Burris joins the Senate

$700?

When Burris opened his wallet to show his ID at the Senate door, did anybody notice whether a receipt from Gov. Blagojevich fell out?

I have lost all faith in our government.

Yeah, at $700 I will be glad to bail out my beloved USA myself.

Congrats! We are proud of you Senator Roland burris you are a family man and a politician who walks in intergrity. I just talked to my Grandmother Minnie she said she was praying for you and as soon as she finished praying for you ,There you were with your wife being sworn in and she began to reflect on something your Mom said she Always wanted one of her children to be able to be in the White house. That means all things are possible.

I don't care if Blagojevich picked George washington for the US Senate.. he shouldn't be legitimate!

What the hell does he know about TARP and all of its ramifications? Never has the federal government 'spent' so much money without any knowledge of who ultimately receives it nor how it is being accounted for .

We, the taxpayers, are being saddled with this tremendous present and future debt and the 'nincompoops' in Washington are giving it to the very financial and corporate idiots that put their associated institutions into the bankruptcy state.

Is there no one in Washington that has the intestinal fortitude to DEMAND that these 'high living executives' repay some of the millions that they basically stole from their entities?

Instead of replacing all of these 'mental midgets' the geniuses in Congress are going to allow these same stupid people to 're-establish' the very economy they have destroyed? Get real!! All they are going to do is reap million more at the taxpayers expense.

If this is "Bringing Change to America" not even God can help us.

Wish that it was only $700, ahall!

"We will not confirm ANYONE sent to us by Gov. Blago." - Sen. Harry Reid

Yet another two-faced politician.

That does seem like a small bailout, I'm surprised that there is so much debate over it. Seven hundred bucks in a country of a third of a billion seems kind of light. Maybe we misunderstood Obama. Maybe he was just asking for someone to float him a few hundred bucks until his first paycheck at his new job.

That's a typo. They meant to write $7.00.

He must have paid more than $700 for Obama's senate seat, Jesse's kid bid higher than that

hahaha. . . budget cuts, baby.

Thus ends another silly story in DC. Think way back to 2 weeks ago when every single Dem on Capitol Hill scowled their brow, frowned their lips, stomped their foot and yelled as loud as they could like a 4 year old "There's no way Burris is getting in the Senate!" It only took them two weeks to completely loose all conviction. Can you say Flip Flop?

$700 is an INTERESTING number. Was it the new Treasury Secretary nominee who did the accounting?

It's digital debt sold as credit and expanded exponentially so America can be cleansed for Israel to relocate to Arizona? Rockefeller has invested heavily and the rumor mill has it, the munitions for the past 61 years in the Middle East (ME):

ToxicPoisons, ATOM size blanketing the planet. BrainDEAD. ISRAELI, ToxicDrugs, insane, kill indiscriminately. ME Leaders signed death warrants for THEM and FAMILIES, too. AIR is DEAD, Poisoned. Humans wait for the relief of lost consciousness. Rational, reasonable, logical THINKING is NOT. POISONED planet through "war" is 1,000,000% PROOF.

Perhaps it is time to report the news that's newsworthy, rather than the obfuscated facts. We are all being poisoned, and therefore, not one brain in the US is thinking clearly.

LOOK UP. Our skies are no different than GAZA, in reality - we are ALL PALESTINIANS.

Check in with the body for toxicology heavy metal poisoning - maybe it explains the $700 number error?

Opportunistic behavior has been rewarded. Mr. Burris should be ashamed of himself for accepting this appointment from a governor who is under investigation for corruption charges. Taking advantage of the circumstances for political gain in this fashion is not honorable. Only an appointee who has a legitimate chance of being elected and has plans to run for senate should have been appointed. We can only hope that he can redeem himself by representing Illinois with dignity and reason. He may start by demolishing his future grave (if it is in fact true that the grave photos of which has been published is his).
He should let his family decide what his grave would look like after his death. Regardless of what he may have accomplished in the past, a "senator" concerned about decorating his resume (or grave) is not one who will serve the public. He should be concerned about having an asterisk next to "Senator Burris" in history explaining he was appointed by a governor under investigation for corruption charges who has since been impeached.

If Burris is qualified to be a senator then thousands are qualified to be a senator. He failed miserably in his bids for congress and governor, yet he is qualified for a much higher office? The fact that he lacked the good judgment to refuse an appointment from Blago illustrates his utter lack of qualification to be a member of the most significant political body in the country. However, perhaps his seating says more about the good ole boys in the senate than it does the intellectually average, self-serving, egotistical and opportunistic Burris. He should fit right in.

Blagojevich might have said wrong things discretely but he made the right decision. Acquit him.