Ed Huntress wrote:
"john" wrote in message
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Ed Huntress wrote:

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, 18 Dec 2008 07:07:56 -0500, BAR wrote:

Ed Huntress wrote:

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Oh, I thought he meant the State Government.
I don't know about La., but my home state is Il. and it was
pretty
crooked when the first Daly ran it from Chicago, and for a long time
before that. I wonder if "getting caught" is all that separates one
state
from another that way?
I always hate OT but since I grew up in IL and went to undergrad in LA
(Tulane) I couldn't resist

IL (Actually Chicago) has ALWAYS been more corrupt than LA... since the
days of Cappone and then the first mayor Daly. They were always just
much smarter about not getting caught until the more recent years. BTW..
the city (Chicago) always runs BETTER and more efficiently with a
corrupt mayor.

Also interesting fact (I use the word fact lightly) According to the
FBI only 48% of the murderers in the US ever serve time.... in recent
history 50% of the IL Gov's will serve time.. so... you are more likely
to go to prison if you are elected as Gov of IL than if you committ
MURDER!!!! :-)

I am glad I now live in South Florida... a beautiful little Banana
republic where we expect our politicians to be on the take.... Look out
NJ... we are coming up fast in the outer lane!!! you could be #4.
nail on head

True! I am so mortified that my proud home state of NJ is getting
eclipsed by places like Illinois.

We need a PR firm for our corruption. We need better and more newsworthy
corruption.

But how do you compete when your closest neighbor elects a governor who
made his name tracking down prostitution rings, then gets caught in bed
with a skanky $1000/hour hooker?

We have our work cut out for us, all right. The trouble is that our
corrupt politicians don't think big enough. We've become small-timers in
the bigger scheme of things. Our guys think that a new cabin cruiser,
season Jets tickets, and a couple of bimbos serving drinks in the luxury
suites at Yankee Stadium is living in corrupt luxury.

What we need is politicians who know what they can command in the
marketplace. Maybe we can get them some help from MLB players' agents.

--
Ed Huntress
Ed, I think you have come up with a new profession, a corruption and take
manager for politicans. The cover name for the office is political
expiditer. Politicians themselves seem to blow it when it comes to being
on the take.


John

I still think that hiring them from the ranks of MLB players' agents is the
way to go. If they can get $82.5 million for A.J. Burnett, they can
revolutionize New Jersey's political corruption.

--
Ed Huntress




I wouldn't bet my last dollar on Illinois or Lousiana being the "most
corrupt" states.