Not sure where this is going

I am back. Bastard Blogger computer glitch would not let me post, when I wanted to post, yesterday. I guess that is okay. I mean there was nothing that I could do about it, so I will get over it. I just hate it when my mind is semi-fertile and I cannot get that "shit" out of my brain. It is now lost....perhaps, forever.

Well, here we have the governor of Illinois looking to "sell" Barack Obama's Senate seat. See, he is still a senator but must give up that position once he takes office on January 20th. That is also why Joe Lieberman returned to the senate after losing as the VP candidate in the 2000 election and John McCain remains a Senator. Once there is a vacancy, which there will be in New York when Hilary Clinton is confirmed as Secretary of State, the governor of the state appoints a person to fill the seat for 2 years. Then there is an election in the normal course of Senate and Congressional (mid-term) elections (in 2010).

Anyway, the Illinois governor has allegedly been caught on tape stating that he is looking to make money from this appointment. Of course, he succeeded a man who is serving time on corruption charges while governor of Illinois. This is also the state that houses Chicago and its old mayor, Daley, who was able to get the dead to vote of John Kennedy in 1960 (which is the reason that Kennedy defeated Nixon, I might add).

It boggles the mind. If the political class, and I use that term loosely, is concerned about a cynical populace, this does not help. In fact, it shows why people really dislike and distrust their political leaders. At a time when doing the right thing should be the rule, here is a dipshit trying to profit from his office at the expense of the people. A king would be better than this dumbfuck (or smart fuck if he got away with it and took the FBI's statements of wiretaps seriously).

It just makes my head spin. There are no accusations of a similar situation in New York, though. Also, Obama had nothing to do with it, though he may have made a recommendation or two. It is a mess within a mess, but at least it is a diversion from the Detroit woes.

Now, what to do about the North American automakers. Bankruptcy for any but Chrysler, could be a disaster with a cascade of shit hitting the parts manufacturers and even hurting Honda and Toyota here as a bankrupt company can "stiff" its creditors (parts manufacturers) who would really feel the pain. Then again, can those who got the companies into this mess be the one's trusted to get them out of it.

There is no easy answer. There is merely lessons that were not learned, obviously. Then again, I am not sure how much help the unions (UAW and CAW) have actually been. They will have to be part of the solution, whatever that is.

Heady issues for somebody like me. One day this will all be over, when that day is I do not know. Ciao!