Governor Resigns? Think Again

On December 9th, 2008 at approximately 6:30 in the morning, our governor, Rod Blagojevich was arrested at his home.  What were the charges or allegations?  He has been accused of trying to sell President Elect Barack Obama's senate seat.  It is unclear, as of now, as to if this is true or not, but the governor maintains that he has done nothing wrong.  But does that mean that we still should not impeach him?  Or accuse him of doing something wrong as a governor?  Well, almost immediately following his arrest, the House of Representatives in the Illinois Government began the work to impeach the governor.  Should he be impeached?  In my opinion, yes he should be impeached.  He has just added to the long history of Illinois governor's who have broken the law.  I would prefer for Blagojevich to resign before the HOR gets to the point of impeachment but he maintains his innocence and in this country, he does have that right.  But what does this mean for Illinois?  It means that we are unlikely to get the Olympics to Chicago in 2016 because of the scandals and the fact that if we can not even manage to have a decent governor how can they expect us to manage the Olympics?  Well, it is just the way the cookie crumbles.  What do you think?  Have we lost our shot at having the Olympics?  Should Blagojevich resign?

EXTREME Weather

I know that we live in Chicago and that where we live is a very extreme climate, but seriously what is with the weather?!?!?  Talk about extreme changes and climates over the past month the weather has gone from freezing cold to unseasonably warm, from snow and ice to rain and sun.  Look at just this past week alone, we had below zero temperatures on Monday and a snowstorm on Tuesday.  Then Wednesday and Thursday we had normal December temperatures and weather which was refreshing.  Then Friday we had ICE and FOG and then Saturday rain and tying of a record high.  What is happening to this world?!?!  I can not remember another month in which the weather went from one extreme to the other in no time whatsoever.  Is it global warming or is it just Chicago?  Well it is not just Chicago because the rest of the country has been pounded with wacky weather too!  Seattle almost never gets snow and this month they have gotten snow!  And on the East Coast, they normally have snow but not the two and a half feet that they have gotten over the month.  It may just be me, but I am thinking that this is not just a myth, this is something in the world changing and maybe, just maybe, it's Global Warming.