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Morning Shorts
Monday, May 21, 2007 - Posted by Paul Richardson * NEW Statehouse Reeder: For Blago there are loafers and loafers… * Editorial: Jones should allow vote on contract bill * Statehouse Insider: Fired state employees ordeal is confusing
* Chicago Public Radio: Contradictions in proposed state gun legislation? * Tribune Editorial: Stopping a ’super bug’ * Change of Subject: The state treasurer’s got some serious game * Sun-Times Editorial: Notify the state that it is time to act on abortion * Juries may be able to put dollar amount on grief * Sun-Times Editorial: Key reason for early primary, we are ‘exceptionally average’ * Hilkevich: Amtrak routes gain riders lose time * Web site now provides sex offenders web addresses * Editorial: State officials should act to reduce attacks on prison guards * Chicago consumers cutting back with rising gas prices * Florida shakes up presidential primaries…again
* Editorial: Earlier primary benefits Obama, but… * Carol Marin: Fast Eddie V complicated, cunning * Editorial: Stroger oversteps authority with budget changes * Tribune Editorial: On Daley’s affordable housing plan * Nine new aldermen take oath today
* Chicago power couple juggling family & politics * Stewart wins in rematch for teachers’ union presidency; more here * Champaign repeals smoking ban for bars and restaurants * Rockford may push Governor to veto its tax plan
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- Pondering the Obvious - Monday, May 21, 07 @ 9:29 am:
Pay particular attention to paragraph 2 in this definition of “kafkaesque” from Wikipedia:
“The term, which is quite fluid in definition, has also been described as “marked by a senseless, disorienting, often menacing complexity: Kafkaesque bureaucracies” [1] and “marked by surreal distortion and often a sense of impending danger: Kafkaesque fantasies of the impassive interrogation, the false trial, the confiscated passport . . . haunt his innocence” — The New Yorker. [2]
It can also describe an intentional distortion of reality by powerful but anonymous bureaucrats. “Lack of evidence is treated as a pesky inconvenience, to be circumvented by such Kafkaesque means as depositing unproven allegations into sealed files …” Another definition would be an existentialist state of ever-elusive freedom while existing under unmitigatable control.
The adjective refers to anything suggestive of Kafka, especially his nightmarish type of narration, in which characters lack a clear course of action, the ability to see beyond immediate events, and the possibility of escape. The term’s meaning has transcended the literary realm to apply to real-life occurrences and situations that are incomprehensibly complex, bizarre, or illogical.”
Yep, sounds to me like it applies to the DeFraties and Casey case and the Blagojevich administration in general.
- Huh? - Monday, May 21, 07 @ 6:26 pm:
Did anybody see the letter to the editor from the governor yesterday? Here is a link
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0520ledelettermay20,1,4230196.story
As I read it, I wondered - What part of 107-0 doesn’t he understand?
- Huh? - Monday, May 21, 07 @ 6:31 pm:
Did anybody notice the A.P. story about the house that was used as a murder weapon?
Does that mean that house keys are going to be outlawed? What about conceal carry? Is there going to be a limit as to the number of keys that can be carried? Bought? What about the KOID (Key Owner Identification card)?