40:19pm

...Nothing beside remains: round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

5 unrealizedviewpoint  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:40:38pm

Creepy!

6 wrenchwench  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:41:53pm

I saw the title, and was expecting a post about some new feature at LGF....

7 jaunte  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:41:57pm

A resume sadly chiseled with public money.

8 jcm  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:42:35pm

A modest man lies here!

9 TaeJohnDo  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:42:56pm

He might be a lot of fun. Not intentionally, of course.

10 unrealizedviewpoint  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:43:02pm

Very Creepy!

11 stevieray  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:43:19pm

I got one just like that in my back yard! But mine's better -- solid 24 karat gold!

12 MandyManners  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:43:21pm

I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: "Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear:
`My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings:
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!'
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away.

13 unrealizedviewpoint  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:43:39pm

re: #8 jcm

A modest man lies here!

LOL

14 Gavriel  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:43:43pm

re: #8 jcm

A modest man lies here!

Or perhaps he lies about his modesty

15 Killgore Trout  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:43:44pm

Speaking of nuts.....
Buchanan Accuses Israel of 'Blitzkrieg,' Creating 'Concentration Camp'

16 MandyManners  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:44:21pm

The first sound that came to my mind when reading the OP was the sound of a cuckoo clock sounding the hour.

17 Bloodnok  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:44:32pm

re: #15 Killgore Trout

Speaking of nuts.....
Buchanan Accuses Israel of 'Blitzkrieg,' Creating 'Concentration Camp'

For fuck's sake...

18 Pastorius  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:44:36pm

Gee, I wonder what church he attends?

19 Lee Coller  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:45:08pm

You have to be a nut to accept an appointment from a known corrupt politician. He's probably the only person Blago could find nutty enough to take the position.

20 jcbunga  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:45:47pm

He'll be able to knock heads with Harry Reid from the other side of the Senate Floor.

21 jcm  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:45:54pm

re: #15 Killgore Trout

Speaking of nuts.....
Buchanan Accuses Israel of 'Blitzkrieg,' Creating 'Concentration Camp'

Pukanan and Rabbit Bait should go play Tiger and Hyena in honor of Arafish.

22 Killgore Trout  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:45:56pm

re: #17 Bloodnok

He also claims that nobody has been killed by Hamas rockets. I could google that but I'm fairly certain that's not true.

23 MandyManners  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:46:03pm

re: #16 MandyManners

The first sound that came to my mind when reading the OP was the sound of a cuckoo clock sounding the hour.

Youtube Video
24 stevieray  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:46:07pm

re: #18 Pastorius

Gee, I wonder what church he attends?

His very own?

25 Lee Coller  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:46:10pm

Someone ought to ask him who was responsible for 9-11!

26 jaunte  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:46:22pm

re: #22 Killgore Trout

Absolutely untrue.

27 Fat Jolly Penguin  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:47:01pm

re: #15 Killgore Trout

Speaking of nuts.....
Buchanan Accuses Israel of 'Blitzkrieg,' Creating 'Concentration Camp'

Pat.

Please.

Go away and never come back.

28 Empire1  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:47:33pm
Here’s a photo of the “Trail Blazer” plaque on Roland Burris’ monument to himself.

::barf:: Egotist, indeed!

29 Bob Dillon  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:48:01pm

Heh - we have one of our very own egomaniacs in Oakland, CA.

Ron Dellums.

30 jaunte  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:48:23pm

Killed by Kassam; just a quick search:
[Link: www.israpundit.com...]
[Link: www.jnewswire.com...]
[Link: www.arabicnews.com...]
[Link: www.highbeam.com...]

31 Guanxi88  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:48:29pm

re: #15 Killgore Trout

Speaking of nuts.....
Buchanan Accuses Israel of 'Blitzkrieg,' Creating 'Concentration Camp'

But, given what we know of Mr. Buchanan, does that mean he does or does not approve?

32 SpartanWoman  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:49:18pm

re: #27 Fat Jolly Penguin

Pat.

Please.

Go away and never come back.

Agreed, this man is a dangerous anti-Semite.

33 ciaospirit  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:49:41pm
She added: “His ego is huge.”

How the hell was Illinois big enough for him and Obama?

34 Idle Drifter  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:49:55pm

re: #8 jcm

A modest man lies here!

But the body is still wlking around......ZOMBIES!

35 Fat Jolly Penguin  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:50:01pm
Here’s a photo of the “Trail Blazer” plaque on Roland Burris’ monument to himself.

First African-American in Illinois...

*blah*
*blah*
*blah*

Hey, Mr. Burris? Just because you're the first at something does not necessarily mean you're the best at it. Look at the guy you're replacing, for example.

36 Killgore Trout  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:51:04pm

re: #30 jaunte

Thanks.

37 Outrider  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:51:09pm

What in the world is it about Illinois? They have something strange in the water perhaps?

38 jones  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:51:47pm

And if there ever was a barren desert (morally), it would be Chicago. As faras the eye can see.

39 mean Gene  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:52:18pm

He tried to force Ill to execute a man wrongfully convicted of a capitol offense even after another man admitted doing the dirty deed.
Two or three law enforcers quit rather than obey him.
AND he was FOR Reparations!

40 SpartanWoman  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:52:19pm

re: #22 Killgore Trout

He also claims that nobody has been killed by Hamas rockets. I could google that but I'm fairly certain that's not true.

Even if it was true (and it's a lie. period) why does Hamas get to destroy buildings and property. If someone is going to burn my house down, I'm gonna shoot him.

41 stevieray  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:52:36pm

Obama looks like he's a Clinton puppet, so he comes across as weak.

Pelosi is scattered, and weaker.

Reid is frail and dim, and the weakest of all.

Look for every nut, every tyrant, every radical, every monster... both foreign and domestic, to dance freely upon the world stage.

The good cop retired, and the social worker took the reins.

42 Killgore Trout  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:53:00pm

re: #31 Guanxi88

Pat is an old school ethnic nationalist. The newer folks actually support Israel.

43 Kreuzueber Halbmond  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:53:15pm

Trail Blazer - Ass Clown, what's the diff in Chicago politics anyway?

44 unrealizedviewpoint  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:53:18pm

Really Really Creepy!

45 Guanxi88  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:53:26pm

It's always kinda creeped me out, these folks planning out their funeral arrangements like this. There really is something ancient-egyptish about building a posthumous monument to yourself in your lifetime.

I mean, seriously, does he really think that highly of himself? How could the guys carving the granite not snicker when he placed the order?

46 [deleted]  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:53:31pm
47 WhiteRasta  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:53:44pm

re: #22 Killgore Trout

How many rockets would the Americans put up with in say Buffalo, if the Canadians were firing rockets at them?

Manure for brains...

48 Fluffy Bunny  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:54:08pm

re: #34 Idle Drifter

Well, he did call himself "the magic man" in his interview upon leaving for Washington!

49 [deleted]  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:54:34pm
50 Arby Dwiar  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:55:06pm

I'm so disgusted I could spit tacks.

Fools; all of them.

51 Guanxi88  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:55:07pm

re: #42 Killgore Trout

Pat is an old school ethnic nationalist. The newer folks actually support Israel.

That was a little good-natured ribbing of Old Pat, bless his crazy soul. There was a time, now long past, when I'd defend him to my tribe, but he just kept going.

It;s like Hank Hill said to Louann once: "Just when I think you've said the stupidest thing possible, you keep on talking."

52 MilkOfMalfeasance  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:55:43pm

Congratulations Illinois!

53 Digital Display  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:56:45pm

re: #52 MilkOfMalfeasance

Congratulations Illinois!

We sent them a fruit basket

54 unrealizedviewpoint  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:57:12pm

re: #39 mean Gene

He tried to force Ill to execute a man wrongfully convicted of a capitol offense even after another man admitted doing the dirty deed.
Two or three law enforcers quit rather than obey him.

Pond-Scum

55 Salem  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:57:27pm

That press conference he had today should strike fear into the Dem establishment. Breathtaking. Looked like he needed a pair of ruby slippers. Utterly breathtaking.

56 razorbacker  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:58:01pm

The funny thing is, Mr. Burris prolly won't even make the top ten egos in the Senate. Hell, he may not even get noticed, hiding his light under a bushel like that.

57 Jurassic Slappass  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:58:34pm

Same thing applies to giving yourself your own nickname.
"Call me Diesel"

/no

58 FrogMarch  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:59:05pm

Blago is laughing his ass off.

59 TaeJohnDo  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:00:27pm

re: #52 MilkOfMalfeasance

Congratulations Illinois!

Yes, I am so upset I'm thinking of going back home to New Mexico where the politics are pure, above board and scandal free.....

60 [deleted]  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:00:43pm
61 Age Of Freedom  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:01:32pm

Isn't Trailblazer an SUV?

62 jcbunga  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:02:09pm

OT but Al kay EEEduh is hiring:

New Year's Missile Strike Kills Top Al-Qaeda Operatives
[Link: www.washingtonpost.com...]

63 FrogMarch  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:02:17pm

re: #30 jaunte

It doesn't count because the Nazi-Hamas were just firing indiscriminately.

64 davinvalkri  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:02:31pm

Whoa. You can bet if any of us made this sort of monument we'd be shot down in an instant.

The next few days are going to be fun...

65 stevieray  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:02:59pm

Blogs is a crook, with an approval rating below zero...

Burris is a nut and a no-name...

...and yet, they completely bamboozled Harry Reid. Rolled him. Gave him a wedgie on national TV.

... and the democrat party will leave him in charge of the senate!

/feel safe yet?

66 Digital Display  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:03:01pm

re: #57 Jurassic Slappass

Same thing applies to giving yourself your own nickname.
"Call me Diesel"

/no

shhhhhhh! don't tell anybody..but everybody here made up a nickname..Well except for Walter.. I think it's his really name

67 Fat Jolly Penguin  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:03:22pm

re: #56 razorbacker

The funny thing is, Mr. Burris prolly won't even make the top ten egos in the Senate. Hell, he may not even get noticed, hiding his light under a bushel like that.

As an example, I give you Robert "KKK" Byrd:

Robert C. Byrd Drive, from Beckley to Sophia (Byrd's hometown)
Robert C. Byrd National Technology Transfer Center at Wheeling Jesuit University
Robert C. Byrd Highway
Robert C. Byrd Federal Correctional Institution
Robert C. Byrd High School
Robert C. Byrd Freeway
Robert C. Byrd Center for Hospitality and Tourism
Robert C. Byrd Science Center
Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center of West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Cancer Research Center
Robert C. Byrd Technology Center at Alderson-Broaddus College
Robert C. Byrd Hardwood Technologies Center, near Princeton
Robert C. Byrd Bridge between Huntington and Chesapeake, Ohio
Robert C. Byrd addition to the lodge at Oglebay Park, Wheeling
Robert C. Byrd Community Center, Pine Grove
Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarships
Robert C. Byrd Expressway, U.S. 52 near Weirton
Robert C. Byrd Institute in Charleston
Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing
Robert C. Byrd Visitor Center at Harpers Ferry National Historic Park
Robert C. Byrd Federal Courthouse
Robert C. Byrd Academic and Technology Center
Robert C. Byrd United Technical Center
Robert C. Byrd Federal Building (there are two)
Robert C. Byrd Hilltop Office Complex
Robert C. Byrd Library and Robert C. Byrd Learning Resource Center
Robert C. Byrd Rural Health Center
Robert C. Byrd Clinical Addition to the veteran's hospital in Huntington
Robert C. Byrd Industrial Park, Hardy County
Robert C. Byrd Scholastic Recognition Award
Robert C. Byrd Community Center in the naval station, Sugar Grove
Robert C. Byrd Clinic at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
Robert C. Byrd Biotechnology Science Center at Marshall University

This list will only be topped by The Messiah™.

68 Kreuzueber Halbmond  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:03:36pm

Daniel Boone was a trailblazer, and you, Roland Burris are no Daniel Boone. Without affirmative action, he'd be just another nobody with a homemade concrete monument.

69 Idle Drifter  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:03:55pm

re: #48 Fluffy Bunny

Well, he did call himself "the magic man" in his interview upon leaving for Washington!

How many titles is this guy going to give himself? Rod Blagojevich must know some serious dirt to get away with placing a nutter in the US Senate. Some real serious dirt indeed which is why he still is Governor of Illinois. The former Governor of New York was taken down for less.

70 Arby Dwiar  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:04:06pm

re: #61 Age Of Freedom

Isn't Trailblazer an SUV?

Yeah - had one - rotten vehicle left he high an dry.

71 eon  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:05:15pm

re: #47 WhiteRasta

How many rockets would the Americans put up with in say Buffalo, if the Canadians were firing rockets at them?

Manure for brains...

That's like the question, "What would we do if Tijuana was rocketing San Diego?"

Unfortunately, with The Exalted One's crowd of advisors, the most likely answers would be;

1. San Diego Has A Navy Base. It's Provocative. They Deserve It.

and/or

2. San Diego Must Have Done Something To Offend Tijuana. They Should Stop Doing It!

Being "progressive" means that everything is always the victim's fault. Because, you know, the attacker is the real victim.

/Suffered through several years of dealing with "enlightened" academics and so-called "social workers"- all registered Democrats.

cheers

eon

72 davinvalkri  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:05:20pm

re: #67 Fat Jolly Penguin

As an example, I give you Robert "KKK" Byrd:

Robert C. Byrd Drive, from Beckley to Sophia (Byrd's hometown)
Robert C. Byrd National Technology Transfer Center at Wheeling Jesuit University
Robert C. Byrd Highway
Robert C. Byrd Federal Correctional Institution
Robert C. Byrd High School
Robert C. Byrd Freeway
Robert C. Byrd Center for Hospitality and Tourism
Robert C. Byrd Science Center
Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center of West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd Cancer Research Center
Robert C. Byrd Technology Center at Alderson-Broaddus College
Robert C. Byrd Hardwood Technologies Center, near Princeton
Robert C. Byrd Bridge between Huntington and Chesapeake, Ohio
Robert C. Byrd addition to the lodge at Oglebay Park, Wheeling
Robert C. Byrd Community Center, Pine Grove
Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarships
Robert C. Byrd Expressway, U.S. 52 near Weirton
Robert C. Byrd Institute in Charleston
Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing
Robert C. Byrd Visitor Center at Harpers Ferry National Historic Park
Robert C. Byrd Federal Courthouse
Robert C. Byrd Academic and Technology Center
Robert C. Byrd United Technical Center
Robert C. Byrd Federal Building (there are two)
Robert C. Byrd Hilltop Office Complex
Robert C. Byrd Library and Robert C. Byrd Learning Resource Center
Robert C. Byrd Rural Health Center
Robert C. Byrd Clinical Addition to the veteran's hospital in Huntington
Robert C. Byrd Industrial Park, Hardy County
Robert C. Byrd Scholastic Recognition Award
Robert C. Byrd Community Center in the naval station, Sugar Grove
Robert C. Byrd Clinic at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
Robert C. Byrd Biotechnology Science Center at Marshall University

This list will only be topped by The Messiah™.

He's a West Virginian, and he's got his name on a scholarship way out here, the bastard! How did he do that?!

73 jones  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:05:41pm

[Link: www.nba.com...]

I can't find him here.

74 Salem  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:06:02pm

re: #69 Idle Drifter

How many titles is this guy going to give himself? Rod Blagojevich must know some serious dirt to get away with placing a nutter in the US Senate. Some real serious dirt indeed which is why he still is Governor of Illinois. The former Governor of New York was taken down for less.

I agree. I get the impression that if this guy goes "Boo" everybody on the left side jumps. And then there's Fitz the mystery man. Drain the swamp, indeed.

75 Maximu§  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:06:54pm

Mr. Burris, your everything thats wrong with the African American community.

76 Kilroy  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:07:09pm

At least he seems honest about his accomplishments and isn't looking for a spot in Arlington--Yet!

77 2by2  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:07:24pm

shamelessly accepting an appointment from a governor, arrested on corruption charges to sell that very seat,
well, he is a trailblazer, isn't he?

78 Fat Jolly Penguin  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:07:30pm

re: #72 davinvalkri

He's a West Virginian, and he's got his name on a scholarship way out here, the bastard! How did he do that?!

Let's just say that he didn't earn that website's Porker of the Month award four times and Porker of the Year once for nothing.

79 FurryOldGuyJeans  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:07:49pm

re: #45 Guanxi88

It's always kinda creeped me out, these folks planning out their funeral arrangements like this. There really is something ancient-egyptish about building a posthumous monument to yourself in your lifetime.

I mean, seriously, does he really think that highly of himself? How could the guys carving the granite not snicker when he placed the order?

The moment Our Messiah-King was elected the planning for His eventual State Funeral was begun.

80 davinvalkri  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:08:16pm

re: #69 Idle Drifter

How many titles is this guy going to give himself? Rod Blagojevich must know some serious dirt to get away with placing a nutter in the US Senate. Some real serious dirt indeed which is why he still is Governor of Illinois. The former Governor of New York was taken down for less.

It's not a question of "getting away with anything"--the Dems didn't force out Blagojevich out in time, and now he's retaliating by forcing their hands with an appointment as "governor", and the appointment is black, no less!

81 unrealizedviewpoint  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:09:33pm

re: #68 Kreuzueber Halbmond

Do we know it's AA that made cause for his successes?

82 TaeJohnDo  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:09:41pm

[Link: www.chicagotribune.com...]

Obama serves Reid taste of Chicago Way

Good read.

83 Semi Cartman  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:10:15pm

re: #45 Guanxi88

Hell, he knows where the votes are. It makes sense to build there.

84 FrogMarch  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:10:21pm

You can call him - the tombstone.

Obama serves Reid taste of Chicago Way

Roland "Tombstone" Burris, the amiable Illinois Democratic political hack who is being called eminently qualified by the national Democrats—perhaps because he's from Illinois and he hasn't been indicted—has almost reached his goal of being addressed as "Yes, sir, Senator."

... and on - good stuff

85 FurryOldGuyJeans  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:10:37pm

re: #80 davinvalkri

It's not a question of "getting away with anything"--the Dems didn't force out Blagojevich out in time, and now he's retaliating by forcing their hands with an appointment as "governor", and the appointment is black, no less!

The IL Ethics Committee couldn't figure out the procedure to impeach a sitting politician since they have never done so in state history.

As corrupt the entire state is, they have never impeached anyone.

wow.

86 eon  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:10:42pm

re: #68 Kreuzueber Halbmond

Daniel Boone was a trailblazer, and you, Roland Burris are no Daniel Boone. Without affirmative action, he'd be just another nobody with a homemade concrete monument.

Today, over at RCP, I ran across a Chicago Tribune op-ed about Comrade Burris, in which the writer referred to him as "Tombstone" Burris, in tones that indicated to me that it was a common nickname for the guy in Chicago. Having seen his monument to himself (no doubt erected at taxpayers' expense) I now understand why.

The smallest men always demand the largest monuments. They are, nevertheless, soon forgotten.

/I'm sure I've heard that somewhere. It's too logical for it to be my own thought.

cheers

eon

87 Happy Fun Ball  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:11:35pm

That boy needs therapy.

Youtube Video
88 Salem  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:12:10pm

You see, the Dems don't really give a shit about rules and protocols. They laugh at them. They pull the cord on anyone they want. But something seems strikingly different, this time. Maybe Rove knows.

89 WhiteRasta  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:12:14pm

I am impress.

I thought Canada had the exclusive lock on useless tits in government!

90 Fluffy Bunny  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:13:46pm

re: #71 eon

We would send them a strongly worded letter asking them nicely (in the most politically correct verbiage) to please stop or to at least agree to sit with us for tea and a talk.

*gag*

91 eon  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:13:48pm

re: #89 WhiteRasta

I am impress.

I thought Canada had the exclusive lock on useless tits in government!

We've got more than our share of useless twits, as well. We just elected two to be POTUS and VOTUS.

cheers

eon

92 unrealizedviewpoint  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:14:06pm

re: #86 eon

Having seen his monument to himself (no doubt erected at taxpayers' expense) I now understand why.

The smallest men always demand the largest monuments. They are, nevertheless, soon forgotten.

Actually it's a tombstone, I assume paid for by the him.
Creepy!

93 FrogMarch  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:14:07pm

oooo (ot) check this out:

Obamanoms

94 zombie  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:14:14pm

Soon Illinois will become like the "Valley of Kings" in ancient Egypt, with vast monuments and mausoleums dedicated to the Great Ones. Next to the grand Temple of Obama, with its Greek-style columns and throngs of ecstatic acolytes, will be the Mausoleum of The Burris, the largest building in North America. And so the monuments stretch off toward the horizon.

Meanwhile, the only building in disrepair is the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace. Lincoln? Never heard of him.

95 thefallingman  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:15:10pm

Pelosi, Frank, Rangel, Reid, Kennedy, now Burris. They won't have to worry about the hoi polloi stinking up the place because all the egos will take up too much space and thus make it impossible for anybody to squeeze in.

96 Kragar  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:15:32pm

Blago has made the Democrats his bitch

97 looking closely  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:15:35pm

/He doesn't have ego problems until he creates his own personal seal of office.

98 thelongblogger  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:15:44pm

re: #94 zombie

Meanwhile, the only building in disrepair is the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace. Lincoln? Never heard of him.

Born in Kentucky....

99 FurryOldGuyJeans  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:16:04pm

re: #91 eon

We've got more than our share of useless twits, as well. We just elected two to be POTUS and VOTUS.

cheers

eon

I am going to be interested in the shenanigans surrounding Biden's Senate seat, considering he has not yet resigned it and was sworn in again the other day when Burris was refused entrance.

100 zombie  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:16:25pm

re: #98 thelongblogger

Born in Kentucky....

Drat! OK: "The Abraham Lincoln former home."

101 thefallingman  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:16:37pm

re: #94 zombie

At least it's in Kentucky and so won't be overshadowed by all the grandeur.

102 MandyManners  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:17:04pm

re: #94 zombie

Soon Illinois will become like the "Valley of Kings" in ancient Egypt, with vast monuments and mausoleums dedicated to the Great Ones. Next to the grand Temple of Obama, with its Greek-style columns and throngs of ecstatic acolytes, will be the Mausoleum of The Burris, the largest building in North America. And so the monuments stretch off toward the horizon.

Meanwhile, the only building in disrepair is the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace. Lincoln? Never heard of him.

Talk to Frankfort, KY.

103 FurryOldGuyJeans  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:17:06pm

re: #94 zombie

Soon Illinois will become like the "Valley of Kings" in ancient Egypt, with vast monuments and mausoleums dedicated to the Great Ones. Next to the grand Temple of Obama, with its Greek-style columns and throngs of ecstatic acolytes, will be the Mausoleum of The Burris, the largest building in North America. And so the monuments stretch off toward the horizon.

Meanwhile, the only building in disrepair is the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace. Lincoln? Never heard of him.

Lincoln was only some dead white guy, so good riddance.

/ leftoid talking.

104 tackle  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:17:48pm

I was just thinking this morning how Burris seemed a little too keen to fill that seat. And who was that moron on Fox this morning saying that if we didn't support Burris we were racist? He tried to backtrack by saying that America is still racist because there are too many whites in the Senate, etc.

105 Digital Display  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:18:26pm

re: #96 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Blago has made the Democrats his bitch

Well I know Blago will be in a white collar prison in a few years..I just don't know who his room mate is going to be....

106 Midwestprof  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:18:27pm

Is this his monument?

107 Kragar  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:18:51pm

re: #105 HoosierHoops

Well I know Blago will be in a white collar prison in a few years..I just don't know who his room mate is going to be....

Rahm?

108 razorbacker  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:19:00pm

re: #94 zombie

Soon Illinois will become like the "Valley of Kings" in ancient Egypt, with vast monuments and mausoleums dedicated to the Great Ones. Next to the grand Temple of Obama, with its Greek-style columns and throngs of ecstatic acolytes, will be the Mausoleum of The Burris, the largest building in North America. And so the monuments stretch off toward the horizon.

Meanwhile, the only building in disrepair is the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace. Lincoln? Never heard of him.

Oddly enough, Southern Illinois is known as 'Little Egypt'.

109 FurryOldGuyJeans  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:19:19pm

re: #104 tackle

I was just thinking this morning how Burris seemed a little too keen to fill that seat. And who was that moron on Fox this morning saying that if we didn't support Burris we were racist? He tried to backtrack by saying that America is still racist because there are too many whites in the Senate, etc.

Racism, the new leftoid mantra for the next 4 years.

110 Fluffy Bunny  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:19:31pm

re: #94 zombie

And they will come from afar to worship them...bearing gifts. Guided by the brightest star...

/I can't even type this with a straight face

111 unrealizedviewpoint  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:20:02pm

re: #94 zombie

If it's possible to have a higher Karma count then Comment count. You're the one to do it - Almost there.

112 FrogMarch  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:20:28pm

re: #94 zombie

Ha. Funny you posted that. I was just reading the following over at the never dull Hillbuzz:

For Obama’s massive Reifenstahl-inspired victory celebration in Chicago on Election Night (complete with creepy spotlight columns of light shooting into the air, unseen since Opening and Closing ceremonies of the Berlin Olympics), the Obama campaign claimed more than a million people would descend on Chicago to “witness history”.

113 Dustyvet  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:20:57pm

re: #105 HoosierHoops

Well I know Blago will be in a white collar prison in a few years..I just don't know who his room mate is going to be....

With hope and a little luck, it'll be some dude named Bubba, who will teach Rod all about insider treading...:)

114 FurryOldGuyJeans  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:21:08pm

re: #110 Fluffy Bunny

And they will come from afar to worship them...bearing gifts. Guided by the brightest star...

/I can't even type this with a straight face

I quite seriously think there will be a push by some for a 5th Gospel to be written chronicling the events of Our Messiah-King.

115 MAV  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:21:26pm

How about adding Looser to the plaque...
Spits

116 tackle  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:22:17pm

If I hear him call himself the "new junior senator from Illinois" one more time I'm going to barf. It's like he practiced in front of a mirror.

117 CIA Reject  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:22:41pm

Being equally ignorant of both sports and Illinois politics, when they announced that Blago had appointed Burris to the Senate I thought they were talking about the football player who had shot himself in the family jewels.

That would probably have been an improvement- at least stupid is consistent, with crazy you never know....

118 pat  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:22:51pm

He believes in reparations, tried to convict a man when told that another had credibly confessed to the crime, and built a monument to himself.
What could go wrong?

119 FrogMarch  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:23:02pm

re: #106 Midwestprof

Is this his monument?

Similar. but O will reveal the middle finger.

120 freetoken  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:23:04pm

re: #115 MAV

How about adding Looser to the plaque...
Spits

Looser than....?

121 albusteve  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:23:08pm

re: #102 MandyManners

Talk to Frankfort, KY.

final resting place of one of my heros...D Boone

122 gus3  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:23:51pm

Sorry about such an early OT, but what happened to my Favorites?

123 FurryOldGuyJeans  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:24:26pm

re: #116 tackle

If I hear him call himself the "new junior senator from Illinois" one more time I'm going to barf. It's like he practiced in front of a mirror.

Our Messiah-King didn't need a mirror; He just used the reflected glory from all His worshipers.

Burris is going to be a major disappointment all around because he will be a constant reminder of the scandal ridden start of the New Covenant of Our Messiah-King.

124 experiencedtraveller  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:24:40pm

There's a graveyard near the White House
Where the Unknown Soldier lies,
And the flowers there are sprinkled
With the tears from mother's eyes

...

I am the Unknown Soldier
And maybe I died in vain,
But if I were alive and my country called,
I'd do it all over again.

-Billy Rose

125 unrealizedviewpoint  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:24:45pm

re: #118 pat

He believes in reparations, tried to convict a man when told that another had credibly confessed to the crime, and built a monument to himself.
What could go wrong?

Pond-Scum.

126 eon  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:24:49pm

re: #90 Fluffy Bunny

We would send them a strongly worded letter asking them nicely (in the most politically correct verbiage) to please stop or to at least agree to sit with us for tea and a talk.

*gag*

One of the basic problems when attempting "negotiation" with people who do not accept your version of reality is that they may not want to negotiate what you want to negotiate. An example of this was the 1982 Falklands War, when Argentina, having seized same by force, insisted that any negotiations must end with the "Malvinas" as Argentine territory in perpetuity.

The alternative, according to the Argentine government, was that Argentina would declare war on the UK, and all British subjects in the "Malvinas" would be POWs.

Margaret Thatcher referred to this as "hostage-taking", and said it would be dealt with accordingly. The Argentines soon found out why, in American football terms, The Mahoning Valley Hitmen (yes, it's a real team- Google "Maurice Clarett") don't take on the Cleveland Browns.

I wonder what would happen if, after January 20, some government or terrorist group would seize a remote part of the U.S. and make similarly irrational demands.

/Actually, I'm not sure I want to think about it- but I will anyway.

cheers

eon

127 Racer X  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:25:03pm

re: #122 gus3

Sorry about such an early OT, but what happened to my Favorites?

Hamsters got hungry.

*nom nom nom nom*

128 FurryOldGuyJeans  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:25:18pm

re: #122 gus3

Sorry about such an early OT, but what happened to my Favorites?

Did you look under your pillow?

129 Vicious Babushka  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:25:25pm

re: #15 Killgore Trout

Speaking of nuts.....
Buchanan Accuses Israel of 'Blitzkrieg,' Creating 'Concentration Camp'

Don't you know that Pat's uncle died at Auschwitz?

He fell out of a guard tower.

130 Killgore Trout  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:25:39pm

re: #87 Happy Fun Ball

Loves it. Just what I needed tonight. Thanks.

131 FurryOldGuyJeans  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:26:13pm

re: #125 unrealizedviewpoint

Pond-Scum.

Quit insulting pond scum. It serves a useful purpose in maintaining the ecological balance of the wetlands. ;)

132 MandyManners  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:26:25pm

re: #121 albusteve

final resting place of one of my heros...D Boone

Have you ever killed a bar?

133 MAV  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:26:50pm

re: #120 freetoken

A bucket of worms

134 tackle  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:27:31pm

re: #123 FurryOldGuyJeans

Our Messiah-King didn't need a mirror; He just used the reflected glory from all His worshipers.

Burris is going to be a major disappointment all around because he will be a constant reminder of the scandal ridden start of the New Covenant of Our Messiah-King.

Yes, it hasn't been a great week for the Dems. In fact, it's been crap on a cracker since the dems took over congress. But there was a tiny part of me that wanted Obama to prove me wrong, to be successful despite my misgivings. It's not going to happen.

135 Opinionated  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:27:33pm

We've got worse.

Worse is drowning a girl and running away.

Worse is pickup sex in an airport mens-room.

Worse is, hell, John Kerry or Schumer....... too many to mention.

If Burris is spending his time preparing for the afterlife, he won't screw us like so many Senators in this life.

136 Spare O'Lake  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:28:02pm

The UNSC has just passed the immediate ceasefire resolution for Gaza.

137 Opinionated  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:28:28pm

re: #15 Killgore Trout

Speaking of nuts.....
Buchanan Accuses Israel of 'Blitzkrieg,' Creating 'Concentration Camp'

Do Buchanan and Carter know that can get married in several States.

138 unrealizedviewpoint  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:28:41pm

re: #131 FurryOldGuyJeans

Quit insulting pond scum. It serves a useful purpose in maintaining the ecological balance of the wetlands. ;)

My apologies to Pond-Scum everywhere.

139 pat  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:28:43pm

re: #135 Opinionated

Worse is being the Grand something or other in the KKK.

140 WhiteRasta  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:29:21pm

re: #132 MandyManners

I never killed a bar, but I have closed a few in my younger days.....

141 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:29:54pm

re: #94 zombie

Soon Illinois will become like the "Valley of Kings" in ancient Egypt, with vast monuments and mausoleums dedicated to the Great Ones. Next to the grand Temple of Obama, with its Greek-style columns and throngs of ecstatic acolytes, will be the Mausoleum of The Burris, the largest building in North America. And so the monuments stretch off toward the horizon.

Meanwhile, the only building in disrepair is the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace. Lincoln? Never heard of him.

Illinois already has many tombs and graves of the famous. The two best cemeteries for seeing them are Graceland on Chicago's North Side and Mt. Carmel on the South Side. Chicago great architects Daniel Burnham and John Root are buried at Graceland as is (in a truly grand Greek-style Temple) millionaire Pottoer Plamer and her wife Bertha (the Palmer House Hotel is named after her, it was his wedding gift to her). Mt. Carmel's famous are somewhat more infamous: Alphonse "Scarface Al" Capone tops the list, buried there along with several of his brothers. Also buried there are three of his great enemies: North Side Gang leaders Dean O'Banion, Earl "Hymie" Weiss, and Vincent "Schemer" Drucci.

Somewhat off topic, I know, but I love Chicago history.

142 eon  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:30:50pm

re: #123 FurryOldGuyJeans

Our Messiah-King didn't need a mirror; He just used the reflected glory from all His worshipers.

Burris is going to be a major disappointment all around because he will be a constant reminder of the scandal ridden start of the New Covenant of Our Messiah-King.

Of course, in the new world, that will be the Truth That None Dare Speak.

/Every "enlightened" state has a few. Some more than others.

cheers

eon

143 Digital Display  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:31:19pm

re: #140 WhiteRasta

I never killed a bar, but I have closed a few in my younger days.....

I ate Bear BBQ once..the first one was ok..The second one tasted was gross
Needed several beers to wash it down

144 maddogg  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:31:20pm

I wonder, does Burris really think he is a trailblazer? I think he must. But I once watched a man have a conversation with a spot on the floor.

145 Dustyvet  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:33:18pm

re: #141 Dark_Falcon

Illinois already has many tombs and graves of the famous. The two best cemeteries for seeing them are Graceland on Chicago's North Side and Mt. Carmel on the South Side. Chicago great architects Daniel Burnham and John Root are buried at Graceland as is (in a truly grand Greek-style Temple) millionaire Pottoer Plamer and her wife Bertha (the Palmer House Hotel is named after her, it was his wedding gift to her). Mt. Carmel's famous are somewhat more infamous: Alphonse "Scarface Al" Capone tops the list, buried there along with several of his brothers. Also buried there are three of his great enemies: North Side Gang leaders Dean O'Banion, Earl "Hymie" Weiss, and Vincent "Schemer" Drucci.

Somewhat off topic, I know, but I love Chicago history.

So shall it be written, so shall it be done!

Pharaoh Ramses II

Yul Brynner

146 eon  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:33:48pm

re: #141 Dark_Falcon

Illinois already has many tombs and graves of the famous. The two best cemeteries for seeing them are Graceland on Chicago's North Side and Mt. Carmel on the South Side. Chicago great architects Daniel Burnham and John Root are buried at Graceland as is (in a truly grand Greek-style Temple) millionaire Pottoer Plamer and her wife Bertha (the Palmer House Hotel is named after her, it was his wedding gift to her). Mt. Carmel's famous are somewhat more infamous: Alphonse "Scarface Al" Capone tops the list, buried there along with several of his brothers. Also buried there are three of his great enemies: North Side Gang leaders Dean O'Banion, Earl "Hymie" Weiss, and Vincent "Schemer" Drucci.

Somewhat off topic, I know, but I love Chicago history.

Something tells me you got as big a laugh out of parts of Brian de Palma's The Untouchables as I did. Notably Ness pushing Nitti off the top of the Criminal Courts building. (Nope. Didn't happen that way, at all.)

cheers

eon

147 avanti  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:34:29pm

O.T. Peace agreement on Gaza reached.

148 Opinionated  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:35:04pm

re: #136 Spare O'Lake

The UNSC has just passed the immediate ceasefire resolution for Gaza.

Imagine if you had a "friend" who always tripped you up before the finish line.

That is what Israel has in the US and why wars there will be repeated ad infinitum.

149 gymnast  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:35:06pm

Roland Burris doesn't send out resumes like common people when he applies for a job, he sends out rubbings.

150 Semi Cartman  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:35:39pm
Today, over at RCP, I ran across a Chicago Tribune op-ed about Comrade Burris, in which the writer referred to him as "Tombstone" Burris, in tones that indicated to me that it was a common nickname for the guy in Chicago. Having seen his monument to himself (no doubt erected at taxpayers' expense) I now understand why.


That was John Kass, good reporter when he tries, but sometimes he tries too hard to be Royko-esque in his style. He coined the "tombstone" affect himself, for that column. Also Burris paid for the tombstone himself. I'm no defender of Illinois democrats, I'd like to see all of them move away to Massachusetts, or beyond. But Burris isn't nuts. Also, as far as I know, he's no crook. He is simply on the wrong side of a major dust-up in the party. In this case, which is a tough one, he showed more balls than any Republican in this state could ever imagine having. He's getting the tested Palin Treatment from the MSM, and hanging tough. I wish he wasn't a fu**ing democrat, just for that. Reid tries to dictate to the state, and Burris says 'take a hike, I'm following the law, how about you'. Please don't drink the MSM kool-aid on this one. It's a lot more important than it looks.

151 Truck Monkey  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:35:46pm

re: #115 MAV

How about adding Looser to the plaque...
Spits

Looser that what?

152 Fluffy Bunny  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:36:00pm

re: #126 eon

No scary (albeit insightful) stories before bedtime, I will be up all night now...Geez! : D

*shudder*

153 albusteve  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:36:00pm

re: #132 MandyManners

Have you ever killed a bar?

no but one killed me...bar'd fer life...I was very proud of myself....Gull Road Tavern in Kalamazoo MI...dispute over a pool table...a coupla punches were thrown and I went down in history....woman had a mean left hook...

154 [deleted]  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:36:06pm
155 maddogg  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:36:36pm

re: #147 avanti

O.T. Peace agreement on Gaza reached.

They should call it a peach agreement. They both have the same shelf life.

156 Scion9  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:36:56pm

re: #42 Killgore Trout

Pat is an old school ethnic nationalist. The newer folks actually support Israel.

I don't think he is an ethnic nationalist. His politics are a throwback to the pre-WWII 'America First' isolationism. While a lot of that movement did get turned inside out by Bund, I don't believe Buchanan to be a literal Nazi in terms of political philosophy. He is just a regular Jew-hater that happens to be a right-winger as well.

157 Dark_Falcon  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:37:23pm

re: #146 eon

Something tells me you got as big a laugh out of parts of Brian de Palma's The Untouchables as I did. Notably Ness pushing Nitti off the top of the Criminal Courts building. (Nope. Didn't happen that way, at all.)

cheers

eon

Actually, I just found it pathetic. The Prohibition Era was already a good story, there was no reason to alter history like de Palma did. The Untouchables is actually a fairly good movie, viewed solely as entertainment. As history, however, I have only two words for it:

Epic. Fail.

158 Dustyvet  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:37:49pm

re: #152 Fluffy Bunny

No scary (albeit insightful) stories before bedtime, I will be up all night now...Geez! : D

*shudder*

And all the wee bunnies lived happily ever after...:)

159 eon  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:40:59pm

re: #150 Semi Cartman

That was John Kass, good reporter when he tries, but sometimes he tries too hard to be Royko-esque in his style. He coined the "tombstone" affect himself, for that column. Also Burris paid for the tombstone himself. I'm no defender of Illinois democrats, I'd like to see all of them move away to Massachusetts, or beyond. But Burris isn't nuts. Also, as far as I know, he's no crook. He is simply on the wrong side of a major dust-up in the party. In this case, which is a tough one, he showed more balls than any Republican in this state could ever imagine having. He's getting the tested Palin Treatment from the MSM, and hanging tough. I wish he wasn't a fu**ing democrat, just for that. Reid tries to dictate to the state, and Burris says 'take a hike, I'm following the law, how about you'. Please don't drink the MSM kool-aid on this one. It's a lot more important than it looks.

I noticed that Judicial Watch has filed a brief calling for Burris to be seated, basically on the grounds that as yet, Blagojevich hasn't been convicted of anything or removed from office, so he technically still has the legal authority to appoint Burris.

There's a question of Constitutional law here, and I wouldn't be surprised to see it end up in front of SCOTUS.

cheers

eon

160 Maui Girl  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:41:12pm

There has GOT to be something in the water in Illinois that breeds insanity into their politicians. Enormously egotistical doesn't begin to describe the gall this man has. I think they've all (including BHO) been students of "The Secret". Believe and it will be....

161 gymnast  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:42:25pm

He still has room on that tomb to add " First appointed black Senator in History of the United States" and "Illinois State Champion Affirmative Action Candidate". The latter may not be fair as he was "elected", according to "Illinois Rules" to most of the positions which he held.

162 eon  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:49:00pm

re: #161 gymnast

He still has room on that tomb to add " First appointed black Senator in History of the United States" and "Illinois State Champion Affirmative Action Candidate". The latter may not be fair as he was "elected", according to "Illinois Rules" to most of the positions which he held.

Technically speaking, the first appointed black senator was Hiram Revels of Mississippi, in 1870, by a majority vote of the State Senate. (That would be considered an appointment today, as it was not an election by plebiscite.)

And with that, I'm off to bed. Good night, Lizards.

Pleasant dreams.

cheers

eon

163 avanti  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:49:16pm

re: #160 Maui Girl

There has GOT to be something in the water in Illinois that breeds insanity into their politicians. Enormously egotistical doesn't begin to describe the gall this man has. I think they've all (including BHO) been students of "The Secret". Believe and it will be....

Obama got his ego from his grandmother, she was quite a influence if you read his books. She probably made him believe in some unrealistic expectations that all things are possible, when clearly they are not.

164 anotherindyfilmguy  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 6:58:40pm

How long until he slaps a guard for doing his job?

Crazy is as crazy does...

Hey! Mebbe he'll start running for the 2012 POTUS elections starting about 5 minutes after the O is sworn in...

165 winston06  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 7:00:49pm

people like him and that other racist doping idiots like that Black Panther moron Bobby Rush disgust me beyond pale.

166 NY Nana  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 7:07:23pm

Can anyone name even one good appointment in the Hussein abomination junta? Just one?

/I thought not. Fasten your seatbelts; it's going to be a very, very bumpy ride.

167 Bobblehead  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 7:12:56pm

Has mama winger been around lately?

168 [deleted]  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 7:14:11pm
169 [deleted]  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 7:14:35pm
170 mfarmer1  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 7:18:22pm

Wow, those trailblazing accomplishments are almost as good as these:

Jefferson

And almost as clever and funny as this:

Blanc

But nowhere as grand as these:

Normandy

171 notutopia  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 7:19:53pm

"I never had any personal contact with the Governor"
Photo...
[Link: www.lucianne.com...]

172 MrTunes  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 7:21:32pm

I saw this 2 weeks ago; there is no question this man is delusional. However, he seems too timid to initiate anything too controversial. A harmless Democrat is better than a crafty Democrat.

173 notutopia  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 7:21:38pm

re: #167 Bobblehead

Has mama winger been around lately?


There is an article on BabbaZee's site that Winger's son left to go back to Iraq. Pat posted it on the MiddleEast
column in the front links.

174 sam8  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 7:24:33pm

Burris is so in love with himself he named his children Roland and Rolanda.

No joke.

The guy is ambitious and dim -- a bad combination.

It isn't a surprise that during his testimony before the Blagojevich impeachment committee today Burris couldn't remember the names of the clients of his lobbying firm. He's the name on the door and that's it.

In 2002 he received a $1.2 million loan for his gubenatorial primary run from a firm that had never donated to a politician before (and only one other politician has received a donation from that firm since -- Blago in 2006). The loan was forgiven after Burris dropped out of the race. At the time there was talk that Burris was asked to join the primary to suck votes away from Paul Vallas so that Blago could would win.

Burris has been a tool all along. As you're all learning now that the spotlight is on Illinois politics, the guy is nuts.

175 Maui Girl  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 7:28:17pm

re: #163 avanti

Obama got his ego from his grandmother, she was quite a influence if you read his books. She probably made him believe in some unrealistic expectations that all things are possible, when clearly they are not.

I might read BOH's books when they're laid waste under a pile of dust at the local public library. I wouldn't pay a cent or expect anyone I knew even slightly to pay for anything our Prez-elect has had written for/about him. I'm still hesitating to read the one book about BOH I do have, "The Case Against Barack Obama". Ewwww, my fingers feel sticky just typing that name.

176 [deleted]  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 7:28:37pm
177 [deleted]  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 7:29:23pm
178 solomonpanting  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 7:32:09pm

Planters has a new mixed nuts variety on the market:


Franken Burris
179 Tigger2005  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 7:32:17pm

Truly great, accomplished men are, parodoxically, humble. They let their achievements speak for themselves, and see no need to advertise them. It's the rare bird who can be vain and self-promoting and still claim the mantle of greatness. MacArthur, for example.

180 Bobblehead  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 7:33:51pm

re: #173 notutopia

Thanks.

181 Throbert McGee  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 7:37:34pm

In stark contrast to the priorities of Thomas Jefferson, whose self-written tombstone inscription famously lists only three accomplishments:

"author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and father of the University of Virginia"

...without mentioning at all that he'd been the Virginia governor, Washington's Sec. of State, Adams' VP, and of course the third POTUS, who pushed the Louisiana Purchase through, among many other things.

182 happy_days  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 7:42:33pm

Here is the tombstone.
Among his list of acheivements carved into his tombstone: "First African-American in Illinios to become (?) exchange student to University of Hamburg" WTF?

183 rexatosis  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 7:46:45pm

My only question is, did he buy American?

184 Anna  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 7:48:36pm

What is one more narcissistic egomaniac on the loose in the Senate? More entertainment under Harry Reid's Big Dome Circus!

Youtube Video
185 silvergirl  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 7:51:51pm

re: #132 MandyManners

Have you ever killed a bar?

Killed him a bar when he was only three.
Davy, Davy Crockett . . .

No. Wait.

Daniel Boone was a man,
Yes, a big man!
With an eye like an eagle
And as tall as a mountain was he!

From the coonskin cap on the top of ol' Dan
To the heel of his rawhide shoe;
The rippinest, roarinest, fightinest man
The frontier ever knew!

Now why wasn't Dan'l's bear killing celebrated in song? I bet he killed as many bears as Davy Crockett.

186 Throbert McGee  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 7:54:03pm

By the way, let it be noted that Jefferson's statute on religious freedom in Virginia was radical for its era, and controversial in its day, in that it did not show favoritism to Christianity as the majority religion, and in fact makes no direct reference of any kind to Christ, although the Preamble invokes "Almighty God... the holy author of our religion, who being lord both of body and mind, yet chose not to propagate it by coercions on either, as was in his Almighty power to do." What the statute (written in 1779 and finally passed in 1786) says, instead, is:

We the General Assembly of Virginia do enact that no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer, on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities.

In contrast, the "religious liberty" laws in various other states, at that time, did not necessarily protect all non-Christians, and certainly didn't protect outright atheists; nor did they nullify blasphemy laws, as Jefferson's statute did in Virginia.

The third section of the statute says, further, that although subsequent generations of Virginia legislators would of course have the power to void the law, the man who wrote it and the men who eventually approved it chose to formally declare:

that the rights hereby asserted are of the natural rights of mankind, and that if any act shall be hereafter passed to repeal the present or to narrow its operation, such act will be an infringement of natural right

(So there!)

187 Achilles Tang  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 7:55:17pm

I could think of a lot more interesting things from the sixties to put on my gravestone, than being an exchange student to Germany for a part of the year between 1959 and 1960.

And I thought this man was, at least, reasonably competent. All it takes is one lousy gravestone to burst my bubble of godless faith, yet again.

(PS, this isn't an Onion thing, is it?)

188 silvergirl  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 7:55:24pm

re: #174 sam8

Burris is so in love with himself he named his children Roland and Rolanda.

No joke.

What about George Foreman and all his kids?

189 avanti  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 8:02:35pm

re: #186 Throbert McGee

By the way, let it be noted that Jefferson's statute on religious freedom in Virginia was radical for its era, and controversial in its day
(So there!)


Yep, Jefferson een made his own Bible, removing all mentions of the supernatural and the resurrection. That and some of his quotes would made it hard to win a election today.

190 Achilles Tang  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 8:02:59pm

re: #189 avanti

impossible

191 Ojoe  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 8:04:22pm

Let not a monument give you or me hopes,
Since not a pinch of dust remains of Cheops. ...

—Byron

192 avanti  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 8:15:08pm

re: #190 Naso Tang

impossible

Just think of the fun Hannity would have with this quote:

"Question with boldness even the existence of God; because if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear."

or

"It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg."

193 The Sanity Inspector  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 8:26:04pm

He that tooteth not his own horn, the same shall go untooted. I think that's in the Bible, 2nd Babylonians or something.

194 Throbert McGee  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 8:28:38pm

re: #192 avanti

Just think of the fun Hannity would have with this quote:

"Question with boldness even the existence of God; because if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear."

or

"It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg."

The contrary-to-fact subjunctive mood is probably appropriate here, since I doubt that Sean Hannity is familiar with the quotes.

(Which is not to say that I'd kick him out of bed for eating crackers. That whole Black Irish thing is teh hawtness. In fact, Hannity plus George Clooney would make for an interesting sammich -- two different flavors of handsome-but-stupid, with me in the middle! Wheee!)

195 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 8:30:08pm

re: #22 Killgore Trout

He also claims that nobody has been killed by Hamas rockets. I could google that but I'm fairly certain that's not true.

Dead by Qassam and mortar fire, before and after the withdrawal from Gaza,

Faina Slutzker, 57
Maor Peretz
Yaakov Yaakobov, 43
Dorit Binisian, 2
Yuval Abebah, 4
Afik Zahavi, 4
Mordehai Yosepov, 49
Dana Galkowitz, 22
Ayala Abukasis, 17
Shir-El Friedman, 35
Shuli Katz, 70
Amnon Rosenberg, 51
Jimmy Kedoshim, 48
Roni Yihye, 47
Oshri Oz, 36
Salam and Khalid Ziadin, father and son. The boy was 16.
Jitladda Tap-arsa, 20
Bo Shide, 46
Muhamad Mahmoud Jaroun
Muslah Umran
Nissim Arbiv, 26
Tiferet Tratner, 24
Sgt. Michael Chizik, 21
St. Sgt. Barak Madmon, 26

I'm sure this is not a complete list. But it didn't take me too long to compile it.

196 mich-again  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 8:30:37pm

You know what I want on my Tombstone? Italian sausage, black olives and mushrooms.

197 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 8:34:00pm

re: #104 tackle

I was just thinking this morning how Burris seemed a little too keen to fill that seat. And who was that moron on Fox this morning saying that if we didn't support Burris we were racist? He tried to backtrack by saying that America is still racist because there are too many whites in the Senate, etc.

I believe Buchanan was trying that tack as well a couple days ago.

198 Ojoe  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 8:35:08pm

re: #196 mich-again

That, and anchovies too, for me. And extra cheese.

199 SanFranciscoZionist  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 8:40:18pm

re: #176 ploome hineni

..yeah despair

Time Magazine, commenting on a democratic people, fighting a terrorist group

Can Israel Survive Its Assault on Gaza?

To quote my revered mother, "Stop reading Time Magazine, it upsets you."

200 LEGION  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 8:48:19pm

Time, Newsweek, the NYSlimes, ect ect. All GARBAGE! Listen to yer mudder!

201 Mostly sane, most of the time.  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 9:08:38pm

I think I'll leave my tombstone up to my children.

I could leave them some suggestions:

Here lies Mom, who died without telling us where she hid the good chocolate.

Our dear Mother, (1970-20xx). She took the passwords to the computer with her.

Dear Mother, who spent our inheritance on fine chocolate and books.

See, composing your own headstone is easy!

202 Macker  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 9:10:32pm

re: #2 DoubleU

He is a democrat Demo☭rat, he is entitled to it.

There, fixed that for ya!

203 Promethea  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 9:29:00pm

re: #37 Outrider

What in the world is it about Illinois? They have something strange in the water perhaps?

Yes, yes, we do.

And now all you coastal snobs are going to discover that we the people in Flyover Country are scarier and much more "interesting" than you ever dreamed possible.

/Just saying.

204 Pope Insouciance IV  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 9:30:41pm

He listed being an exchange student on his tombstone?

How about that time he got to second base with that cheerleader in high school? Is that written on the other side?

205 Promethea  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 9:33:37pm

re: #67 Fat Jolly Penguin

This list will only be topped by The Messiah™.

The Big O already has a school named after him. And that's before he's President.

206 Throbert McGee  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 9:39:09pm

re: #201 EmmmieG

Dear Mother, who spent our inheritance on fine chocolate and books.

My parents are health nuts who'd disapprove of spending too much money on chocolate (even high-quality chocolate), but otherwise they'd like you.

Instead of chocolate, they invest in heirloom-quality collectible troll figurines that will be worth a fortune someday*.

*Not all troll figurines increase in value; some go down in value.

207 Promethea  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 9:47:21pm

re: #131 FurryOldGuyJeans

Quit insulting pond scum. It serves a useful purpose in maintaining the ecological balance of the wetlands. ;)

I agree. LGFers should stop insulting pond scum and slugs. These creatures are much more attractive and more useful than the horrible humans who get called those names.

/a true lover of the environment. Not one of those phonies who want to trade "carbon footprints."

208 Promethea  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 9:49:19pm

re: #136 Spare O'Lake

The UNSC has just passed the immediate ceasefire resolution for Gaza.

Bwaaahaaahaaaahaaaa!

Go UN. Do your stuff. You're going down.

209 Promethea  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 9:50:20pm

OK, I guess I'm going to move upstairs to the tech tool thread.

210 monumentlizard  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 10:00:27pm

For those who can find humor the Middle East situation ....

Palestine Appoints New Minister ....

211 ceemack  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 10:50:19pm

If you think about it, this makes a certain amount of sense. Obama's most outstanding quality is not his accomplishments, his ability, or even his eloquence--it's his ego.

Only a man who puts his own "accomplishments" on a mausoleum he's built himself has a big enough ego to fill The Lightbringer's shoes in the Senate.

212 mattm  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 11:07:05pm

Somebody needs help. That is not normal.

213 turnrightnow  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 11:10:44pm

So is "trailblazer" the Democrat version of "Maverick" ?

214 rawmuse  Thu, Jan 8, 2009 11:17:46pm

re: #7 jaunte

A resume sadly chiseled with public money.

"Chiseled" is right.

215 Smilla  Fri, Jan 9, 2009 12:31:52am

Oops! Typo. Trailblazer is one word, not two. Send it back to the stonemason to do it again!

216 mjbrutus  Fri, Jan 9, 2009 2:00:48am

Is there room on there for "Magic Man?"

217 littleO  Fri, Jan 9, 2009 3:57:05am

He is a nut. Probably corrupt. Hell, he will fit right in.

218 nanook  Fri, Jan 9, 2009 5:43:16am

re: #53 HoosierHoops

We sent them a fruit basket

That only seems fair, since they sent us The One.....

219 jopa416  Fri, Jan 9, 2009 6:43:16am

His Self Love Knows no Bounds. I guess he is not much different than most democrat senators...loving only themselves.

220 turn  Fri, Jan 9, 2009 6:47:19am

Oh gawd "And he named his children Roland and Rolanda."

221 ice-9  Fri, Jan 9, 2009 7:00:17am

As a fairly left-leaning moderate who occasionally lurks here, I think you should all walk a mile in the man's shoes before you start throwing out labels like "nut," "kook," and "egomaniac." In fact...

Ah, fark it. He's batshiat insane. Have at it.

222 Obsidiandog  Fri, Jan 9, 2009 7:31:04am

re: #3 Pyroskank
But....he won't be the first African-American senator from Illinois. That honor belongs to.....oh gosh, what's his name? Barry....something.

Actually, the first black Senator from Illinois was Carol Moseley Braun.

I believe the "Trailblazer" monicker is due to the fact that Burris has the distinction of being the first black to be elected to statewide office in Illinois way back when.

223 aacon  Fri, Jan 9, 2009 7:49:31am

He's not so bad. At least he acknowledges his own mortality.

224 Zimriel  Fri, Jan 9, 2009 8:18:19am

I'd said from the beginning that if Burris had honour, he would have refused this "gift".

Blago knew all along about Burris's character. He knew what he was doing when he made his choice.

225 doubleozaphod  Fri, Jan 9, 2009 9:34:08am

I admit, I didn't read the whole thread, but did anyone else notice that on this guy's monument, the dates are listed in reverse chronological order? So that, if he does get to add "Senator - 2009" to the *bottom* of the list, it will be listed out of order; he should have left room at the top!

226 Terbeau  Fri, Jan 9, 2009 10:49:53am
It’s Friday morning; do you know what your Democratic governor is up to?The Illinois House has voted to impeach Gov. Rod Blagojevich

.

He can now add that he is/was the last person appointed by the newly impeached Governor Blago.

227 Alan K. Henderson  Fri, Jan 9, 2009 8:47:29pm

Don't want no fancy funeral, just one like old King Tut.


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