Sadly, Palin's too good for Illinois
Sunday was quite a day for Fence Post: A guy from Palatine claimed Sarah Palin tried to ban books, including "Little Red Riding Hood," a gal from Barrington penned a nine-point anti-Palin "fact" sheet; and finally, Daryl Pratt from Arlington Heights lamented, "If only Palin would move to Illinois."
Daryl, I fear Illinois is not good enough for Sarah Palin.
Keep in mind that in a democratic society, we get exactly the government we deserve, and government in Illinois reflects the high tolerance of our population for corruption, nepotism, deficit spending, high taxation and incoherent leadership.
It doesn't matter, for example, that the nonpartisan Annenberg Foundation investigated the book thing and found: "She did not demand that books be banned from the Wasilla library. Some of the books on a widely circulated list were not even in print at the time. The librarian has said Palin asked a 'What if?' question, but the librarian continued in her job through most of Palin's first term."
What matters is that Blagojevich, Stroger, Emil Jones, Durbin, Madigan, etc. are the actual choice of the voters in this "Land Behind the Tollbooth Curtain" - so how would you reason with them?
In this state, we propose selling off assets such as the tollway or the state lottery (which should remain an annuity for future generations) for a one-time, lump sum bailout of the present incompetent politicians.
Not all that long ago, a business-killing granddaddy of dumb ideas, the Gross Receipts Tax proposal, was given serious support by Blagojevich and many others.
Even Bill Clinton has referred to our "Chicago thug politics." Still, some are busy constructing "nine-point fences" to preserve our political cesspool.
Perhaps if Palin had listened to the disowned Rev. Wright for 20 years, launched her career with the help of terrorist Bill Ayres and worked a fortuitous real estate deal with incarcerated Tony Rezko, she would descend to our Illinois standards.
Tom Roberts Jr.
Elk Grove Village