Sales down.. temperatures up.. ill history of Ill. govs.

Finally, it's warming up.. into the 50's this weekend! It's time to begin half-marathon training for Spring race. Maybe on Friday. Tomorrow afternoon I'll swim.

Today I had to limit activities.. had to stick near-by to get the phone for an important and expected call. Got it too! Rode my bike with trainer and did some yoga poses. But need to do more. Read.

The week is going by fast and furious and I've got four books to read. "Team of Rivals" by Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin. Obama read it so I want to read it also.. it's only 700 pages.. piece of cake right.. I've only read the Foreword so far.. well, I'm in the first chapter now.

Time was spent yesterday picking up a friend from the airport and taking another friend with a bum leg to a doctor's appointment. So, I've gotten set back on my activities....

I need to work on my songs and work on my book too... I played my sax. I need to draw too. Clean house - what's that? Shop!

I miss my love.. should have called her already. Can't wait to see her this weekend. If she's not busy, maybe I can Friday evening? Or should I do that run on Saturday morning? Weeks are going so fast....soon Spring will be here! Yes, finally! Run in the sun.

Former Illinois governor Rob Blagojevick is on David Letterman this evening. I think he wants to be a star.. one way or the other. Interesting? I don't really like to watch David Letterman but I will this evening.. I guess. I'm taping Jay Leno.. he's my favorite. I'm watching.. monologue.. Letterman is not funny! Not funny! leans more on the stupid side.

I love drums... I would collect them if I had the room. Not a set of drums.. you know just drums. Hm. I'm listening to Blagojevick now on Letterman. The more he speaks the more guilty it looks. A conspiracy?

I really don't know what to think about him... but the history of Illinois shows a list of at least three crooked governors of the past: Otto Kerner, Democrat; Dan Walker, Democrat; George Ryan, Republican.
Three former Illinois governors have gone to prison in the past 35 years.

_Otto Kerner, a Democrat who was governor from 1961 to 1968, served less than a year of a three-year sentence after his 1973 conviction on bribery, tax evasion and other counts. He was convicted of arranging favorable horse racing dates as governor in return for getting horse racing association stock at reduced prices. Kerner died in 1976.

_Dan Walker, a Democrat who was governor from 1973 to 1977, served 1 1/2 years of a seven-year sentence after pleading guilty in 1987 to bank fraud, misapplication of funds and perjury. The charges were not related to his service as governor.

_George Ryan, a Republican who was governor from 1999 to 2003, was convicted of corruption in 2006 for steering state contracts and leases to political insiders while he was Illinois secretary of state and then governor. He is serving a 6 1/2-year prison term.

Daschle has been dashed!

Sounds like he was a lobbyst for drug and health companies. His wife is a lobbyist! Bad pick - try again. I think back taxes was a mere supposed to be innocense sounding excuse! Not buying it! I'm glad that he was in my opinion, encouraged to withdraw from the running! I guess most politicians are in cahoots with lobbyist. Anyway that is where the big bucks can be made. Daschle made millions I believe defending drug and health care in D. C. Talk about insider double dipping! Well, Paulson can from Goldman Sacks and they only pay 1% Federal Income taxes - see it paid off! And Wall Street greed got all the bail out money and stuck it in their pockets like they did company profits - no wonder so many went under!

Look too at TWA who had big name on Dome - they went under; then Edward Jones. Now Citi group wanting "City Field"!

Sticking profits in names on roofs to brag shows stupidity to me! All that money wasted each year and not drawing revenue! Egotisical! Then they cry like spoiled kids and daddy gives in to them.

Were Pelopsi and Frank that naive? Or in in it! I mean come on! Cheney made millions by finding war and destruction for his company! Even terror! It's those good old oil boys and I don't think they are finished yet! Just wait eight years after Obama rejuvenated the economy - they'll be back to sweep up the cash again. It's what they do best! Only thing the cash goes in their pockets and not back into our economy! Greed! Pure greed! And politicans act like they don't see it! Both parties turn a blind eye!

I think Geithner tax evader should have gotten pasted by too! He'll pick some decent college professor ... Why all these already rich lobbyist buddies? See told you - all in cahots!

And the audacity of Republicans saying we one bail out directly to tax payer's won't do! Man they want even more to the point of being as greedy and manipulative as the church! Oh they're in cahoets too! Preaching vote Republican from the pulpit! Bunch of controlling, manipulative crooks!