How lame of a Senator is Roland Burris, the hack brought in by Illinois’ indicted ex-governor to take Barack Obama’s seat? The guy has himself an appointment to the Armed Services Committee. Which means he oversees the Pentagon… Burris seemed genuinely shocked to discover that the Defense Department devoted so much time and money to science and technology. “You’re saying that [the armed] services have their own research laboratories going?” he asked Zachary Lemnios, the administration’s nominee to be the Director of Defense Research and Engineering… then he asked Lemnios– pronouncing his name “Leonis” – the follow-up question you’d expect from a son of the Chicago Machine: So does that mean you’re the guy in charge of all that research cash?
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It’s not often you hear of a pickpocket telling the victim to turn around so he can have a better look at their wallet.
Limerick on June 18, 2009 at 9:30 PM
what a maroon
HawaiiLwyr on June 18, 2009 at 9:33 PM
So much corruption on his mind he can’t think straight.
Sanjoboy on June 18, 2009 at 9:42 PM
Smart power.
TheQuestion on June 18, 2009 at 9:43 PM
Another doofus democrat that knows nothing about the part of the government that all democrats hate. color me surprised.
daesleeper on June 18, 2009 at 9:44 PM
I have no idea how this country got this F’cked up. Anybody have any ideas?
TheBigOldDog on June 18, 2009 at 9:47 PM
It starts with Ms Smith in kindergarten. By the time they reach Mr Owen in high school their little brains are toast.
Limerick on June 18, 2009 at 9:54 PM
But do they have cocker spaniels or German shepherds, that’s what I wanna know.
(I’m not that dumb, but evidently Burris is)
Bob's Kid on June 18, 2009 at 9:54 PM
I thought this guy was on the ouster. On the other hand, he fits right in with the circus.
txag92 on June 18, 2009 at 10:01 PM
Illinois is P.T.Barnum’s big tent of politician freak-shows.
daesleeper on June 18, 2009 at 10:05 PM
daesleeper on June 18, 2009 at 10:05 PM
As an Illinois native, I could not agree more. I’m just glad the nation is finally seeing what a cesspool of slime and corruption it is–mostly because of Chicago, of course, but not entirely.
NebCon on June 18, 2009 at 10:07 PM
That is just sad.
A Senator not knowing that the DoD may be interested in advanced R&D
F15Mech on June 18, 2009 at 10:08 PM
It is a ******* travesty that this criminal is still in the Senate.
WisCon on June 18, 2009 at 10:09 PM
Ummm, if I recall correctly, the DoD labs. i.e. DARPA, really invented the internet, Not dufus Gore.
Dingbat63 on June 18, 2009 at 10:11 PM
Roland Burris surprised to find the Defense Department has its own labs
He really worked hard for that job so should we call him Senator?
fourdeucer on June 18, 2009 at 10:16 PM
Obama fired the wrong senile old man.
mizflame98 on June 18, 2009 at 10:20 PM
I lived in Chicago for two years. I took a paycut just to get teh heck out of that insanity. The oppressive taxation and blatant corruption were more than I could stomach. I was there when the city trucking scandal broke, Keyes moved in to challenge Obama, and on and on…
daesleeper on June 18, 2009 at 10:30 PM
Just wait until he finds out that the Pentagon has its own building…
landshark on June 18, 2009 at 10:47 PM
The Pentagon has their own airplanes, too!
SouthernGent on June 18, 2009 at 10:51 PM
Why yes they do. I once tried to order a new one once (I did not like one that was broken). Unfortunately because of the 20 mil price tag it did not make it very far up the chain.
Now if I was a Senator from Illinois?
F15Mech on June 18, 2009 at 11:06 PM
Me surprised to find that Roland Burris still draws a federal paycheck.
Oh wait, no, that’s right, I forgot about the (D).
strictnein on June 18, 2009 at 11:18 PM
Yes. Yes it is. Wait until you see the ******* scumbag mobster leftist unqualified dickeater the Democrats replace him with.
Jaibones on June 18, 2009 at 11:27 PM
Burris may not be interested in the Defense of our nation but notice how his ears perk up when he inquires about the guy being in charge of all the cash. A true son of Chigaco Land.
Herb on June 18, 2009 at 11:45 PM
Well if Chicago corruption indicts all the illini then Obama’s election indicts all citizens of this country that elected this Zero to the presidency. There are lots of good folks in our country and Illinois
Herb on June 18, 2009 at 11:53 PM
The country is in the very best of hands.
Out of ~315,000,000 individuals, this is whom we have to rule us………
Techie on June 19, 2009 at 12:16 AM
This is completely consistent with the quality we have in Government throughout the nation in the age of obama…imbeciles!
AUINSC on June 19, 2009 at 12:25 AM
Yet another Obamoron.
Geochelone on June 19, 2009 at 3:53 AM
Cut him some slack. He’s from Chicago. He isn’t accustomed to seeing government money actually being used for something useful.
Kafir on June 19, 2009 at 7:16 AM
Blago you magnificent something or other.
Brat on June 19, 2009 at 7:54 AM
Greeeaaat. I work for the Air Force Research Lab. There goes our money.
matd on June 19, 2009 at 8:08 AM
Great. So from now on, when someone refers to that unqualified affirmative-action candidate from Chicago in D.C. who has no clue about our military, I won’t know specifically who they’re talking about anymore.
Crusty on June 19, 2009 at 8:41 AM
Yeah, one or two. Elections are popularity contests and many of the electorate are uneducated, ignorant and determined to stay that way.
Burris probably cannot name the 16 intelligence gathering agencies, either. he’s probably never heard of the DIA or the OSI for example, and probably has no real idea what they do…
Burris isn’t going to be around long though. Or is he. They got some damning stuff on tape last I heard..
dogsoldier on June 19, 2009 at 11:15 AM