Not!

Evidently, selling a Senate seat is not considered a crime in the Blagojevich household.
(If this were the plot of a movie, I would call it ridiculous. Is being Governor of Illinois a prerequisite for attending the Federal Penitentiary? Jeez, Louise!)

Oh, and this was the frontpage of the Chicago Sun Times on July 17, 2008. You can see how popular Blago has been around here -- even the press was making fun of him for "getting tough on crime". And the Daley machine just loves to be called out in public. Ask Blago's father-in-law, Alderman Dick Mell, who gave testimony to Fitzgerald after Blago outed a dirty landfill contract Mell was "consulting" on -- with his nephew. Oh, and Patrick Fitzgerald is a piece of work to. He was nominated to his position as Federal Prosecutor of Northern IL by former Senator from IL, Peter Fitzgerald (no relation) at the request of "Hot" Karl Rove and has been slinging crap at practically every elected official ever since. See what I mean? If you made this a movie, you'd earn 2 well-deserved thumbs down for the story's utter impossibility.

Treason Catches Up with You

Scooter Libby was found guilty on 4 out of 5 felony charges today for his role as fall guy in the Plame Affair. (You can also read the NY Times article here.)

The Libby trial showed us that Dick Cheney ordered the outing of an entire CIA undercover operation in Iraq and Iran. Cheney is now trying to start an erroneous war with Iran -- and we currently have no reliable intelligence base there because of Cheney's vengeful acts in the Plame Affair. He ordered Valerie Plame Wilson outed (and by default the entire CIA front of a corporation, and therefore all of our undercover agents in Iran and Iraq). Why? It was retaliation against her husband -- Ambassador Joseph Wilson -- for writing an oped piece in the NY Times in which he refuted Bush's clains that Iraq was hiding WMDs.

Now it's time to impeach Cheney for treason. US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald -- who irritates me for not charging Cheney outright -- says he will testify everything he knows about Cheney's role in the Plame Affair before Congress. (Fitzgerald has a note written in Cheney's hand indicting both Bush and himself.)

So do your duty as a US Citizen and demand of your Congressman that the Articles of Impeachment be brought against Cheney for treason. By blowing Plame's cover and destroying all undercover CIA operations in a region where he has made war, Cheney has provided comfort and advantage to our enemies. (Enemies he made in his endless quest for plunder -- oil and fat government contracts for his cronies.) This treasonous man does not deserve the title and priveleges of Vice President of the United States of America.

Contact Congress and urge them to impeach Dick Cheney. Go here to find your congressman and their contact info.