bloodsports

You know, I want to be angry about this, I really do. But when it comes right down to it I'm just not surprised. Politics is a rough game regardless of what state you're in, but in the great state of Illinois, it's a fucking dog-eat-dog bloodsport.

The amount of corruption in and around this state's government is utterly ridiculous. So much so that it's just downright fascinating! The sons of bitches get so damned creative it makes even me feel bad about myself! Check out these expenses that a state audit dug up…bear in mind that I AM paying for these rat bastards:

• $125,000
  Annual salary of Illinois Global Partnership CEO Thomas Miner -- more than at least three state agency directors who have larger budgets and work forces.
  
  
• $11,458
  Cost of a study to determine how much Illinois Global Partnership executives like Miner should be paid. Two other executives also had $100,000-plus salaries.
  
  
• $455
  Cost for a January dinner at Andy's Jazz Club in Chicago with state agriculture officials. Of that, $154 was spent on liquor.
  
  
• $2,300
  Cost of a no-bid computer-repair contract awarded to the son of Illinois Global Partnership Vice President Richard Paullin; almost half of that work was done from the son's home.
  
  
• $31,710, $17,760 or $18,292
  The cost of an Illinois Global Partnership trade mission last March to Saudi Arabia and Qatar; the agency's record keeping was so poor it couldn't say which amount represented the true cost.
  
  
• $20,000
  Amount described as an "advance" to the law firm of Illinois Global Partnership's general counsel. The October 2005 voucher was handwritten on a piece of notebook paper and did not state what specific services had been performed.
  
  
• $10.75
  The amount Paullin charged the state for mileage to see the Chicago Bears play the Cincinnati Bengals on Sept. 25, 2005, at Soldier Field.

-Source: Internal audit by Comptroller Dan Hynes' office

How do you like THAT shit?! These protestant offspring of whores are spending my ficken money to pay for their god-damned GAS on their way to a Bears game. WHO THE HELL STILL GOES TO BEARS GAMES????

I'm going to eat a cookie...