Blagojevich's pick has résumé chiseled in stone

(CNN) -- Anyone who doubts Roland Burris' qualifications to serve as the next senator from Illinois may want to head to Chicago's Oak Woods Cemetery.

There, Burris, whom embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich appointed to succeed President-elect Barack Obama in the Senate on Tuesday, has erected a granite mausoleum listing his many accomplishments.

Under the seal of the state of Illinois and the words "Trail Blazer," Burris, 71, has listed his many firsts in granite, including being the state's first African-American attorney general and the state's first African-American comptroller.

The memorial also notes that Burris was the first African-American exchange student to Hamburg University in Germany from Southern Illinois University in 1959.

There appears to be enough room to add "U.S. senator" to the memorial, but Burris may never get a chance to serve in Washington.

A Senate Democratic aide told CNN on Wednesday that plans were in the works to prevent Burris from being seated in the Senate.

After Blagojevich made the surprise move to appoint Obama's successor, Senate Democrats praised Burris but said they could not accept any appointment by Blagojevich after his arrest on corruption charges earlier this month. Federal prosecutors say he conspired to "sell" Obama's Senate seat for campaign donations and other favors.

LOL! Ok, right up until this moment, I was ambivalent about Blago's senate pick, because there's no way in hell anyone is going to let that joker make the call anyway. But this is... well, this is telling, isn't it?

So, Mr. Burris erects a monument to himself, headlined with the self annointed title "Trail Blazer", and slaps his resume across it. He even has a bench there for pilgrims visiting his grave site. Quite thoughtful. Another interesting tidbit: his two children are named, I shit you not, Roland and Rolanda.

Anyone willing to take a wager that he might have buried a few dozen terra cotta warriors around the perimeter, too? 

It's a good thing he wasn't elected President or anything... I'm not sure the cemetary has enough room for a pyramid. Though a full scale model of Illinois bedecked with jewels, gold foil, and rivers of mercury would be neat.