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Question of the day
Thursday, Mar 14, 2013 * Oy. What a day. Personal stuff is demanding immediate attention and I simply can’t be with the blog for the next few hours. We’ll get to pensions, AG Madigan, fracking, etc. later today. Sorry about that, but sometimes these things can’t be avoided. Caption?…  I’ll buy the winner an adult beverage.
- Posted by Rich Miller
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- Stones - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 9:00 am:
MJM: “My favorite record album once had a cover that looked something like this”
- VanillaMan - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 9:01 am:
I’ll let you live - for another, uh, day…
- Lucky than Good - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 9:04 am:
Now, are you sure you want to have a fight? Because I’m only gonna use my thumb.
- MrJM - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 9:06 am:
– MrJM
- boat captain - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 9:08 am:
“I told you that Fire Madigan thing wouldn’t work. Our majority has just gone up!”
- Ray Midge - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 9:10 am:
“It’s good to be the King!”
- Wensicia - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 9:11 am:
Caeser has decided…
- OneMan - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 9:12 am:
Well if you first remove this from where you have it perhaps we can make some progress on pensions governor.
- Fire Anita Alvarez - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 9:12 am:
“Remember when Blago said it was a ‘Thumbs Up’ kind of day?”
- Skeptic - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 9:15 am:
“I approve of Jorge for Pope, you may now cast your ballots.”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 9:16 am:
“Hey Tommy! Way to go that last Cycle …”
- Because I said so... - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 9:17 am:
Little Jack Horner sat in his corner
eating his legislative pie,
He put in this thumb, and pulled out a plumb
And said What a good boy am I.
- Non-ISRA Member - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 9:17 am:
MJM: The press really bought that “no victims here” line in the SEC case, didn’t they?
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 9:18 am:
“Forty-Seven …All Right! I am rooting for 50 for you guys!”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 9:19 am:
“Tom ..Tom! I got that ‘Fire Madigan’ shirt you sent…I approve!”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 9:20 am:
“Speaker, how would you rate the HGOP’s last campaign against you?”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 9:22 am:
“Tom, I got that golf invite, I have to work on THAT day, but have fun!”
- bullet - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 9:23 am:
3 strikes and your outta here..
- ash - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 9:23 am:
Ty, it passed the Senate so we can screw the retirees yet — be patient, buddy.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 9:24 am:
“Love those ‘NV’s, thanks for the mail pieces! Awesome!”
- Anon - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 9:25 am:
“Who’s in charge of this state…this guy”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 9:26 am:
“Remember my ‘New Musrooms’, you use ‘this’ finger to press the color button I want pushed, got it? Perfect!”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 9:28 am:
“Oh …did you guys really re-elect Tom Cross ‘Leader’? You guys are the best, ‘thumbs up’, ‘kudos’!”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 9:29 am:
“Way to go! 100% voting like me again! You new Musrooms learned faster than the last ones, thumbs up!”
- WazUp - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 9:31 am:
“So he stuck in his thumb and pulled out a plum…BahahahaI. Frack myself up!”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 9:33 am:
“Bost …BOST! That paper toss, the video? Awesome dude!”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 9:34 am:
“Loving that ‘Clarke Map’…”
- E Man - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 9:37 am:
“Well Frack yah, motherfracker!”
- bullet - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 9:39 am:
the complaint dept. is one flight up…
- Amalia - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 9:42 am:
Mary Jane, keep it up and you can move over with Anne!
- ZC - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 9:42 am:
Madigan hitchhikes for pension votes: “Anyone want to carry this thing? Anyone?”
- Darienite - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 9:44 am:
Hey Tom, you boil a great corned beef.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 9:44 am:
“Hey GOP …Hey?! …Love that Oberweis!”
- ZC - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 9:45 am:
-Real- Roman emperors know, “thumbs up” also means death …
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 9:46 am:
“Tell Pat Brady …I back him!”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 9:48 am:
“One more bad vote like that and you’re out … you run for Senate, or leave the House…”
- JT11505 - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 9:48 am:
“Others nervously look away as Speaker Madigan recounts details of his recent prostate exam.”
- Roadiepig - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 9:49 am:
To rule with an Iron fist, first you have to make the fist. I start by pulling my fingers into the palm of my hand like this , and then…
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 9:51 am:
“…For its One! Two! Three seats are out for the G, O, P!…”
- roscoe tom - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 10:02 am:
I have you in my sights pal. I hope you have alternate career plans.
- OneMan - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 10:02 am:
It turns out everyone just laughed at the Speakers Fonzie impression because well, he could destroy their political futures..
- Grumpy Gus - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 10:02 am:
Yes, Rep. Scherer, you may vote yes.
- siriusly - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 10:07 am:
I’m going to explain how this works. Okay? So you put your thumb up like this and close one eye, and now you have just blocked out the Senate chamber. It’s like the other chamber isn’t even here.
- siriusly - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 10:07 am:
Basically, an up day.
- Cincinnatus - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 10:09 am:
A later photo shows Madigan pulled out a plumb and was overheard saying, “What a good boy am I.”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 10:10 am:
“Hey …Hey Tom! … Scoreboard!”
- Anonymous - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 10:21 am:
Sit on it, Potsie!
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 10:23 am:
“Ok, who is with Quinn … now… who is with Lisa … Awesome!”
- 47th Ward - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 10:31 am:
Well Ty, we tried your idea of raising the retirement age to 67. It only got one vote. Guess who voted for your idea? That’s right pal, me and only me.
- dupage dan - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 10:49 am:
I say the thumb is pointing down. And, 1 plus 1 equals 3. What do YOU say?
- Irish - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 10:51 am:
“Okay, you new mushrooms. when I do this you vote aye! When I go thumbs down it’s nay. Okay let’s practice. Up!…. you gotta be faster! C’mon no thinking now, just respond!”
- AC - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 10:53 am:
A rule of thumb that I give a thumbs up to is that I rule!
- Boone Logan Square - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 11:01 am:
“Feeling good, John!”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 11:04 am:
===“Feeling good, John!”===
Well played!
“I bet Mike we couldn’t Veto-Proof Christine and Tom … I lost…1 Dollar.”
To the Caption,
“You went to Saputo’s last night? The Lazagna, right? I know, good stuff!”
- Irish - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 11:15 am:
“Pat! Green tie, good job!”
- NeveroddoreveN - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 11:18 am:
MM: Hey Steve, look I am smashing Cross’s head! I’m smashing your head, I’m smashing your head!
- Anyone Remember? - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 11:21 am:
Representative Bost, you’re right! Those Cobden apples make a clean crisp sound when being cut up.
- Docnoyes - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 11:22 am:
This is my thumb, it goes up my ass….for the right donation!
- PublicServant - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 11:29 am:
Hey Republicans, thanks for making it so easy to secure my position as majority leader for the last few decades. Keep up the good work.
- Arthur Andersen - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 11:32 am:
“Hey, Tom! Thanks for Simonizing my Buick! It looks like brand new again!”
- Can't stand this mess - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 11:41 am:
I can shove any pension benefit reduction I want right up the state employee’s @$$.
- Irish - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 11:45 am:
Yes, this is my World of Warcraft killer thumb! Look me up if you dare! I’ll be the tall guy in the golden armor, with the apple crest!
- The unknown poster - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 11:53 am:
When it comes to understanding how guns work I am all thumbs.
- The unknown poster - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 11:54 am:
Look, a splinter.
- Irish - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 11:55 am:
“No, that picture is not level.”
- Irish - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 11:57 am:
“And Tom read the green with his putter like this…. and then missed the putt.”
- wordslinger - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 12:07 pm:
“Yo Skip, that’s not your seat anymore….”
- Commonsense in Illinois - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 12:15 pm:
I showed this move to Clinton…the rest is history.
- Meaningless - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 12:22 pm:
“Finally got ‘em !! “
- The End Is Near - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 12:39 pm:
“You know I love you, Mr. Rangel. How many fingers am I holding up? Just UNO, mi amigo.”
- Cheswick - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 12:44 pm:
The speaker roamed the house floor all afternoon declaring, “One, two, three, four. I declare a thumb war.” And yet, there were no takers.
(Docnoyes - You must be new here.)
- hisgirlfriday - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 1:00 pm:
Do_do_do, doo_doo, doo_ahh… It doesn’t matter what comes
Fresh goes better in life
With mentos fresh and full of life
Nothing gets to you
Staying fresh, staying cool
With mentos fresh and full of life
Fresh goes better mentos freshness
Fresh goes better with mentos, fresh and full of life!
Mentos: the freshmaker!
- Arthur Andersen - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 1:02 pm:
“The Illini beat the Gophers. I told you people!”
- Anonymous - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 1:11 pm:
This here song might offend you some
If it does, it’s because you’re dumb
That’s the way it is where I come from
If you’ve been there too, let me see your thumb
–Frank Zappa
- Quizzical - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 1:16 pm:
Keep your hands away from him, nobody had touched him since 1995. Also because he’s expressing an emotion we have no idea what he could do right now.
- Yossarian Lives - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 1:18 pm:
Speaker Madigan continues explaining the necessary ingredients of a pension reform bill while wondering why people look nervously at the exits whenever he does this.
- Darienite - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 1:31 pm:
Quinn’s brother got canned as Fenwick’s basketball coach? Just gets better!!!
- Jomike - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 1:32 pm:
LoL. We got ‘em again!
- zatoichi - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 1:33 pm:
The imaginary eye ball scope scores a direct hit.
- Bluefish - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 1:38 pm:
Rich takes a few hours off and commenters take potshots at me on the blog. We all know how this will turn out
- 3rd Generation Chicago Native - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 1:50 pm:
I am giving Chicago River dye job a thumbs up this Saturday, and Sunday I give the south South Irish Parade a thumbs up.
- Jeff Trigg - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 1:53 pm:
“Hey Picciolli and Preckwinkle, you are good to go on those one day teaching careers, we got your 6 figure pension provision through without a peep.”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 1:54 pm:
“Master Plummer, you back for ‘Mock General Assembly AGAIN? Well, just don’t color at the desk again. Have fun!”
- Arthur Andersen - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 1:56 pm:
Well played Anon 1:11 and Willy, love the 9:51 “1-2-3.”
Ah, good clean fun on a cloudy day.
- Kasich Walker, Jr. - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 1:56 pm:
“Miller is buying!”
- 618er - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 2:08 pm:
Okay! Here’s how we are going to do it from here on out. You write your vote down on the piece of paper, fold it twice and put it in that box. Everyone understand? Excellent!
- Chicago DC - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 2:38 pm:
“Speaker, which finger did you screw IL with today?”
- BW - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 2:45 pm:
Chuck Norris approved!
- ZC - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 3:00 pm:
Madigan celebrates physicists’ long-suspected discovery that he is indeed the God Particle.
- ZC - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 3:02 pm:
“So learned this new greeting, it’s called the fist dap! Anyone want to fist dap?”
“Mr Speaker, you put the thumb down first …”
- Tankr - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 3:20 pm:
Just talked to Feinstein and Schummer, all is well.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 3:34 pm:
- AA-
With much thanks.
“Speaker, the 2014 ‘Madi-Knife’ is debuting at the ‘Retail Merchants Trade & Expo’ …thoughts?”
- Chucky Jay - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 4:34 pm:
To borrow from “Duck Dynasty”…
“How do I feel about the 2012 cycle? HAPPY, HAPPY, HAPPY”
- Mama - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 5:40 pm:
Do you think your daughter can win the governor’s race? See the picture for Madigan’s reply.
- ZC - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 5:57 pm:
Colette: Madigan has almost done time.
Linguini: What for?
Colette: No one know for sure. He changes the story every time you ask him.
Madigan: I defrauded a major pension fund.
Madigan: I destroyed the second-largest party in Illinois using only a ball-point pen.
Madigan: I created a hole in the media over Springfield.
Madigan: I killed a man… with *this* thumb.
- Just The Way It Is One - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 6:28 pm:
Speaker Madigan, while openly and boldly campaigning for his daughter Lisa Madigan on the Floor of the Illinois House of Representatives, gives a hearty “thumbs up” upon learning of Illinois Supreme Court Justice’s Anne Burke’s willingness to talk to her husband-the powerful, long-time Chicago Ald. Ed Burke about actively throwing his support behind daughter Lisa if she announces her intention to run for Governor as some expect, as well as excitedly reacting to the Justice’s assurance to the Speaker of swearing-in the younger Madigan at the next Inauguration if she is elected next Illinois Governor. Roger Ebert, famous media Film Critic, who’d just taught the Speaker how to best portray the “thumbs up” sign from his former hit movie review television show, looks on approvingly as well.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 6:47 pm:
- Just The Way It Is One -,
Sneedless to say …lol
All you are missing is…
“Jay Doherty met Speaker Madigan, Lisa Madigan, Justice Burke, Roger Ebert and the Powerful Ed Burke at Saputo’s and they all had a great time.”
- Arthur Andersen - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 7:55 pm:
Willy, Sneedless to say that is a classic!
- Anonymous - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 8:12 pm:
- Arthur Andersen -,
- Just The Way It Is One - had Sneed “down”.
I just wanted to add that “finish” Sneed has to have to make the day complete.
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 8:18 pm:
Sorry, I had to email this huge packet and when I do, I have to clean my cache, thus me causing a “conspiracy” for - Anonymous - that I am trying to BE - Anonymous -
Since this is 100…
“Hey, I know you! You are my new Democratic DuPage State Rep in Daniels’ old seat, right? Way to go, welcome!”
- Cheswick - Thursday, Mar 14, 13 @ 10:16 pm:
Leave the gun? Take the cannoli? Hells to the yeah!