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Posted: Dec 11th 2006 8:20PM Liquidize said

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first post, and god why were there nothing but morons in the last governors election in IL? Any bets on him pulling a similar stunt sometime soon (ala the mayor of indianapolis)?

Posted: Dec 11th 2006 9:09PM (Unverified) said

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Illinois is a state that invites corruption, mostly due to Chicago. I grew up there and, let me tell you, there's big difference between "Illinois" and "Chicago". It's kind of a shame, really; most of the state is full of hard-working, good people... they just have to put up with being led by the corrupt.

Posted: Dec 11th 2006 9:08PM (Unverified) said

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Good to hear, maybe this'll help keep gov't officials from pandering to those that keep wanting to ban violent video games.

Money has a way of talking.

Posted: Dec 11th 2006 11:45PM NeoteriX said

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Radio, though you have a romantic vision of what Illinois is, I just wanted to point out that this debacle isn't the Governor's doing. It's the doing of all the state legislators that were presumably elected from ALL over the state that passed a law so stupid and Constitutionally suspect that the Federal court judge saw it fit to slap the state with legal fees.

Posted: Dec 12th 2006 12:16AM Liquidize said

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The other thing to keep in mind is that Chicago as a city functions extemely well over all because of a certain degree of corruption. The only reason that hasn't translated to the state legislature is because the rest of the state is just as corrupt, they just cant get along on how to be corrupt together.

Posted: Dec 12th 2006 11:30AM duerra said

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"Good to hear, maybe this'll help keep gov't officials from pandering to those that keep wanting to ban violent video games. "

Sorry brotha, but it's not going to stop anything. You see, it's not their personal money at stake here. It's our taxes, and unfortunately, the politicians know damn well that come election time, they're not going to get kicked out of office for something like that. You see, not enough people care about that law or that lawsuit or that money for it to be a huge deal in the minds of most voters. A huge chunk of voters today are single-issue voters (abortion, anyone?).

Sad... but true.

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