And I approve wholeheartedly.

Pennsylvania, and he was some kind of statewide official, I think. Last time this was brought up, I think Cotton was the expert.

cheaters never prosper... or is that perspire?... damn, i can't remember...

cheaters most likely never post about music. (the jerks!)

Thanks for the pick 'em, big guy.

I only supposed California since that state -- until recently, anyway; now, Florida seems to have taken the lead -- seems to be on the vanguard of all sorts of weirdness.

R. Budd Dwyer

Jesus Steve...I'm gonna frame this and hang it in my bathroom.

I was thinkin' Obner could add it to our emoticons

R. Budd Dwyer was the State Treasurer of PA.

From Wikipedia:
During the early 1980s, employees of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania overpaid millions of dollars in FICA taxes. As a result, the Commonwealth began requesting bids for the task of calculating refunds to each employee.

One firm, California-based Computer Technology Associates, was owned by a Harrisburg, Pennsylvania native named John Torquato. Torquato used his Harrisburg-area connections and a series of bribes that totalled approximately $4.7 million to obtain the contract, worth $12-15 million. An anonymous memo then reached the governor's office, describing the bribes that had taken place.

In late 1986, Dwyer was charged as having agreed to accept a related kickback of $300,000. Dwyer reportedly never actually received any money and some suspect that this was an elaborate scam by Torquato's attorney, William Smith, to skim a supposed bribe.

A plea bargain made by Smith, coupled with the government's refusal to name unindicted co-conspirators in the case, made it difficult for Dwyer to defend himself, though the unindicted co-conspirators are believed to have been Republican staffers who ran the Dauphin County Republican Party. Dwyer was ultimately convicted but continued to vehemently protest his innocence. Under state law, Dwyer would continue to serve as state treasurer until his sentence was determined — possibly up to 55 years in prison.

Crazy shit. That photo of him gives me the heebie jeebies.

It's so obnerxious to have a good Bernie Mac thread turn all Budd.

'Ey, unlike Bernie Mac, Budd Dwyer is blowing away the competition, so fair's fair.

As it is, though, if the film were not 'Guess Who', but rather 'The Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' -- Bernie Mac's daughter returns home for her parents' anniversary with the Canadian rockers in tow -- I would agree with you, Herr Spoon. Alas, Ashton Kutcher in place of Randy Bachmann changes everything.