Another of Obama’s Friends Taken into Federal Custody

Sandra Rose December 9, 2008

Chicago, Illinois is a hot bed of political corruption going back to the days when the mafia had all the top politicians on its payroll.

Early this morning the feds took Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff into federal custody on unspecified charges.

But according to sources, the charges are part of an ongoing investigation into a “pay to play” scandal that may involve Barack Obama’s Senate seat.

Blagojevich was all over the news yesterday for threatening Bank of America if the bank did not extend a line of credit to a factory that laid off 200 employees who are now staging a sit-in.

In an interesting development, the feds tapped phone calls between Blagojevich and other politicians — including Obama — before the November elections. The Tribune reported that the feds believe the Senate selection process for Obama’s seat may be tainted. (Source)

keely107

Yall seen the stock market jumpin up today?? Now everybody on the Obama plan bandwagon, go figure.
http://www.myspace.com/lorettadivine DivineBrown

Corruption runs deep in politics!!

Not just Chicago…
SHANIASMOMMA

“they believe its tainted” …go figure ! …this is not NEW …Just like the presidential election of 2004….WAS TAINTED
http://myspace.com/ckarinwhite ckarinwhite

I wish somebody would over throw Sonny Perdue…Especially, when he tried to take away the COLA’s for educators…He should learn from Roy Barnes that you don’t mess w/ educators!…
kwallace577

where is the story about the alaskan corrupt politician? he was a friend of sarah’s. where is that story?
http://myspace.com/thegameoncw Bird

Can someone please explain to me why Bank of America should be extending credit to a company that is going out of business? Doesn’t that mean that they definately are not going to get paid back? I don’t understand that logic even if they got bailout money. Isn’t it that kind of senseless credit that got us in the predicament?
http://myspace.com/tamarlese Peachizz

I watch how this one plays out,@keely107 I have noticed the stock market jumping… Instead of buyig Xmas gifts Imma reinvest in myself!
Kymystry

Chicago, Illinois is a hot bed of political corruption going back to the days when the mafia had all the top politicians on its payroll.
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Nothing else should have been printed about Obama after than statement …
Charles

I knew he was corrupt!!!!!!!!
kwallace577

yes @bird it is the senseless credit that got us into this mess. as always you are right.
http://myspace.com/ckarinwhite ckarinwhite

….settle down Charles….
goat76

@Chuckie……………Who Gov. Rod Blagojevich…….
http://myspace.com/thegameoncw Bird

kwallace577 Says:

@bird

as always you are right.
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My fiance would definately beg to differ on that one and he may get his sister to beat you up for even putting that thought in my head. I won’t tell him though, because he loves to say, “don’t talk to me like you talk on your blog.”

Men
http://myspace.com/erikamagaly Hermosa

Another day another corrupt politician. BLAGOJEVICH HAD THIS COMING!
ecstracy

@Bird – they owe those workers thier last paycheck and unpaid vacation – it should not be the workers debt, someone should give that company some money so they can pay those folks! Let the Co. have to worry about how to pay it off, but those who have already worked should be paid
shunda

I seriously can’t even go here today. Politics has always been corrupt and I will leave it at that.
keely107

@Peachizz:

Now thats the way to think, instead of EVERYBODY tryna be right about who is right and who is wrong (Charles) secure ya future, make gain off of whats really going on in the world. You better be crooked some way in this world, or ya ays will get eaten alive, as long as it benefits me and mines run it thats how YT does it!
goat76

Sandra got people in Japan checking for her or that was her Ghostwriter at work……….
Charles

Barack Obama and his “friends”

And goat you look like andre 3000
PAGESINADIARY

anything to bring a black man down!
bloggergirlz

residents in chgo aren’t surprised to hear this at all…i totally agree w/ hermosa…rod’s days were seriously numbered…the feds have been working over-time to catch him up…i can’t beleive he fell for the okey-doke…damn dummy…
goat76

Thanks Chuckie……..Glad you didn’t say Flava Flav……
ecstracy

@ Blogger – he’s a Kwame huh?
ecstracy

I hate it when Auntie does politics. Yall, I gots pneumonia. Anybody have some “Mama remedies cause my chest hurts!” It’s prolly cause of this past weekend. It was my birthday weekend, well, my b-day was yesterday, but I had a really good pre-weekend birthday. My hubby took me to the “Cinnamon Stick” bed and breakfast in Frankenmuth, MI (which is known as the Christmas city as they celebrate Christmas all year round), and we rented the Gingerbread Suite. This place sits on about 50 acres and we rode the horses down the trails where the trees were covered with real icicles, drank warm wassle around our private fireplace and I don’t even want to get started to telling yall the freaky things we did on the bear skin rug, but it was a fantastic weekend! I have a small contract with a travel magazine to review B&B’s for their leisure section (our retirement dream as a couple is to retire in about the next 8-10 years, sell off our property here in MI (if it is still worth anything) and open our own B&B in the Poconos (like I said it’s a dream), since that where we spent our honeymoon and we haven’t been back since. Except for the money that we spent on gifts, our weekend will be totally comped if they accept my review that I submit to my publishers! I was in heaven for 2 days, but keep in mind that this is probably where the pneumonia came from.
ecstracy

ummmm, and before yall ask, I am drugged and sniffin markers again
bloggergirlz

@ #23: we prob won’t hear about steamy text messages though lol…

seriously though this guy has created so MANY enemies throughout his term as governor…he was trying to secure his future since he knew folks weren’t checking for him…i can’t believe he thought his shenanigans would work…
bloggergirlz

@ #26: happy belated bday…i’ve visited Frankenmuth, MI two years ago…such a cute place!
shunda

@ecstracy
Happy Bday!!!
As far as the pneumonia I would recommend lots of sleep.
kwallace577

STEP AWAY FROM THE MARKERS. i had a meeting to set up this morning that started at 8 a.m. and the conf. room was out of markers AGAIN. i think our interns are swiping them…..
ecstracy

Thanks Blogger, did you go in winter? It is so beautiful with the snow and the lights. I forgot we were in a recession for a minute!
http://myspace.com/erikamagaly Hermosa

NOW I WONDER WHEN WILL THE FEDS GET DALEY!
http://myspace.com/ckarinwhite ckarinwhite

Sandie, you forgot to post that the Supreme Court threw out that lawsuit claiming Barack Obama was not a U.S. citizen….I know you were busy sifting through all of your fan photos to post the story…
ecstracy

Thanks Shunda, but remember those 40 folks that got walking papers last week? Well they hired 20 temps that now have to go through HHR and that’s where I come in. I can’t leave today until 3!
http://www.myspace.com/lorettadivine DivineBrown

*SINCE WE CAN’T COMMENT ON THAT ONE*

I WOULD BE SO EXCITED IF I GOT TO MEET KANYE! FOR REAL FOR REAL!!!
Kymystry

Awwww ecstracy .. sorry to hear about the pneumonia my mom’s (g-mom she raised me) had some “salve” she would MAKE from beef fat and rub that nastiness on our chests .. and we would be FINE the next day … I can’t ask her .. she’s 92 and has her good days and her bad … right now it’s a bad .. she’s in the hosp … but gettin better
bloggergirlz

#30: yep…it was def a sight to see…i was visiting a friend from detroit and we drove there…

@34: r u serious about meeting kanye?

btw…hi everyone!
ecstracy

ckarin, that one in Philly is still going forward. The Supreme Court only dismissed the one.
bloggergirlz

@37: r u serious? they need to start arresting people for these frivolous lawsuits…what a waste of time and money…
ecstracy

C’mon Kymy “THINK!” What was in the beef fat! I feel like I’m going to hack up a lung! I’m sorry about your G’ma, I hope she feels well enough to come home soon!
http://myspace.com/erikamagaly Hermosa

don’t be sad Ecstracy. I’m in the hospital having a conebiopsy and it’s my birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!
keely107

@Ckarin:

And yet we have all the time in the world to bombard the courts with this foolishness……….but Obama is the crook, I tell ya boy haters can manipulate a story to hate on Jesus if they want to. In the famous words of Auntie “What happened to our community to make us so scornful and hateful toward each other?”………..
bloggergirlz

happy bday hermosa! damn, it’s a lot of bdays around here…
http://myspace.com/ckarinwhite ckarinwhite

#38…I agree…
http://myspace.com/thegameoncw Bird

ecstracy Says:

@Bird – they owe those workers thier last paycheck and unpaid vacation – it should not be the workers debt, someone should give that company some money so they can pay those folks! Let the Co. have to worry about how to pay it off, but those who have already worked should be paid
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Those people didn’t work for Bank of America so why should Bank of America pay their salaries? If it is a bailout they are looking for maybe they should ask the government. Otherwise let the company execs get out and ho, pan handle, sell drugs or do whatever to get the money. But no way should they get a loan from a bank knowing from jump it won’t be paid back.
keely107

Hermosa:

Happy B-Day Girlie!!!!! Look at the bright side, you still here with us.

@Ecstracy:

Same to ya! That getaway sounds like the business, girl get u some pot liquor and drink it down!( I dont know why my Grandma though pot liquor could cure cancer!)
kwallace577

yall all are making me sad. herm, ecstracy, kymy, recession, corruption.

give us a happy post auntie.

happy b’day to my b’day folks.
goat76

Sorry to hear that Hermosa……..Hope the kitty get well soon……..
http://myspace.com/ckarinwhite ckarinwhite

Happy Birthday Hermosa!…
http://myspace.com/thegameoncw Bird

ecstracy Says:

Thanks Shunda, but remember those 40 folks that got walking papers last week? Well they hired 20 temps that now have to go through HHR and that’s where I come in. I can’t leave today until 3!
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You should not be at work with pneumonia. Are you exaggerating or do you really have it? People die from pneumonia. I know it’s Christmas time, but your health is more important than a paycheck. I command you to go home.
bloggergirlz

@goat: LMAO! after all that sex talk we had last week, i know damn well herm got it in!

i had my annual this morning…***remaining hopeful about pap results***
Kymystry

Cumpleaños felices Hermosa ….
ecstracy

Happy B-day Hermosa! I’m sorry you have to spend it in the hosp., but I know ye chou get then you will make up for it the chance!

Keely, you know the best thing about that weekend was that he planned it all! Now my man normally thinks romance is paying the bills… So that was a leap for him!
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@ Bird, from what I understand that line of credit has already been approved, they just wany to use it to pay off other debts and exec salaries
Mississippi16

Since we can’t post on the fan mails posts….

I have nothing BAD to say about the fans – except what make them think all of these people are celebrities.

If you take a picture with the dude that washes Puffy’s cars or hang’s Beyonce’s Christmas lights, that does not make them a CELEBRITY – gainfully employed, accomplished, an employee, etc. but not a CELEBRITY.

If someone had ONE line from a play on the Chitlin Circuit, that does not make them a celebrity.

I think it’s time to hold up on some of these pictures!

I said it – WHAT?!?!

Now go ahead everybody and start throwing rocks at me for messing it up for future posts.
http://myspace.com/erikamagaly Hermosa

thanks for the birthday wishes! looks like there gonna put me to sleep. . . im scurred! say a little prayer for me guys! hopefully, i’ll be back later.
bloggergirlz

***group prayer for our girl, hermosa***
bloggergirlz

@52: yep…thanks for addressing the BOA issue…you just hit it on the head…and yes, they need to pay those damn people!
ecstracy

And Bird, I am really @ work with pneumonia. I went to the ER last night and they gave me zithromax. I have a pretty
flexible boss, but on these days when he says I need to come in I am there. I get a lot of FMLA I have Lupus, so he doesn’t make demands too often.
Kymystry

I agree with Missip .. if we can’t comment .. I don’t even look at them anymore ….i scroll to the next thread where I CAN say summin … NEXT!
goat76

Says pray for Hermosa and her kitty……Happy B-Day too……
Mississippi16

Herm, i hope that all is okay. Ecstracy, drink lots of fluids and i hope you feel better.
ecstracy

I stopped looking @ the fan pics when I realized I didn’t know who half of the celebs are. I the only person who ever made me swoon was Denzel. He was the nicest guy in the world.
kwallace577

may herm be blessed for years to come.

and don’t be scared. we are holding your hand mama….
ecstracy

Thanks guys, I thought about eating me some vicks salve (yes, my mama really made us do that), but I can’t brang myself to do it. I start having childhood flashbacks.
goat76

Eating Vicks Salve………is that some kind of punishment cause that ain’t a remedy I’ve heard of…….Like icing your nuts down to make baby boys……
bloggergirlz

i hope you feel better as well, ecstracy…
starr

Do any of those ppl in the fan pics ever post…..or maybe i don’t recognize them by their real name. I haven’t posted much either…too busy, but just wondering
http://www.myspace.com/lorettadivine DivineBrown

HERM!!!!!!!!!!!

Te deseo un feliz cumpleanos!!!

WHY ARE YOU GONE? GET BETTER! AND HURRY BACK!
http://myspace.com/ckarinwhite ckarinwhite

{Lord please watch over Hermosa while she undergoes her procedure. Please heal Hermosa and Ecstracy, in Jesus name, Amen}…Hermosa you will be fine…Take a little nap and we will be here when you wake up!…
ecstracy

Goat, no joke. My moms used to rub it on our chests, and then claimed what was good for the outside was good inside too, and would swipe her fanger in that jar and shove it in our mouths. Too this day I tell her that is why we all crazy, cause her and daddy missed the part that said not safe for human consumption
Kymystry

Amen …
prynsexxx

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HERMOSA!!!!!!!!!!!! *\O/*

Saggi’s STAND UP! (I knew I likededededeeded you for some reason….I just KNEW IT!) LOL

Ecxtasy (sp? – thats why I tend to use #’s)LOL

Happy Belated B-day to you as well!

Now onto the pneumonia. I had “something” this weekend. It tried to put me down, but I’m waaaayyyy too strong for THAT nonsense. I was “feeling mighty down, mighty bad and when I see’d ju, I know’d dere iz a gawd”….LOL j/k. But drink plenty of fluids. I’ve lost about 10lbs from Friday to Monday. I was eating one meal a day. I coughed and I hacked. Then I drunk my Traditional Medicinals Lemon Echinaceia (sp)Throat Coat tea. My Tazo Zen Green tea (I drink several cups a day). Popped me some Garlic pills (will help in fighting off ALL the cooties “they” try to give us) and some Inositol (B-vitamin)………….then after ALLLLLLLL of THAT………I wake up this murnin’ bleedin’ to damn death. Fukkin’cursed ass PERIOD. GRRRRRRRRRRR!
ecstracy

Thanks er’rybody. I’m going to run home and take some theraflu and get a lunch nap! Good luck Hermosa, but I knoe God’s lookin’ out! Hopefully I’ll check in later!
prynsexxx

Salve = crushed up Halls and Vaseline
shay1

Happy Bday Herm – get well soon
kwallace577

my momma makes us rub vicks on our feets and put on two layers of socks. you rub it on the reg spots too but put it on the bottom of your feet as well

disclaimer…do not do it and put on ANY pair of shoes that you own. the smell never comes out.
prynsexxx

OH & @Exctasy

Don’t forget the Alka-Seltzer Day and Night stuff too. It helps…….I think.
kwallace577

HEY SHAY!!!!
prynsexxx

Kwall said:

rub vicks on our feets and put on two layers of socks
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Yep. Sure does help, especially for babies with a bad cough.
ecstracy

Oh Pryn – Executive of Community Services+Tracy= esctracy. I didn’t think about the spellin’ till I saw it…LOL. I was sniffin’ markers that day too! See ya’ll later!
prynsexxx

OH and Lysol and Clorox wipe EVERYTHING down.

Fatty YT co-worker been hacking and coughing all year. I sneezed and coughed a couple of times yesterday and this broad gone have the nerve to say “We need to get a can of Lysol in here.”……….*crickets*……….

Nobody said a word. She does not KNOW that I’m am bleeding like a slain murder victim. I don’t need mine and HER blood on my hands. Almighty watch ova’ me!
bloggergirlz

@kwall: thenews discussed #75 this morning!

@78: it didn’t help the person who tried it though…i guess it’s hit or miss…
shay1

Hey Kwall ((waving))
prynsexxx

#81 said:

it didn’t help the person who tried it though
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……..their feet weren’t clean. LOL

That or they got some “other” ailments going on that they let get out of hand…?????…..LOL
kwallace577

i guess it’s hit or miss…
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always worked for us. prolly cause we are a respiratory MESS in our fam. asthma and bronchitis bad. just a wheezy mess. put that on your soles and drink some theraflu or that homemade hot concoction with a shot (or two) of bourbon, lemon juice, honey, tea…and go to sleep…chile you wake up not knowing wth is going on, not knowing where the heck you are…and feeling ALOT better.

i did that to my hubby the first time he got sick on me and he was like “i don’t know what you did…but can you do it again?” LMAO.
KAT

*sigh*
kwallace577

pryn!!! talking bout they feet won’t clean. on your birthday week you are just asking for a trip to the corner….

dagum feet won’t clean. LMAO.
prynsexxx

LOL @kwall

When I got up this murnin!!!!!!!!!! I was a brand-new person. I had a “splitting” headache. I slept it off. When I laid down “A Charlie Brown Christmas” was on (does anybody know where I can get THAT soundtrack, laying there listening to the music, but not watching the cartoon was kinda soothing – anywho), and when I awoke it was 1224. Runaway love came home about 930 (she has/had dinner with sperm donor), she didn’t bother me one bit. She did what she had to do and went to bed w/o any trouble.

When I got up. Took my shower. Got the stank and the sick off of me…….I was walking around the house like “I’M BACK. DAMMIT I’M BACK!” LOL Runaway’s response:

“I don’t want no trouble.”

I was boxing the air and everything. LMAOOO
kwallace577

a charlie brown christmas.

**(clearing my throat…) ahemhemm..***

“christmas time is here….happiness and cheer….”

my FAVE is the little black boy named franklin who always be straight JAMMING when the music come on….on ANY chuck brown tv special.
Kymystry

@ PRYNNN ….. go to ebay. com search A Charlie Brown Christmas – Guaraldi, Vince
Avanti

Sandra you know you’re wrong for this…

Even Fox News acknowledged that this guy and Obama DID NOT get along and that it wasn’t a secret! You’re wrong for trying to implicate this man in everything negative (that he isn’t involved in) and nothing positive (that he’s actually involved in)! Regardless or whether or not you supported him during the election, suck it up- he’s elected now! Its amazing that you can’t support the fact that this man has made history and does set a positive example for young black people that hard work really does pay off -FOR ANYONE-!

Would it hurt you to say something positive about the man?

And as someone said at the beginning of the comments…where is the story on the Alaskan Senator that was CONVICTED of several felonies a month or so ago? Why are you so bias?

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