news-magazineWhat is in the air lately that it seems as if every Tom, Dick and Harry with a hint of con­tro­versy or 15 min­utes of fame, seem to be announc­ing that they’ve signed a new book deal. I just had to throw up my hands in exas­per­a­tion when I read that ex-Illinois gov­er­nor, Rod Blago­je­vich, is going to write about about “the dark side” of pol­i­tics. Heh. He should be an author­ity on the sub­ject since he was recently impeached for alleged crim­i­nal activ­ity while in pub­lic office. Does any­one care to read about these people’s lives? There must be an audi­ence out there for this stuff because every­day it seems that some­one is sign­ing a book deal. I’m just wait­ing for Joe the Plumber to announce that he is writ­ing down his thoughts in a mem­oir one day. Oh, wait, he already has a new book out, titled what else? Joe the Plumber: Fight­ing for the Amer­i­can Dream and his fif­teen min­utes of fame…14:99..just ran out.

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