I was watching CNN the other day, and in between live coverage of Paris Hilton going to court(and subsequently, back to jail), they found time to also cover the arraignment of Rep. William Jefferson of Louisiana. Jefferson is accused of accepting over $500,000 in bribes while using his office to broker business deals in Africa. Jefferson has maintained his innocence, despite the fact that investigators found $90,000 in cash in the freezer in his home.
I, for one, am going to give the man the benefit of the doubt. At least for now, anyway. There could be plenty of explanations for him having that cash in his freezer. He could have won it all in a dice game with Bill Gates, Donald Trump and Scrooge McDuck. He could have simply taken his life’s savings out of the bank, poured water on it, and threw it in the freezer, just so he could literally know what cold, hard cash feels like. Maybe he hit the numbers in three different states at the same time. Who knows? Just allow that man the chance to tell his side of the story before destroying his reputation.
Still, how funny is it that his last name is “Jefferson”, and he has a George Jefferson hairline?
If Mr. Jefferson is guilty, there are lessons to be learned from this. The first being, don’t keep your illegally-obtained cash in your house. ESPECIALLY somewhere like the freezer. Take a couple of thousand from the stack and invest in a well-concealed stashbox somewhere that even the police would not think of looking. The second lesson is, if you’re a politician, DON’T TAKE BRIBES! Then again, that tradition will probably never stop. As long as there is power, there will be someone who is corrupted by it. The third lesson is, once your hair has started eroding away from your face like high tide at the beach, just go ahead and cut it all off. It’s probably better to sport a baldie than to have that Bozo the Clown thing going on with hair on the sides but not on top. Then again, that’s just my opinion.
Once again, I am wishing Rep. Jefferson and his family the best, while they go through these legal proceedings. If it turns out that he is, guilty, however, I’m taking the first flight out to New Orleans so that I can go dig up his backyard and search for the rest of that $500,000 stash.
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“It’s probably better to sport a baldie than to have that Bozo the Clown thing going on…” AMEN to THAT! Bald can be very sexy sometimes!! Bozo can not.
I’m mad he put the cash in the freezer. That is SO not gangsta. Everyone knows to hide dirty money in some cute girls snatch.
I really hate you. LMAO@ Scrooge McDuck. You’re just retarded. LOL
And furthermore, if I hear about Paris Hilton and her new lease on life one more time, I think I might spit. Uggh, I wish they would give that bytch life in Oz – and not the one of that Dorothy landed in. LOL
you know you’re going to need help to dig up the rest of that cash…holla at me!
That dice game shit was funny…I told my girl I won $500 playing a dice game against the Panthers (I’m from Charlotte). She didn’t believe me.
You’ll have to beat me to New Orleans! I have a one up on you since I’m originally from there. I know all the short-cuts :-P