tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post7742899847771388458..comments2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00Gary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-67334024368708535402008-12-12T08:07:00.000-05:002008-12-12T08:07:00.000-05:00Actually, I believe Illinois is the 18th state in the line of political corruption.<BR/><BR/>North Dakota, Louisiana, and Alaska are the top 3.<BR/><BR/>Let's remember that "Uncle Ted" was an 86 year old 7x convicted felon who described the internet as a set of tubes, but Alaska residents about sent him back in for another term because he did bring home $3.5 billion in federal tax money to study the mating habits of crabs and building the highway to nowhere that was supposed to connect to the bridge to nowhere.<BR/><BR/>Kind of makes you feel good about paying your taxes, knowing that $500 million if it will benefit 50 people living a few thousand miles away...<BR/><BR/>And a big reason for the direct Senator elections was because it took so darned long to fill vacancies, but I'm sure that particular scandal didn't lend much support for the old system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com