Ok.....this is a trivia question that we will post now and re-visit this post in on July 22, 2016 to see Who was correct. As most of you all know, Chicago has put in a bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. We made the long list & the short list is due out this month. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_2016_Olympic_bid The ULTIMATE question? Will Chicago get the nod and host the games or will the following all be serving pen time at Club Fed in 2016: Rod Blagojevich (Current Governor of Illinois) Todd Stroger (Current President of the Cook County Board) Richard Daley (Current Mayor of the City of Chicago) Place your bets now!!! Michelle
I say all of the above! Well with at least two of the three serving time by then. Ha! One of the things that I was wondering was when I saw the list of cities was how would they pull off the Olympics Games in Qatar? People would fry in that climate. But then I noticed that if they are awarded the games that they would be held October 14-30th which would be a much friendlier climate in that region. I think Prague is definitely the Darkhorse here. They were going to pull their bid & they have limited venues. It sounds as though if it were held in Prague, that it would be called the Chech Republic Games since they would have to use venues across the country. Something that the IOC usually prefers not to do.
Honestly, I don't know if any of them will be. But if I had to toss out a guess I would say the Gov for his ties to Tony Rezko and the Mayor for his mob ties. One also has to remember that they are politicians and they somehow seem above the law most of the time. So the reality is that none of the three will ever see time.
Well......in IL we have a history of sending politicians/high profile folks to prison. Here is the latest on Gov. Ryan: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-ryan-appeal-denied-28may28,0,7121848.story Absent some Bushintervention, he's screwed! Michelle
Time in Terre Haute. Hmmm, they must have all kinds of room/levels of incarceration there. That's where they housed and executed Timothy McVeigh (the OK City Bomber). I'm sure we are talking two different federal facilities though. Interesting.
Yeah, just across the border off 70. They house folks from all over the in Federal Pen. Although they were probably different prisons, just found it ironic that they would house this guy in the same area as the likes of offenders such as Tim McVeigh. A little off path here... In American Terrorist, the book talked about how they moved Timothy McVeigh to the ADX Supermax in Colorado prior to his move to Terre Haute. There he was housed in a four cell unit with Ted Kaczynski, Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman (the blind cleric who masterminded the 1993 WTC bombing), and some other guy. How about that for a foursome? Ha! Anyhow, there must not have been any room in Marion for your good politician. Sure if Pete Rose can spend time there, crooked politicans can.
Yeah....it's a medium security prison now. It was originally built to replace Alcatraz, which is why I actually know someone who spent time at Alcatraz (and scared the bejesus out of Janie when I mentioned it). There were quite a few famous names at Marion. Wikepedia lists them at the bottom of their article. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Penitentiary,_Marion Michelle
This article was in today's paper about the Olympic Bid.....seems like someone finally told Daley that arrogance isn't becoming to anyone who isn't from Chicago! :lol: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-tue_athens-olmpicsjun03,0,5592811.story Michelle
