Thinking About When Your eBay Item Doesn’t Sell

So, Rod Blagojevich is writing a book exposing corruption in politics. Well, they say to write about what you know and I guess Rod is thinking his bird’s-eye view of the issue is worth the six figure deal he was offered.

But here’s what I’m thinking:

I’m thinking that he should have held out for more money. Although Illinois politicians have proven to be thick-skinned, or just plain oblivious, there’s certain to be an emotional price paid when the book is published. After all, how would you feel if a million people were reading your diary?

I’m thinking that six figures may be cheap when you realize that there’s enough fodder for a project about the size of a set of encyclopedias. Rod could be at this task for a while. Just the discussion of politicians with tax violations will fill up a volume. And it may take the rest of the rainforest to document their sex crimes.

But most of all I’m thinking that six figures can’t possibly be enough to keep Rod’s hair out of our hair. Other politicians should keep checking the eBay site. I think you’ll find that the next things Blagojevich will be auctioning off are chances to delete the section of his book that will be incriminating you.