Birdsong thought that his incoming students in next semester’s White Collar Crime course might find the recent Criminal Complaint filed by Federal Prosecutors in Chicago against Governor Blagojevich very interesting to read. We will discuss it in class. Follow the link below:
As Birdsong writes this post the polls in many places in the country are still open for a few more hours. Perhaps, by the time you read this we will know who will be our new President. Meanwhile Birdsong thought you might get a chuckle from a few weird voting stories he came across on election day, 2008.
Pasco County, FL: The elections supervisor in Pasco rejected a request from a local nudist resort to erect clothing-optional polling booth for their community. Supervisor Brian Corley said that even though state law does not preclude nude voting, there is not enough time to consider and act on the request this year.
So….Vote today…but get dressed first!
Miami, FL: The polls here opened at 7 am. It was not much later that a number of would be voters complained because they discovered that they had been given ballots that listed no Presidential candidates.
Ooooppps! hard to have Presidential race with no one to vote for.
TODAY IS A HISTORIC DAY.
PLEASE GO TO THE POLLS, IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO.
VOTE OBAMA.
– Birdsong
In homage to the upcoming election Birdsong brings you a few weird politics stories.
My girlfirend Dee Dee has more on the Joe the Plumber story.
Most small businesses won’t see a tax increase under Senator Obama’s plan. Why? Most don’t earn $250,000 per year. And this amount has to be profit after operating expenses like employee income, supplies are deducted. It’s been said that Joe’s employer must be an extremely successful plumber to be making that kind of money!
Professor Birdsong teaches Criminal Law, White Collar Crime, Evidence, Federal Jurisdiction, and Immigration Law at Barry School of Law.