Blagojevich sentencing set for December 6, 2011, District Judge James Zagel, Sentence may exceed former Governor George Ryan’s

Blagojevich sentencing set for December 6, 2011, District Judge James Zagel, Sentence may exceed former Governor George Ryan’s

“I believe I’m more pristine on Rezko than him.”…Rod Blagojevich

From the Chicago Tribune November 7, 2011.

“A federal judge today scheduled former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s sentencing for Dec. 6.

The disgraced former government was convicted last summer on sweeping corruption charges, including allegations he tried to sell the U.S. Senate seat left open by Barack Obama’s election as president..

U.S. District Judge James Zagel had originally scheduled Blagojevich’s sentencing for Oct. 6, but it was indefinitely postponed in part because the judge was then presiding over the trial of Blagojevich co-defendant William Cellini, a Springfield power broker who was convicted last week.

Prosecutors have not said yet what sentence they will seek for Blagojevich, but it is widely expected that they will ask for more than the 6½-year prison term being served by his predecessor, former Gov. George Ryan, for his 2006 corruption conviction.

U.S. Attorney’s Office spokeman Randall Samborn said that the sentencing could go into a second day if necessary.”

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-blagojevich-sentencing-set-for-dec-6-20111107,0,2249696.story

26 responses to “Blagojevich sentencing set for December 6, 2011, District Judge James Zagel, Sentence may exceed former Governor George Ryan’s

  1. “WHO ORDERED OPERATION FAST AND FURIOUS?”

    Katie Pavlich
    News Editor, Townhall
    Jul 26, 2011

    Excerpt:

    “Apparently, the terrible concept of Operation Fast and Furious didn’t come from one person, and as Former ATF Special Agent William Newell admits in the following clip, the Obama Justice Department, ATF, ICE, DEA and the IRS were all involved.”

    More Here: http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2011/07/26/who_ordered_operation_fast_and_furious

    Meehan Getting Answers on Fast & Furious: ATF, ICE, DEA, & IRS Involved in Operation

  2. Whistleblower's avatar Whistleblower

    Rezko is going to get a pardon.(according to Tony) Blago has leverage as well, and he is using it. It’s all a show !

    Rezko’s Sentencing Recommendations, Who’s Zoomin’ Who?

    http://illinoispaytoplay.com/2011/11/06/rezko’s-sentencing-recommendations-who’s-zoomin’-who/

  3. “OBAMA’S ECONOMIC TEAM: CHARLATANS AND QUACKSALVERS”

    Lurita Doan

    Excerpt:

    “If a man is judged by the company he keeps–what does Obama’s choices say about him? Consider Obama’s choices for his economic advisors. There seem to be three overarching principles that guide their decision-making–all bad.

    First, Obama’s advisors believe that economic growth can be achieved by rewarding dubious, but favored, industries. Second, Obama seems to think that the financial assistance provided to his “favorites” can be achieved by taxing and placing additional regulatory burdens on small businesses, prudent savers and job creators. Third, Obama seems to think he can act irresponsibly with other people’s money–take enormous risks–and refuse to accept any responsibility for failure as the cumulative effect of his policies expands the role and power of government.

    Americans have watched, over the past three years, as the recommendations of Obama’s economic advisors have crashed and burned, exacerbating rather than improving the economic situation in the U.S.”

    Read More Here:
    http://townhall.com/columnists/luritadoan/2011/11/07/obamas_economic_team_charlatans_and_quacksalvers

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    “FAST AND FURIOUS: WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION REINFORCEMENT LEGISLATION INTRODUCED”

    Katie Pavlich
    News Editor, Townhall

    Excerpt:

    “Last week Chairman of the House Oversight Committee Darrell Issa, who has been leading the investigation into Operation Fast and Furious, introduced new legislation to reinforce provisions of the 1989 Whistleblower Protection Act. The reinforcement, known at the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act, is badly needed in light of Fast and Furious as retaliation against whistleblowers exposing corruption within the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF falls under the jurisdiction of the Justice Department) runs rampant. The legislation is bipartisan and is co-sponsored by Ranking Member of the House Oversight Committee Elijah Cummings.”

    Read More Here:
    http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2011/11/07/fast_and_furious_whistleblower_protection_reinforcement_legislation_introduced

  4. I just read a cute riddle on The War Planner.

    How do you starve an Obama supporter?
    Easy, just hide his/her food stamps under their work shoes.

  5. Jack Van Impe Tribulations starting in 2012

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    Jack Van Impe Explains TBN Departure (6.26.11)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl3fZFwSios&feature=player_embedded

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    Obama is the Antichrist

    I see clearly that “Obama” is a “precursor” to the Antichrist, and that he is a “false prophet” against GOD.

    There are Warnings of GOD from Lord Jesus Christ and the Mother of God, Mary, Our Lady, that are revealed in the book below that speak about the Antichrist in the Book of Revelations in this book, “The Thunder Of Justice – The Warning, The Miracle, The Chastisement, & The Era Of Peace,” by Ted and Maureen Flynn.

    Look Inside This MUST READ Outstanding & Extremely Informative Christian Book Here:

    And Here: “The Thunder Of Justice” – http://www.amazon.com/Thunder-Justice-Ted-Maureen-Flynn/dp/0963430750/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1320708111&sr=1-2

    I highly recommend every person who can read to please read the MUST READ Extremely Informative & Outstanding Christian books above that give people Warnings of God that are truly from Lord Jesus Christ and Our Lady, the Mother of God, Mary, to all people on earth.

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  6. “The Agenda Driven Main Stream Media and the Double Standard Strikes Again @ Hillbuzz.org”

    “Comment: With conservative Republican Cain, the agenda driven main stream media and Politico.com attacks and impugns Herman Cain. With socialist Democrat Obama, the agenda driven main stream media and Politico.com attacks and impugns the messenger, Larry Sinclair, or doesn’t even report it at all. Typical double standard of the left wing and major media outlets. The agenda driven main stream media strikes again.”

    The Agenda Driven Main Stream Media and the Double Standard Strikes Again | @ Hillbuzz.org


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    “Why won’t the agenda-driven media report on Barack Obama being gay, sexually harassing male actor Kal Penn, and frequenting Chicago bathhouse Man’s Country…you know, the way they leaped to trash Herman Cain with unsubstantiated sexual innuendo?”

    http://hillbuzz.org/2011/11/07/why-wont-the-agenda-driven-media-report-on-barack-obama-being-gay-dating-actor-kal-penn-and-frequenting-chicago-bathhouse-mans-country-you-know-the-way-they-leaped-to-trash-herman-cain-with-u/

  7. New Evidence Fast and Furious Was a Gun Control Plot

    (quote)
    When Jim and Sarah Brady met with Barack Obama on the 30th anniversary of the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan,  they asked the president how he would help to advance their Handgun Control,  Inc.  (now the Brady Campaign) gun control/gun confiscation agenda. Obama’s response: “I just want you to know that we are working on it.  We have to go through a few processes, but under the radar.”

    In the seven months since that meeting,  many have suggested Obama’s comment was a dark reference to the criminal Operation Fast and Furious.  After all,  without the courage of ATF whistleblowers,  the murderous and unconstitutional scheme would have probably remained “under the radar” to this day.

    Read more:
    http://floydreports.com/new-evidence-fast-and-furious-was-a-gun-control-plot/
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    The interesting part is that the weapons preferred by the Mexican drug cartels are NOT those that match the guns that “walked”. Those transferred in the Fast and Furious operations were those that DO coincide with the type of weapons that Obama has been most interested in limiting or banning altogether in the U.S.

  8. I didn’t realize until the blowup over Cain and sexual harassment, that Larry Sinclair does not have a Wikipedia entry. Apparently there’s been a ferocious deletion war going on over persons trying to submit a Sinclair entry. Obviously there are a bunch of Obot’s scrubbing everything that could damage Obama, and Sinclair’s is one of the most damaging stories Obama has to deal with.

    Folks, it’s time to start working on Wikipedia and get the Larry Sinclair entry back up.

  9. GORDO | November 7, 2011 at 8:07 pm | “The Agenda Driven Main Stream Media and the Double Standard Strikes Again @ Hillbuzz.org”
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    It might be nice (and fun) to start plastering the blogs so insistent with covering the Cain story with the Larry Sinclair youtube link. No comment need accompany it….just something like media double standard between accusations against Cain vs worse accusations against Obama. Unfortunately a couple of places took it off but others kept it.

  10. Whistleblower | November 7, 2011 at 6:45 pm | Rezko is going to get a pardon.(according to Tony) Blago has leverage as well, and he is using it. It’s all a show !

    Rezko’s Sentencing Recommendations, Who’s Zoomin’ Who?

    http://illinoispaytoplay.com/2011/11/06/rezko’s-sentencing-recommendations-who’s-zoomin’-who/
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    Apparently the latest Allred accuser is also from Chicago.

  11. Nothing to see here son move along.

  12. Re: the Allred accuser: Apparently a Chicago reporter did some digging on her background: 9 jobs in 13 years, 2 bankruptcies, a paternity suit about illegitimate child, living with “fiance”….so who is paying for her attorney??? Doesn’t exactly sound like she’s got the funds herself for big bills.

  13. Michael Savage: Why Is The Media Ignoring Obama’s Multiple Social Security Numbers

  14. Comments from other blogs on the Cain fiasco. By the way, Joe Frazier just died. I am very sorry to hear that.

     hughman : 11/07/11 23:19
    “The questions the media should be asking is who’s paying for Gloria Allred’s fee”
    ROFL. Yes, Gloria Allred is only doing this for “the fee” (of which there is zero proof), not for the fact that it brings her invaluable press and attention. Sing some more Pokemon lyrics while you’re at it.
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     filistro : 11/07/11 23:07
    Mark Block is an absolute idiot (lest there was any doubt heretofore.)
    Here are some things Mark Block obviously doesn’t know:
    1.) Gloria Allred is the ORIGINAL “pit bull with lipstick.”
    2.) Allred presently has at least two more women on speed dial who have been groped by Herman Cain, and is currently working hard to coax them into making public statements.
    3.) Woman who have been sexually harassed or assaulted have a strong urge to prevent their attacker from treating other women the same way. They also have a powerful sense of sisterhood and mutual support.
    4.) The very best way to get another of those reluctant victims to come forward is to attack, insult and denigrate the one who already has.
    5.) We are going to see another accuser within the next day or two.
    Of course, they’re all lying, and on the take. Or, as Rush Limbaugh charmingly says, “Her name is pronounced Buy a lick.” (SLURP SLURP) “Not rent a lick but buy a lick.” (MORE SLURPING NOISES.) External Link 
    These guys deserve everything that is about to fall on them…. just because of their unbelievably gross stupidity.
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     Lorraine : 11/07/11 23:32
    I agree entirely. This is an amazingly dumb move on the part of the Cain campaign. There are some other reasons on top of the ones you’ve listed:
    6) This is EXACTLY the step that Allred et al. will expect the Cain campaign to take. They expect an attack on the accuser, and I’m sure they’re ready for it. Over the next few days, we’ll see more accusers or more concrete evidence, which will make Cain look like a sleazeball, and that’ll be the end of Herman Cain.
    7) Who on earth thinks it’s good political strategy to smear someone because they’ve declared bankruptcy? Do these guys even know the state of the economy right now?
    (Incidentally, is it libelous to accuse someone of making false accusations for pay?)
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     Colonel Travis : 11/07/11 22:58
    Awful.
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     Scott Wilson : 11/07/11 22:53
    Golly, “Nuts & sl-ts” within 12-hours of this woman’s press conference. Bill Clinton would be so proud.
    Well, at least Cain didn’t tell her to put some ice on it, so there’s that.
    Remember when Republicans used to despise lecherous behavior? Good times, good times.
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     redfate : 11/07/11 22:53
    Not sure the “don’t believe her, she’s poor” defense is going to work real well for Cain here.
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     RJG : 11/07/11 22:48
    If she was paid, then the money trail will inevitably lead someone somewhere and that will go a long way toward exonerating Cain.
    If I were on Team Cain, though, I would be careful about how hard I pushed the idea that the only reason Bialek is out there is that she must have been paid off. If it turns out that she wasn’t, Cain will have to deal with the question of why else she might be willing to put herself out there.
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  15. Her story makes no sense upon even the most forgiving of scrutiny.

  16. This woman seems like a low-life to me. If you reread a transcript of what she said, I find it quite odd that she wasn’t out of that car the minute Cain ALLEGEDLY put his hand up her leg. She’s been around the block a few times and should have recognized what that meant. Her story doesn’t add up. At the same time he ALLEGEDLY pulled her head downward toward…xxxx…. Tell me how anyone could do that while sitting next to her unless he was some type of contortionist. Why would she let him grab her head? Baloney! The whole story stinks.

    Her character is what counts, and from what I’ve read of her past history she is pretty deficient in it. She’s unable to hold a job apparently, has filed for bankruptcy twice and is not your typical single mom.

  17. A Declaration to Restore the Constitutional Republic – 11/11/11

  18. Mr. Bill(ms. helga)'s avatar Mr. Bill(ms. helga)

    Don’t Forget – Today at 10AM Eastern Time Eric Holder will be testifying(lie’n) before a Senate Hearing on Fast and Furious.

    http://www.c-span.org/Events/Lawmakers-Question-Holder-on-Operation-Fast-and-Furious/10737425323/

    And Herman Cain will be having a Press conference to answer all questions concerning the bimbo eruptions. Get your pop-corn ready!

  19. http://news.yahoo.com/sarkozy-told-obama-fed-israeli-pm-092347721.html

    To me this story is more about the American press than it is a about anything else….if not for the French press we wouldn’t even know about it..But they are all over the Cain story? Really…

  20. Mr. Bill(ms. helga)'s avatar Mr. Bill(ms. helga)

    JUST FOUND THIS –

    “Witness: Cain accuser hugged him during Tea Party meeting a month ago”

    http://www.suntimes.com/8592168-417/sneed-witness-says-cain-accuser-hugged-him-during-tea-party-meeting-a-month-ago.html

    Shows Cain & Ms. Bialik together.

  21. “US BISHOPS CRITICIZE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION’S DECISION ON MARRIAGE LAW”

    By Catholic News Service
    Thursday, February 24, 2011

    WASHINGTON (CNS)

    Excerpt:

    “The U.S. bishops’ Office of General Counsel said the Obama administration’s decision to no longer support the Defense of Marriage Act in legal challenges ahead “represents an abdication” of its “constitutional obligation to ensure that laws of the United States are faithfully executed.”

    “Marriage has been understood for millennia and across cultures as the union of one man and one woman,” the office said in a statement issued Feb. 23 after President Barack Obama instructed the Justice Department to stop defending the federal law passed by Congress and signed into law in 1996 by President Bill Clinton.

    The Defense of Marriage Act says the federal government defines marriage as a union between one man and one woman and that no state must recognize a same-sex marriage from another state.

    “The principal basis for today’s decision is that the president considers the law a form of impermissible sexual orientation discrimination,” the Office of General Counsel said.

    In a Feb. 23 statement, Attorney General Eric Holder said that although the administration has defended the 1996 law in some federal courts, it will not continue to do so in cases pending in the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Unlike in the previous cases, said Holder, the 2nd Circuit “has no established or binding standard for how laws concerning sexual orientation should be treated.”

    In response to the announcement, the National Organization for Marriage, which opposes same-sex marriage, called on Congress to “get lawyers in the courtroom who actually want to defend the law, and not please their powerful political special interests.”

    “We have only begun to fight,” said Brian Brown, president of the organization. He also said that with Holder’s announcement, Obama “unilaterally” declared homosexuals “a protected class” under the Constitution and would effectively make a federal court decision on the law, “unreviewable by higher courts.”

    While Obama favors repealing the law, Holder said he has supported defending it as constitutional if a state or local law meets the legal standard of having “a rational basis” for singling out people for different treatment based on sexual orientation.

    But in the pending cases, Holder said, the administration “faces for the first time the question of whether laws regarding sexual orientation are subject to the more permissive standard of review or whether a more rigorous standard, under which laws targeting minority groups with a history of discrimination are viewed with suspicion by the courts, should apply.”

    Obama “has concluded that given a number of factors, including a documented history of discrimination, classifications based on sexual orientation should be subject to a more heightened standard of scrutiny,” Holder’s statement said. He added that Obama has concluded that the law “as applied to legally married same-sex couples, fails to meet that standard and is therefore unconstitutional. Given that conclusion, the president has instructed the department not to defend the statute in such cases. I fully concur with the president’s determination.”

    Holder went on to say that the legal landscape has changed since the law was passed, including with Supreme Court rulings overturning laws criminalizing homosexual conduct and the repeal by Congress of the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.

    Unless Congress repeals the Defense of Marriage Act, or a final court ruling strikes it down, it will continue to remain in effect and the administration will continue to enforce it, Holder noted.

    “But while both the wisdom and the legality of (the pertinent section of the law) will continue to be the subject of both extensive litigation and public debate, this administration will no longer assert its constitutionality in court,” Holder said.”

    Read More Here: http://www.oltiv.org/

  22. “OUR LADY OF AMERICA DEVOTION”

    Excerpt:

    “Beginning on September 26, 1956, the Blessed Virgin Mary, under a specific appearance as “Our Lady of America,” manifested Herself to Sister Mary Ephrem (Mildred Neuzil) in the Convent of the Precious Blood Sisters at Rome City, Indiana. Our Lady indicated to Sister that She had come in response to the United States having recognized Her privilege of The Immaculate Conception, especially through The Shrine of The Immaculate Conception at Washington, D.C., and Our Lady of America came with a message for the United States to focus on the virtue of purity. Our Lady spoke about the recognition of The Indwelling Most Holy Trinity in the Christian Family, with The Holy Family (Jesus, Mary & Joseph) as a model. On October 5, 1956, Our Lady inspired Sister to write the prayer to “Our Lady of America,” which prayer (and the design of a medal of Our Lady of America) subsequently received in 1963 the formal approval of Imprimatur by Monsignor Paul F. Leibold, who was then serving as auxiliary bishop and Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.

    Sister Mary Ephrem was blessed to have as her spiritual director Monsignor Leibold for many years until his death in 1972. During this period, Monsignor Leibold authorized the printing of Our Lady’s messages to Sister Mary Ephrem in the form of a diary. Messages…

    On October 13, 1956, The Blessed Virgin Mary requested that a statue of “Our Lady of America” be enshrined in the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., as a special place of pilgrimage and a special safeguard for our Country. Our Lady promised miracles greater than those of Lourdes and Fatima if her children heeded her warnings and fulfilled her requests. She indicated that this would be accomplished through her loyal sons, the Bishops of the United States. It is to the fulfillment of these requests that this website is dedicated and it is to Our Lady of America that it is consecrated. Learn more here…”

    http://www.ourladyofamerica.org/

    * * * *

    “PRAYER TO THE MOTHER OF GOD, MARY, OUR LADY OF AMERICA, PATRONESS OF OUR LAND, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA”

    Written at the behest of Our Lady, October 5, 1956 by Sister Mary Ephrem (Mildred Neuzil)

    “Oh Immaculate Mother, Queen of our country, open our hearts, our homes, and our land to the coming of Jesus, your Divine Son. With Him, reign over us, O heavenly Lady, so pure and so bright with the radiance of Gods light shining in and about you. Be our leader against the powers of evil set upon wresting the world of souls, redeemed at such a great cost by the sufferings of your Son and of yourself, in union with Him, from that same Savior, Who loves us with infinite charity.

    We gather about you, O chaste and holy Mother, Virgin Immaculate, Patroness of our beloved Land, determined to fight under your banner of holy purity against the wickedness that would make all the world an abyss of evil, without God and without your loving maternal care.

    We consecrate our hearts, our homes, our Land to your Most Pure Heart, O great Queen, that the kingdom of your Son, our Redeemer and our God, may be firmly established in us.

    We ask no special sign of you, sweet Mother, for we believe in your great love for us, and we place in you our entire confidence. We promise to honor you by faith, love, and the purity of our lives according to your desire.

    Reign over us, then, O Virgin Immaculate, with your Son Jesus Christ. May His Divine Heart and your most chaste Heart be ever enthroned and glorified among us. Use us, your children of America, as your instruments of peace among men and nations. Work your miracle of grace in us, so that we may be a glory to the Blessed Trinity, Who created, redeemed, and sanctifies us.

    May your valiant spouse, St. Joseph, with the holy Angels and Saints, assist you and us in “renewing the face of the earth.” Then when our work is over, come, Holy Immaculate Mother, and as our Victorious Queen, lead us to the eternal kingdom, where your Son reigns forever as King.

    Amen”

    Nihil Obstat: Daniel Pilarczyk, S.T.D.
    Imprimatur: +Paul F. Leibold, V.G.
    Cincinnati, Jan. 25, 1963″

    Read More Here: http://www.ourladyofamerica.org/prayers_mildred.php

    For Information: Read The Messages of The Mother Of God as “Our Lady Of America” to Sr. Mary Ephrem:

    http://www.ourladyofamerica.org/messages.php

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