1.11.2009

Impeachy Keen!

Blago runs, Blago spouts literature, Blago makes senate appointments!

He also got impeached.

Isn't this fun? I'm glad, with such expansive media coverage, that the whole country can enjoy Blago these days.

Did the man really quote the Sillitoe short story "The Lonliness of the Long Distance Runner"? He sure did.

Why wouldn't he identify with the character of a Boy who, following the death of his father, goes on a spending spree with insurance and benefits cash, ending in an arrest for robbery. The story of a youngster rebelling against an authority represented by a moronic police officer, a stereotypical politician, and the authoritarian head of the reform school the boy's arrest lands him in.

Authority wants to use the Boy for his one talent, running. The boy will buck Authority at all opportunity, including losing the big race (stopping short of the finish line if need be) in the face of the temptations of wealth and status promised by Authority. Added to the background of the story is the Boy's misguided reverence for the image of his Father as Saint/Knight/Holy Man.

The grand conclusion of the story has the Boy being punished with six months of labor that enables him to avoid National Service and, rather than reforming him, makes the Boy a better burglar.

Can y'all figure out which character is which?

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