(click title above - thank you) ...But a review by The (Springfield) State Journal-Register found that Burris' list doesn't match records kept by the Illinois secretary of state, the Cook County clerk or the Chicago Board of Ethics....
The laws of the USA, Illinios and Chicago have served this country well. It brought us the most progressive President in modern day. A President that loves us and seeks to correct the ills that have beset this country from past Republican sins. Let's not forget that as we proceed. There should be investigation to bring out the facts, but, here again there needs to be 'due process.' This especially true given the unique appreciation we should all have for Senator Roland Burris. It would be easy to track any legislation he produces or any votes he makes that serve former clients.
That said, I want a full accounting by the Senator from Illinios that the people have a right to have and I expect the Senate Ethics Committee to do a thorough job as it should. There needs not be any other 'media circus' to cater to political wills as occurred with the former Governor. I want to see evidence and I expect to hear from the Senator in question.
You know what bothers me about that cript pictured above. Is that is exists at all. The fact that an African American dedicated his life to service to Illlinios and found the need to memorialize himself as if no others would is sincerely a sad reality. It speaks to the prevalence of bigotry and its battle to over come it. Obviously, Senator Burris felt his recognition had to be set in stone to pass on a tradition of hope to the next generation. That sincerely bothers me and it should bother everyone else.
The Republican Tidal Wave that the RNC is mounting is an attempt to start a 'populous' drive to unseat even the new President. There needs to be a step away from the brink of disaster and begin to process each case as it occurs through Due Process. Otherwise, it will only prove that a 'witch hunt' and the emotions of a nation can be harnessed to unseat an elected government. What is to protect us from the Republican millionaires that continue to 'Hammer Away' at our Bill of Rights?
I do not approve of the hounds that are on the hunt. I remind, when the circumstances of a former Illinios Governor actually made it before a judge, even the Illinios Attorney General was proved "W"rong. That image should be instilled throughout this process and the 'populous' chant needs to be "Due Process" not political and media ridicule.
