Once again this week, Gov. Blagojevich was a no-show in Springfield when the action heated up in the legislature. He wasn't there to bend any arms before the House rejected a Democratic plan to bail out the CTA. Some people wonder what it is that keeps him away from the capital. We wonder what it is that keeps him in his home in Chicago for such long stretches. In addition to making conference calls and doing other official business, does he use his private time writing a history of the Cubs, or blogging under an alias?
On sports radio Thursday, we heard that Hall of Fame quarterback Archie Manning--father of the Colts' Peyton and the Giants' Eli--doesn't travel from his home in New Orleans to see his sons play because he's too fond of sitting in his den watching his big screen. Is the governor hooked on his entertainment center, too? If so, could he please tell us what kind of screen he has, whether he prefers HD-DVD or Blu-ray, and what kind of chair he lounges in? We'd like to test this stuff out and see if can keep us from reporting to work, too.
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As I am reading all that is going on with the transit bailout, it seems like every year they are asking for more and more. All you hear is what givebacks the workers have made. What givebacks did all the top brass make?