Subscribing to streaming services

 Just at random I subscribed to a number of streaming services over the holidays.

Right now I'm watching the 2008 HBO miniseries John Adams on HBOMax. Actually this is a cool series for history nerds as it's set during the colonial era of American history. The series shows John Adams defending British soldiers against charges of murder in the Boston Massacre, to his service during the American revolution - and just so you know he wasn't just a founding father, he was a lawyer also, and ultimately to when he's elected the 2nd President of the United States. We don't see much of Adams we might see more of Thomas Jefferson or even George Washington in popular culture. [VIDEO]

Another series I'm following is a mini series about a man I often liked to refer to as OUSTED governor Rod Blagojevich. Blagojevich's federal sentence was commuted by then President Donald Trump in 2020 and thus he was released from prison. We see what Blagojevich does now that he's out of prison and there is certainly a lot of focus on his political career and how he rose so quickly.

Let me tell you a little secret - actually it's no secret. To become a state representative to a Congressman to the Governor of Illinois the fifth largest state in the union it certainly helps to be the son-in-law of a Chicago alderman who's known as a kingmaker. Of course there is coverage of how Blagojevich became OUSTED governor, he was arrested during his second term as governor by federal authorities for essentially attempting to sell then President-elect Barack Obama's old U.S. Senate seat. He was later impeached and ousted or removed from the governorship.

And he was convicted of charges related to his December 2008 arrest and served time in federal prison before being released from custody last year. The mini-series which you can find on another service I have recently subscribed to Hulu is called Being Blago and I noted that on this blog last year.

It's one of those Illinois related media projects that I wanted to share with you in addition to a WBEZ podcast about Rod Blagojevich. Hopefully in the same vein as I had reviewed the Better Gov't Association's podcast about former Speaker Michael Madigan.

Anyway I hope you all are having a happy holidays so far. We got one more to go, which is New Years! Be safe out there!