Sweeny Report
The Sweeny Report takes you into the murky world of local, state and national politics. Political Editor Chuck Sweeny will try to de-mystify things for you — once he figures it out himself, that is. |
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1 comment June 18th, 2009
Bobby Jindal, Louisiana’s conservative governor, and liberal almost president Al Gore, are working together to bring a factory to that state that produces energy-efficient cars. Read it here
2 comments June 18th, 2009
I’ve been depressed lately, thinking how sturdy Illinois’ system of corrupt, pay-to-play politics really is. Even the dethronement of a sitting governor and a blue ribbon reform commission did nothing to unseat this entrenched corruption of ours. The reams of newsprint, the hours of airtime, the blogs, the bleeps, the twits, the tweets, nothing so far has been able to undermine the full-fledged kleptocracy that is Illinois.
It’s not just here, either. This provocative op-ed piece in The Guardian has a world-wide take on how difficult it is for people to make dents in corrupt political systems:
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