THE CHICAGO WAY

Something Has Been Stinking in Denmark! Ooops! Illinois! The stench of government corruption in the heartland has permeated itself to the point that the smell may follow the President-elect to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Don’t forget the mayor of “Chicagoland” not only runs the city but the State of Illinois. He is the political king of Illinois and is in the know.

I don’t know if you have ever smelled someone who has been around a bonfire but when you get near them you can smell the burnt wood. It “kind of sticks to ya” knowingly or unknowingly and is especially noticeable to those who have not been around the fire.

For mayor Daily, President-elect Obama, or Congressman Jackson to deny that they were not aware of the goings on in the governor’s office is beyond belief. Daily, Obama, and Jackson come out of the same mould of corrupt Windy City politics. Now, we find Congressman, Jessie Jackson, Jr., was the 5th person heard talking to the “Gov” and something about $500,000 was mentioned by him or one of his aids on a FBI wiretap of the governor’s office phone seeking the nod to fill the vacant Obama Senate seat.

On November 10th there was a 2-hour+ marathon telephone conference bugged by the Feds between Governor Blagojevick’s office and Obama politico’s in DC. It is interesting that Valerie Jarrett was Obama’s first choice for the nomination for his Senate seat and within hours of the big meeting she said she was no longer interested. While we are at it former Illinois Rep. Rahm Emanuel, to be one of the most powerful unelected officials in the White House, who runs interference for Obama, is part of the Chicago Way.

Here is an interesting little tidbit if you already don’t know. All one has to do is connect the dots and follow the money and you find that President-elect Obama’s ties to arrested Illinois Democratic Governor Rod Blagojevick is also connected to Chicago slum land lord and convicted felon Tony Rezko. You see Resko was the political godfather for both Obama and Blagojevich, helping both to rise in the stench and corruption of Chicago and Illinois politics. President elect Obama has credited Rezko with helping with his political career. Of course this was said before he ran for the office of the President.

Evidence that things are so bad in Illinois, Blagovjevich and his chief of staff, John Harris, were bold enough to try selling President-elect Barrack Hussein Obama’s vacated Senate seat to the highest bidder according to a 76-page FBI affidavit released this past Tuesday.

U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald calls the effort to barter the seat the “most sinister and appalling” of a long list of accusations against Blagojevich and Harris. When there is a Senate seat vacancy the respective state governor is responsible for naming a replacement.

What proof do we have that Obama has ties to Rezko? Briefly, here are a few that are public.
-1990 Rezko offered Obama a job while he was still at The Harvard Law School.
-1995 billed 32 hours of work to Woodlawn Preservation and Investment, a low income housing project Rezko was partnered with.
-1995 Rezko was Obama’s second largest contributor when he ran for an Illinois state Senate seat.
-1997 two Rezko companies contributed $2,000 to Obama’s political operation.
-1998 Rezko contributed about $450.00 in food to Obama’s campaign.
-2002-2003 Rezko was one of Obama’s biggest contributors when he ran for his current Senate seat in addition Rezko was a member of Obama’s campaign finance committee. In June 2003 Rezko had a fund-raiser for Obama at his home. Rezko helped raise as much as $250,000 for Obama run for the Senate in 2003.
-2005 Obama purchased a house for $1.6 million beside an adjacent lot Rezko’s wife paid $625,000 for and both deals closed on the same day with the same bank. Later Rezko sold 1/6th of the lot to the Obama’s for $104,500. A fence was constructed to separate the property and Obama paid for the maintenance on both properties.
-2007-2008 Rezko helped Obama’s presidential campaign raise over $150,000 while he was under a Federal investigation. Obama’s campaign eventually gave the money to charity.

I can go on the same way with Rezko’s ties to Blagojevich but I don’t have the room or time and I am sure you don’t want to read it anyway.

So what does all of this mean? It means that Obama, Blagojevich and Rezko are closely associated. Rezko is in prison and if proven guilty Blagojevich will be there with him. So far this is two out of the five that comes out of the same Chicago political mould and the investigation is on-going.

Something is stinking in Denmark! Oooops I mean Illinois! Oooooops in Chicago! Ooooooops maybe 600 Pennsylvania Avenue!

Anyway it has always been like that hasn’t it? After all, it’s the Chicago Way. For the sake of the White House and our Country I hope not.

Here are some thoughts from The Teacher.

Ecclesiastes 10:1-2, 5-6

1 As dead flies give perfume a bad smell,
so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right,
but the heart of the fool to the left.
5 There is an evil I have seen under the sun,
the sort of error that arises from a ruler:
6 Fools are put in many high positions,
while the rich occupy the low ones.

Ecclesiastes 11:13-14

13 Now all has been heard;
here is the conclusion of the matter:
Fear God and keep his commandments,
for this is the [duty] of every human being.
14 For God will bring every deed into judgment,
including every hidden thing,
whether it is good or evil.

I need not say any more! Blessings!!!