Helping the children in Illinois, Democrat-style

Via Malkin, we see this profile of Patricia Blagojevich,

“As a wife and mother, Patricia Blagojevich brings firsthand experience and personal commitment to her strong advocacy on behalf of the women and children of Illinois. As First Lady, she works hard to promote initiatives that will help the families of Illinois bring up happy, healthy, and successful children.”

Via Drew and the Eggman, covering the US Attorney press conference addressing the arrest of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (D-ullard),

The government says he wanted a $50K kickback from the CEO of a children's hospital that received state money. When the kickback didn't show up, he tried to have the funding pulled from the hospital.

Classy guy.

When reached for comment, Governor Blagojevich simply stated that he was quote, "Shaking down a children's hospital, for the children."  Seriously dude, shaking down a children's hospital?  You sick fuck.

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Remember When Liberals Loved Whistleblowers?

I guess that love lasted as long as an encounter between Oliver Willis and a Filet O Fish.

Example A: the treatment of the whistleblower who exposed what Ohio public officials did to Joe the Plumber.

Vanessa Niekamp, an administrator for the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services' Office of Child Support and a 15-year state employee, said that when Deputy Director Doug Thompson came into her office, "He appeared very upset, his neck was bright red, and he was shaking. He closed my door."

Thompson told her she must write an e-mail to the agency's information-security officer, and then "dictated word for word" what she wrote, Niekamp said. He also reminded her that she could be fired at any time, she said.

"Within an hour, I took the rest of the day off -- again using my vacation time -- and went directly to the office of the inspector general. I told them everything I knew about what happened."

Niekamp took another day of vacation yesterday to testify before the House State Government and Elections Committee about legislation that calls for the firing of any unclassified state employee who improperly accesses confidential personal information.

Rep. Shannon Jones, a Springboro Republican sponsoring House Bill 648, said she introduced the measure because she thinks that high-ranking officials such as Job and Family Services Director Helen Jones-Kelley weren't punished enough.

"The systematic misuse of government databases and the governor's woeful under-reaction to state government workers engaging in this outrageous behavior make House Bill 648 necessary," she told the committee.

Gov. Ted Strickland, a Democrat, placed Jones-Kelley on a one-month unpaid suspension last month after Inspector General Thomas P. Charles found she authorized the check on Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, aka Joe the Plumber, for no legitimate government purpose.

Thompson also was suspended for a month after Charles found that he participated in directing the check and instructed Niekamp to send a deceptive e-mail about it. Three others received lesser punishment.

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Former judge steals sixth of landowner's property

Basically, a couple bought this land so that they could develop it later in life, so it was a basic, unimproved lot.  Some vermin judge and his partner claimed a third of the land, arguing squatter's rights.  So, $400,000 and a few trials later, the family settled on giving the vermin judge a sixth of their land.  Disgusting. 

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