1. - wordslinger - Wednesday, Aug 26, 09 @ 9:31 am:

   If Daley can keep — and the Chicago media allow — him to keep he budget conversation on parking meters, the Olympics and Jody Weis, than he’s a big winner.

   TIF? What’s a TIF?




2. - bluestatecowboys - Wednesday, Aug 26, 09 @ 10:05 am:

   Jake and Elwood Blues made it to their gig at the Palace Hotel Ballroom (i.e.,the old South Shore Country Club), but the Blue State Cowboys weren’t able to make it to that venue last night. Had we been there, we would have serenaded Mayor Daley with our own musical tribute to him . . .

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4v5ihLlYKQ

   GOOD KING RICH

   (Spoken Intro)
   This is an open letter to the International Olympic Committee:

   As you travel the world these next few months
   Being wined and dined in five-star restaurants
   In Madrid, Tokyo, and Rio De Janeiro, remember this:

   You’re upholding the proud tradition of your predecessors,
   Many of whom allegedly accepted bribes
   In exchange for awarding the 2002 Winter Games
   To that paragon of urban virtue - Salt Lake City, Utah

   (Chorus)

   Well, you can scrap that bid from old Madrid
   Say adios to Spain
   And just say no to Tokyo
   With its fancy bullet train

   And if you’re ill at ease speakin’ Portugese
   Then Rio ain’t your town
   Oh, but Good King Rich, he’ll scratch your itch
   When he throws that cash around

   (Verse)

   Well, some folks say that it don’t make sense
   To hold the Games in the 312
   They say our city’s broke; schools are a joke
   Well, friends, that just might be true

   Oh, but Good King Rich, he’d rather fight than switch
   You know how the story’s gonna end
   With all the King’s family and all the King’s friends
   Lining their pockets again and again

   (Repeat Chorus)

   (Verse w/ tag)

   From the two-flats and the bungalows
   We applaud his every scheme
   From a tax increase to a parking meter lease
   He’s helping us live the dream

   Now with a wave of his hand and a line in the sand
   He’s gonna bring the Olympics home
   So damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead
   He’s gonna get us a velodrome

   We can’t pay for salt when there’s ice on the streets
   But at least we’ll have a velodrome

   (Repeat Chorus (w/ tag))

   Yeah, Good King Rich, he’s gonna scratch your itch
   When you bring those games to town




3. - Cheswick - Wednesday, Aug 26, 09 @ 11:29 am:

   Very creative, bluestatecowboys. Good work.




4. - Bobs yer - Wednesday, Aug 26, 09 @ 10:26 pm:

   just back from vacation in Oregon. no sales tax, no kidding. across the Columbia River in Washington, no income tax. Smart guys live in Washington, buy all their stuff in Oregon. But its OK, we’re really better off in Illinois. No, really.

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