Blagojevich Making Headlines In Serbia

[sofieverus]

The case of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is not just making headlines in America. It is also top news in Serbia, the country of Blagojevich's family origin.

Pictures of Blagojevich have been dotting the main pages of Serbian newspapers since the FBI accused him of attempting to sell the Senate seat of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama.

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[schmiss]

[_latke]

this never stops being funny

[cut_piece]

lol seriously

[bluetooth16]

LMFAO!!!

[screamingintune]

"He can have a cow or a pig or two, a chicken. ... He is always welcome."

LMAO. Why does this article read like a deleted scene from Borat?

[properly_stored]

Oh, country of my birth. Why does this not fucking surprise me?

To be fair, it is difficult to do much/get anywhere in Serbia without having connections. The corruption is pretty deeply intrenched in every single public system.

And what happens when we have a semi-decent anti-corrpution politician? He gets assasinated of course :(

[sofieverus]

To be completely honest, it's not just Serbia - it's an Eastern European thing. I guess people can blame it on Communism just like anything else.

[hinoema]

Cousin Dragan appeared again in Friday's Blic, saying his famous relative still owns some land in the village so "he can come to Serbia if he cannot take it any more in America."

I'll contribute toward his one way GTFO-Air plane ticket, and throw in another chicken.

[angry_chick]

I WILL HELP PUT IN ON THAT PLANE TICKET.

GTFO of Illinois, Blago.