In one context we owe Governor Blagojevich's some gratitude for this revelation. Everything happens perfectly. He has illustrated two things. 1. The need for total transparency, citizen oversight of government legislators and departments, and the need for measured authenticated citizen voice that carries the weight of a vote and creates a measure by which it can be determined if the representative is representing their constituents properly. 2. That there is a very good chance now of getting caught in any type of corruption that one may participate in, the truth has a tendency to leak onto the Internet. The SD ego is always involved in corruption and is known for it's propensity for ignorance and mistakes. Ego by it's nature has a hard time keeping secrets and cannot be trusted and will attempt revenge if crossed. The citizens have ears and eyes everywhere, sort of a like Big Uncle for individuals playing public sector roles and working in the large economy critical corporations. Like I said before we don

Well, as I read this post, I remembered seeing a link on google.com with the full story, as I wondered what it was. So as I was about to look for the link, the ex-cop next to me in a group at Starbucks shared a brief summary. And I just finished another segment of my DrivesEd.com class, which is how we found out that we had an ex-cop nearby, as another person was asking me why I was using my personal dial-up instead of WiFi - I lost internet connection after 20 minutes of class, but my place was remembered close to where I got kicked off, as I panicked. I think Deepak would call this synchronicity? Or it could be classified also under the 'ask and receive.' Cool! Cheers, Char

I heard someone say the scary thing is not that he was doing so much illegal stuff, it's that he got to where he is in the first place. I agree with that.