The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Alex]

I really didn't think that Blagojevich would be able to find someone of any prominence willing to accept the nomination from him.

I don't know this Burris guy from Adam but in reading an article about him I ended up on this page (a larger, text legible version here)

Not only has the man already purchased his cemetery plot, but he has already placed the monument. And adorned it with his life accomplishments. As first I thought maybe the slot on the right was already filled and he didn't want to have to pay the stone engravers for two trips. But his wife, Berlean Burris is still very much alive (I hope she doesn't renounce god between now and her death).

Now, I've been to exactly two funerals in my life. In my socio-economic class growing up death was not something you planned for it was simply something you dealt with when it happened. But this strikes me as an extremely odd thing. Or am I, like with giving Christmas tips to your mailman, just clueless?