Damnatio memoriae!

Take his name off the toll-way signs please kthxbye

Let the name of Blagojevich be stricken from every book and tablet, stricken from all pylons and obelisks, stricken from every monument of Illinois. Let the name of Blagojevich be unheard and unspoken, erased from the memory of men for all time.

So let it be written, so let it be done.

Dusk-You-n-Me: Take his name off the toll-way signs please kthxbye

No shiat. I wonder how much that labor will cost IL taxpayers? Or maybe they'll just raise the already outrageous tolls to pay for it.

Next step is to boil everything in the office and call in the exorcist.

They may want to salt the earth just in case.

Memo
To: Smith, Winston
From: Director MiniTru

Re: Unperson Blagojevich

Please remove all doubleplusungood untruth regarding unperson Blagojevich from official files.

Burn_The_Plows: Dusk-You-n-Me: Take his name off the toll-way signs please kthxbye

No shiat. I wonder how much that labor will cost IL taxpayers? Or maybe they'll just raise the already outrageous tolls to pay for it.

Knowing how much Blago was hated by the State workers in the capital, I am sure they would have done it for free.

I'm sorry, who?

It completely escapes me what Blogs was trying to accomplish. Every action he took after the feds arrested him seemed calculated to make him look like an idiot and increase his chances of being removed from office.

Incidentally, I never feel comfortable in states where the governor's name is on the road signs at the border.

Darconix: I like pizza!

Say what you will about the Democrats, but when one of 'em gets out of line they police their own.

I laughed when they said on WGN yesterday that this helps clean up Illinois politics.

That's like pissing in the ocean.

Removing references is one thing, I'm worried about the hair.

My wife expects Blago to go postal.

No shiat.

brigid_fitch: Let the name of Blagojevich be stricken from every book and tablet, stricken from all pylons and obelisks, stricken from every monument of Illinois. Let the name of Blagojevich be unheard and unspoken, erased from the memory of men for all time.

So let it be written, so let it be done.

So does this mean he's going to go hang out in Arizona for a couple years, then come back and unleash the Ten Plagues of Chicago?

Dusk-You-n-Me: Take his name off the toll-way signs please kthxbye

Came here to say this.

By the way, why is it that governor's names have to be on those signs anyway? It seems like such a waste of time and money to have to changes those "Welcome to Our State. Governor: Thomas J. Carcetti" every time there's an election.

Darconix: Illinois is an embarrassment to the country. I wish they'd farking off themselves already.

We provide vital services, so you're stuck with us. In the meantime, we're posterboys for how not to run your local government.

jayhawk88: brigid_fitch: Let the name of Blagojevich be stricken from every book and tablet, stricken from all pylons and obelisks, stricken from every monument of Illinois. Let the name of Blagojevich be unheard and unspoken, erased from the memory of men for all time.

So let it be written, so let it be done.

So does this mean he's going to go hang out in Arizona for a couple years, then come back and unleash the Ten Plagues of Chicago?

The Chicago Cubs are already here. *RUNS*

can't wait for these fukcing sign to be removed.



/hotlinked like U-235

Awea: Burn_The_Plows: Dusk-You-n-Me: Take his name off the toll-way signs please kthxbye

No shiat. I wonder how much that labor will cost IL taxpayers? Or maybe they'll just raise the already outrageous tolls to pay for it.

Knowing how much Blago was hated by the State workers in the capital, I am sure they would have done it for free.

I know not about that, but I am not surprised... something tells me there have been "cleaning" parties organized since the day after he got his ass indicted.

neddddavis: My wife expects Blago to go postal.

Well, that'll be entertaining.

IXI Jim IXI: neddddavis: My wife expects Blago to go postal.

Well, that'll be entertaining.

"Hey, man, nice shot hair."

Straight down the Memory Hole.

The sign removal/covering is already underway for the toll signs, they are waiting to do ti at night when the traffic disruption is less. I told them they should ebay chances to erase Blago's name off all the state buildings and etc. to rasie cash for the general revenue fund. I'd pay for the chance to take a scraper to some of those, legally.

Given what he's accused of, his name being on toll-road signs seems rather appropriate.

Fun fact: there is a gallery of oil paintings in one hallway of the Illinois capitol building, every governor is there, including current jailbird George Ryan. The paintings go up after the subject is no longer governor, in a big ceremony. And yes,the one for George Ryan's portrait was a bit awkward, however, you can't deny history, and so, eventually, an official oil portrait of Rod Blagojevich will go up on that wall as well. THAT is going to define the word: "Awkward".

I want it painted by the guy that did the portarait of Warden Patrick McGoohan in "Escape from Alcatraz". If he can get the beedy little ferret eyes with their psycho glint just right....

Darconix: Illinois is an embarrassment to the country. I wish they'd farking off themselves already.

Sure, pal. Tell ya what. I'll drink the Illinois Jonestown Kool-Aid the day Washington DC is wiped off the earth and reclaimed by nature.

Darconix: Illinois is an embarrassment to the country. I wish they'd farking off themselves already.

Well, at least we're not Texas.

Oh damn. That was Moses, not Akhnaten.

Still going to keep you favorited.

They should take those tollroad signs and post them at all four corners of the Capitol as a warning to all future governors, given that drawing and quartering the guilty has fallen out of fashion.

gilgigamesh: Oh damn. That was Moses, not Akhnaten.

Still going to keep you favorited.

An easy mistake--they were both monotheists.

/Thanks for the green!

dahmers love zombie: Memo
To: Smith, Winston
From: Director MiniTru

Re: Unperson Blagojevich

Please remove all doubleplusungood untruth regarding unperson Blagojevich from official files.

You're a doubleplusgood duckspeaker, and I lol'd.

Does anyone else think that Blagojevich looks kind of like Anton Chigurh?

Awea: Burn_The_Plows: Dusk-You-n-Me: Take his name off the toll-way signs please kthxbye

No shiat. I wonder how much that labor will cost IL taxpayers? Or maybe they'll just raise the already outrageous tolls to pay for it.

Knowing how much Blago was hated by the State workers in the capital, I am sure they would have done it for free.

TFA: "Was that quick enough?" one worker said to laughter.

An employee standing nearby as the picture was taken away said, "Do we need someone to throw a shoe?"

LOL

BuckTurgidson: An employee standing nearby as the picture was taken away said, "Do we need someone to throw a shoe?"

FARK handle?

BergZ: Say what you will about the Democrats, but when one of 'em gets out of line they police their own.

Erm, William Jefferson? Charles Rangel? They only move quick when you cross Obama.

brigid_fitch: Let the name of Blagojevich be stricken from every book and tablet, stricken from all pylons and obelisks, stricken from every monument of Illinois. Let the name of Blagojevich be unheard and unspoken, erased from the memory of men for all time.

So let it be written, so let it be done.

But wait, if you're striking the name, and writing down the order to strike the name, doesn't that sort of defeat the purpose? Or will the written order read "Let the name of be stricken from every book and tablet..."? Because that could get real confusing real fast.

Not to mention you can't even speak the name aloud to tell people whose name they're not supposed to speak.

If they could add it to public toilets, it may improve people's aim.

optional: Does anyone else think that Blagojevich looks kind of like Anton Chigurh?

No, but as far as Coen Bros. bad guys, he always reminded me a little bit (in behavior, mostly) of Jerry Lundegaard.

shirtsbyeric 2009-01-30 12:17:21 PM
BergZ: Say what you will about the Democrats, but when one of 'em gets out of line they police their own.

"Erm, William Jefferson? Charles Rangel? They only move quick when you cross Obama."

... Pathetic as it is, they're still better than the Republicans. I learned from the GOP that when one of your men leeks the identity of an undercover agent in the field you never have to see the inside of jail cell.

destitute college kid: optional: Does anyone else think that Blagojevich looks kind of like Anton Chigurh?

No, but as far as Coen Bros. bad guys, he always reminded me a little bit (in behavior, mostly) of Jerry Lundegaard.

I meant more in appearance than in behavior. Something about that weird haircut of his.

Sum Dum Gai: Not to mention you can't even speak the name aloud to tell people whose name they're not supposed to speak.

It does deem to backfire - just look at that Herostratus guy.

What's a "capitol"?

/what the fark is a frush

See!? That's why Roland Burris etches his own name into his tombstone. They can never take that away from him.

/Turns out he's a pretty smart man
//Prescient, too.

gilgigamesh: Oh damn. That was Moses, not Akhnaten.

Are you sure? The statue looks a bit more naturalistic than most Pharoah-related artwork and there's the whole "slightly-distended-belly" thing characteristic of his portrayal.

/Slept at a Holiday Inn last night.
//I could still be wrong, though.

BergZ: trollymctrollpants 2009-01-30 12:17:21 PM
BergZ: Say what you will about the Democrats, but when one of 'em gets out of line they police their own.

"Erm, William Jefferson? Charles Rangel? They only move quick when you cross Obama."

... Pathetic as it is, they're still better than the Republicans. I learned from the GOP that when one of your men leeks the identity of an undercover agent in the field you never have to see the inside of jail cell.

And, in fact, the house Democratic minority voted to strip Jefferson of his committee assignments within three weeks of the FBI raid on his office in 2006, which was about all they had the power to do. It was up to his constituents to fire him - which they somehow failed to do until 2008.

Rangel, well, the House Ethics Committee supposedly been investigating him since last year. I don't know what it'll take to unseat him.

It will take an additional month to haul all of his haircare products out of the governor's residence.

Good riddance douchebag!

/Democrat
//See Congress? This is how you deal with someone who broke the law. YOU IMPEACH THEM

That's farking hilarious!