* This is one of Wordslinger’s first comments on the blog. It’s from an August 2007 post about some Rod Blagojevich shenanigans…

Is there anyone who can get through to this guy and tell him to move on? Durbin, Rahm Emanuel, Obama? Maybe a Jim Thompson or a Jim Edgar? Anyone inside his admininistration? If there’s another CTA fire, or a bridge collapses, and there’s no capital budget, he, as the face of Illinois government will pay a dear price.

* Here’s his reply to a 2007 Question of the Day about our strongest memories of Harold Washington…

Political:

His alliance with and resurrection of George Dunne after he had been cast out by Byrne.

To benefit Mondale, running as a favorite son in the 1984 Illinois Presidential Primary to keep Jesse from winning.

The final defeat of the Vrodlyak 29 with the special election of Luis Guiterrez. First order of business: Firing Ed Kelly and the Park District Board.

Quote: Asked if his fight with the Two Eddies was racial: “It’s not racial. They’d support a purple ape if they could control him.”

And in addition to “Hocus Pocus Dominocus,” I’ll add “Willie Lump Lump,” a handy description of any self-important non-entity.

* And here’s one from March 2008 about a poll showing broad support for medical cannabis…

Hard to believe that we’re still so rigid when it comes to this issue.

Throwing marijuana, medical or otherwise, into the same boat as crack, meth and heroin in a “war on drugs” is just silly.

I’ve been around the block a few times and have sampled my share of mind-altering substances. Based on that, I’d be more concerned about catching my kid with a bottle of Jack Daniels than a joint. I hope he does neither. But if you want to hear yourself sound stupid, try explaining to a kid why pot is illegal and whiskey is advertised on Sunday tv sport contests.

It’s 2008, not 1958. The Woodstock generation is pushing 70. Next issue, please.

* From 2010, when the Ricketts family wanted to finance Wrigley Field upgrades with a $200 million state bond…

The Ricketts rollout was about the biggest bellyflop for a first-time dive into the Illinois political pool in a long while. Confusing for all, painful for some.

* 2011…

Kass has four or five columns — Cellini, Daley runs the country through Obama, Quarters Boyle, Obama/Rezko — that he just recycles over and over, rewriting a couple of paragraphs here or there.

Maybe now that Fast Eddie is out of the can he can get some new material.

I’m really gonna miss that guy.

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