Random Scandal Sheet for Sunday 1/20/13

What Chicago is talking about this week:

Finally!

If it were Tuesday, I'd throw up a link to a little CeCe Peniston (and I just might do it anyway, to show how dangerously unpredictable I am -- well, "dangerously unpredictable" is a relative term, I guess) ... but the point is that that exclamation works for Chicagoans about any number of topics:  political, presidential, sports or personal.  (Sorry, fans of alliteration, I just couldn't find a suitable "p" word for sports on this list ...)

Political FINALLY -- the Senate Democrats say that we'll finally have a passed budget by the March 1 deadline, which is something that hasn't happened except for four other times in the last 30 years (1977, 1989, 1995 and 1997).

Presidential FINALLY -- with the inauguration festivities underway, the President can finally focus on the most important decision of the second term:  the details about the presidential library (which best be in Chicago, right, and not Hawaii?).

Sports FINALLY -- so Lance finally said something, but from a Chicago perspective, it's that the town finally has a major sports team around which we can rally -- the Blackhawks.  The Bears have no post-season, the baseball teams have been playing like it's something they do on the side and not as a career, and the Bulls have a bunch of D Rose's friends covering for him while waiting for his return.

Personal FINALLY -- the invalid in my care has finally started to eat on his own volition, which means we've turned a corner in the recovery, and all will be back to normal soon enough.  Woo-hoo!

FINALLY -- A BUDGET!:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/01/20/senate-democrats-promise-to-pass-a-budget-why-is-this-a-big-deal/

FINALLY -- AN ABILITY TO FOCUS ON THE PRES LIBRARY!:
http://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2012/12/26/where-barack-obama-presidential-library.html

FINALLY -- A SPORTS TEAM AROUND WHICH WE CAN RALLY!:
http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/blackhawks/post/_/id/4671852/nhl-returns-with-strong-tv-ratings

FINALLY -- A REMIX!:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvNAo2tPCBo