HIGH ANXIETY INDEED
I love reading about idiotic politicians from other lands - it actually makes America's leaders seem just slightly less annoying.
With the exception of Rod Blagojevich, of course. Now that the former governor is in prison serving 14 years for corruption, maybe he'll finally wipe that big what-me-worry Alfred E. Neuman smile off his face.
This guy left for the slammer as if he was strolling down the Red Carpet at the Golden Globes, shaking hands, greeting well-wishers, posing for photos and giving media interviews. Although he once thought he was an untouchable big shot and tried to sell a senator's seat for big bucks, now he'll be making 12 cents an hour doing menial jobs in the Big House. Be sure to make that toilet shine, Ronnie, and we'll see ya in a decade or so.
He was not nearly as humble as an Egyptian lawmaker who resigned from parliament and was expelled from his party after he was caught lying about the fact that he had a nose job. His party represents a strict form of Islam that "forbids cosmetic surgery as meddling in God's work." In other words, you better stick with what the Big Guy gave you and you better like it. But this politician didn't and, when he appeared in public with heavy bandages on his face, his cohorts got suspicious that he didn't sustain injuries from a carjacking and a beating, as he claimed. If he is found guilty of lying, he could be imprisoned on charges of "creating anxiety among the public" and "worrying public officials."
Can you imagine if every American politician who made citizens anxious was put behind bars? Talk about prison overcrowding! Ron Blagojevich (go ahead, say it out loud - it's fun!) would have to fight for a bunk with so many of his old pals crowding onto the pen.
So remember, if you are in office, don't give your constituents a snow job - we can tell when you're fibbing and when you've had work done, just by looking at you with our sharp, artificially-raised, non-wrinkled eyes.
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