The Blagojevich Arrest

So the Governor of the "Great" State of Illinois was arrested.

Now, and I think a lot of people will agree with me here, Blagojevich is certainly not the only high ranking politician today trying to take advantage of political office for personal gain. And most certainly, he is not the only one whose phones are wiretapped. I am pretty sure the various government agencies involved in surveillance of US citizens have alot of dirt on a lot of these politicos. The only question is: Who is targeted for decimation any particular point in time? Blagojevich seemed ripe for take-down in light of his making noises against one of the largest banking corporations in America - Bank of America - at a politically sensitive time, on a politically sensitive issue.

Now this may sound like a "conspiracy theory/tin-foil-hat stuff" to some of you (remember, fudging of stats like GDP, CPI, unemployment, etc. by the US Govt. is also considered "conspiracy theory" by some morons - hey, don't look at me, just ask Peter Schiff - the guy who was right about pretty much everything so far), but please bear with me here. The timing of the arrest certainly raises some questions. It was reported that Blagojevich was under surveillance/investigation for some years now. And from the language used by Blagojevich in the tapes, it appears that this is not his first infraction. Then why now? My guess is, explosive as the unemployment situation in the US currently is (and set to get a lot worse in the near future), the-powers-that-be, i.e., the banking cabal does not want to be the target of a popular uprising, not to mention the fact that (rightly) people may come to realize their true role in the demise of the US economy. Moreover, losing gobs of money by not being able to do business with the State of Illinois is not exactly their idea of fun, especially when they can least afford it. Of course, it's considered "dangerous" for politicians to "interfere" in commerce, except when the corporations are the beneficiaries of the "interference" (free TARP money anyone?).

I think they definitely have some dirt on Obama as well, with Fitzgerald (the United States attorney for the Northern District of Illinois), practically shouting from the rooftops that Obama had nothing to do with it, even though his associates' names appeared at least, by some accounts, 40 times in the complaint filed. I think it's an indirect warning to Obama, not to mess with the banking industry's stranglehold on the US economy and political system.