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Wednesday, Jul 1, 2015 - Posted by Rich Miller

* From happier times

* The Question: Caption?

       

87 Comments
  1. - Team Sleep - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 12:53 pm:

    “And then I said, ‘Bail out this!’”


  2. - Tsavo - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 12:53 pm:

    http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/7/71/736789/one-day-634-million-payment-emanuel-asks-teacher-pension-fund-500-million-loan

    Bruce, I just asked the teacher pension fund for a 500 million dollar loan,if they say “no” can I get the money from you?


  3. - DuPage - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 12:53 pm:

    Ha-Ha-Ha when we get done those unions won’t know what hit them!


  4. - RNUG - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 12:53 pm:

    Can you believe the union workers think I’m on their side?


  5. - JS Mill - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 12:55 pm:

    RE- And the poor fellow asked “how much is that bottle of Château Margaux 2009?”

    BR- so what did you say?

    RE- If you have to ask, you probably don’t have a wine cellar!

    BR- Tee Hee! The poor, they ain’t so bad.

    RE- Huh?!

    BR- Gotcha!! Just kidding! Whew!

    RE- You had me going buddy!!!


  6. - vole - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 12:55 pm:

    With my eyes closed I can see something to laugh about inside my brain.


  7. - Casual Observer - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 12:58 pm:

    Rahm: “so Ricketts tells me I need to start making plans for the Cubs’ World Series celebration”.


  8. - 47th Ward - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 12:58 pm:

    Bruce, that right-to-work gag is brilliant, you’re making me look like Mother Jones by comparison, and I’m chopping another 1,400 teachers! Keep it up pal, this is great.


  9. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 12:58 pm:

    Bruce: Republicans..

    Rahm: Democrats…

    Together: Fools!

    (They laugh)


  10. - Deep South - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 1:01 pm:

    “And then I said everyone would get paid!”


  11. - Tact - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 1:01 pm:

    Let us laugh in the extreme!


  12. - Joe M - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 1:02 pm:

    - I didn’t really mean all of those bad things I said about you! Ha ha ha.

    - Neither did I! Ha ha ha.


  13. - Rich Miller - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 1:03 pm:

    ===Let us laugh in the extreme! ===

    Gonna be difficult to top that one.


  14. - Luggie - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 1:03 pm:

    Rauner: …and then I told Goldberg to sign the letter “With warmest personal regards.”


  15. - Casual Observer - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 1:05 pm:

    The court says I HAVE to pay them minimum wage. Talk about a Christmas gift in July.


  16. - RayRay - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 1:05 pm:

    “This good cop bad cop thing we got goin on is goin to pay off big in the end!”


  17. - John A Logan - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 1:05 pm:

    Rauner: “Mike Madigan, John Cullerton, you and me are in a car. Who’s driving?”

    Rahm: “I don’t know.”

    Rauner: “The Police”


  18. - Mister Jay Em - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 1:05 pm:

    “And no matter what happens, we’ll always be rich!”

    – MrJM


  19. - Keyser Soze - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 1:07 pm:

    “See you at the State Fair.”


  20. - Beaner - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 1:08 pm:

    And then, ha heh, with a straight face I said “I am going to continue to negotiate in good faith”; and I kept a straight face. And you know, they bought and printed it.


  21. - Arthur Andersen - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 1:11 pm:

    “Now here’s a real $@%% you, Lewis!”


  22. - Wordslinger - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 1:11 pm:

    RE: “Governor, the peasants are revolting!”

    BR: “Yeah, they stink on ice…. pull!”


  23. - Jake From Elwood - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 1:11 pm:

    The Act is called ‘The Aristocrats’


  24. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 1:12 pm:

    “That Griffin… “


  25. - Wensicia - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 1:14 pm:

    “When did I start droppin’ my “g”s? After a few glasses of that ’spensive wine we’re enjoyin’ right now!”


  26. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 1:14 pm:

    “We’re bigger than US Steel… “


  27. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 1:15 pm:

    “They think we actually care!”


  28. - Amalia - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 1:17 pm:

    Two rich guys walk into elected offices, and….


  29. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 1:18 pm:

    “… and Cullerton is helping us… “


  30. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 1:20 pm:

    “…Unions… “


  31. - Anonymous - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 1:23 pm:

    Shall we enjoy another bottle of fine wine?


  32. - Modest Proposal - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 1:23 pm:

    —together: fools!—-

    OW wins…


  33. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 1:24 pm:

    “Oh Madigan…”


  34. - William j Kelly - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 1:28 pm:

    Bruce: thank God the pig headed fools didn’t listen to William Kelly!
    Rahm: I couldn’t agree more!


  35. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 1:30 pm:

    “… William Kelly… “


  36. - William j Kelly - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 1:34 pm:

    Bruce: especially that pig headed fool Oswego willy.
    Rahm: you couldn’t have done it without him.


  37. - Ben Franklin - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 1:35 pm:

    Bears in the Superbowl!


  38. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 1:39 pm:

    “… Budgets… “


  39. - Anonin' - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 1:41 pm:

    Bobblehead: “Hey Rahmster a few weeks ago I attacked PQ over short term borrowing.”
    Rahmblehead: “Yeah and I said I needed $600+ million the pension.”
    Bobblehead: “And then I borrowed and no one noticed


  40. - DuPage Don - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 1:43 pm:

    But for 172,570 votes this could all still be Quinn’s conundrum to solve….


  41. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 1:46 pm:

    ” … Bill Daley … “


  42. - OldSmoky2 - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 1:49 pm:

    “And then I’ve got an ad coming that blames Madigan for causing the Great Chicago Fire.”


  43. - Sillies - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 1:50 pm:

    “Wouldn’t it be funny if we both moved to Greektown?”


  44. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 1:52 pm:

    ” … voters… “


  45. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 1:52 pm:

    ” … responsibility?… “


  46. - Are Ya Kiddin' Me? - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 1:58 pm:

    We have Madigan right where we want him……


  47. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 1:59 pm:

    “… The Tribune Editorial Board… “


  48. - Wensicia - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 2:04 pm:

    “I never realized playing “kick the can down the road” could be so fun!”


  49. - Anonymous - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 2:13 pm:

    I just put a “kick-me”sign on the back of Quinn.


  50. - Commonsense in Illinois - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 2:17 pm:

    …the brick…


  51. - Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 2:19 pm:

    “… deadlines …”


  52. - New Kid on the Block - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 2:25 pm:

    “Stop it, that tickles!”


  53. - Sbn - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 2:31 pm:

    Br; our kids aren’t in in cps
    Re; not anymore!


  54. - zatoichi - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 2:39 pm:

    So, Putin and I were doing shots at his hunting lodge……


  55. - Scholar athlete - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 2:46 pm:

    BR: Ever hear hundreds of thousands people say, “Thank you, sir. May i have another?”
    RE: OK. I’ll bite. Where?
    BR : South of I 80. They love me down there.
    RE: Never been…it’s not safe for a guy like me. Too big city.
    BR: Carharts, man, Carharts. And lose that Rolex and you’re one of them. They love me, dude. Shakin’ up Springfield. They love it!


  56. - Arthur Andersen - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 2:56 pm:

    “Lewis”


  57. - Huh? - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 3:13 pm:

    I’ll take Chicago, you take the rest of the state, they will never know what hit em.


  58. - Under Further Review - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 3:41 pm:

    So Axelrod tells me to put on a sweater and act humble during the run-off. The bottled water and newspaper in the television spot was my idea.


  59. - atbat - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 3:48 pm:

    “Bruce, Hillary emailed me that she thought you were cute.”


  60. - West Side Willie - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 3:57 pm:

    We really faked them out . Great idea to have that bottle of MD 20-20 on our desks.


  61. - QL - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 4:10 pm:

    you call me Chiraq, I call you Enron, lets take the wives to see U2, I got the box!


  62. - Anon - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 4:26 pm:

    “At least we’re not Puerto Rico.”


  63. - E town - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 4:27 pm:

    We’ve got Madigan right where we want him, Bruce!


  64. - A guy - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 4:38 pm:

    “Turns out CPS had the money all along”


  65. - Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 4:58 pm:

    BR: “Remember that picnic when I turned on the fan and Shatner’s toupee blew off?”

    RE: “And I blasted it with my skeet gun!”


  66. - Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 5:00 pm:

    BR: “Snuff! Always makes my nose wrinkle up.”

    RE: “Even better from a Louis XIV jeweled snuff box!”


  67. - Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 5:01 pm:

    BR: “Elected. Then hated.”

    RE: “Hated. Then RE-elected!”


  68. - Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 5:02 pm:

    RE: “Where’d you get that shirt? Walmart?”

    BR: “Sure. They’re non-union.”


  69. - Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 5:05 pm:

    BR: “So I snuck into his house at night and put a jar of applesauce in his bed with him.”

    RE: “I wish I could have seen the look on his face in the morning.”


  70. - Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 5:07 pm:

    BR: “Curley, when he slapped his face and went ‘Woo woo woo.”

    RE: “I always thought Joe Besser was funnier.”


  71. - Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 5:11 pm:

    BR: “I am so rich I used stacks of $20 bills for inner soles.”

    RE: “I use caviar in my pea-shooter!”


  72. - Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 5:15 pm:

    BR: “Bernie Sanders.”

    RE: “Rick Perry!”


  73. - Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 5:17 pm:

    BR: “What came first? The chicken cordon bleu…”

    RE: “or the Faberge egg?”


  74. - Buzz Phrase - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 5:33 pm:

    For the love of God won’t someone think of the children and give teachers more money and more time off.


  75. - Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 6:31 pm:

    BR: “Corn dogs!”

    RE: “Beer!”


  76. - Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 6:33 pm:

    RE: “Then Hillary said to him, ‘If I get hold of you, you’ll be playing soprano saxophone!”

    BR: “Stop! You’re making my Chateau Lafitte come out of my nose.”


  77. - Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 6:44 pm:

    RE: “Oy! That Head Start meeting! I’m still having nightmares about it.”

    BR: “Welcome to the club, my friend!”


  78. - Anonymous - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 6:46 pm:

    Barkfest


  79. - Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 6:47 pm:

    RE: “So I said to Panetta, ‘I really like your bread, man.’ And he said to me, that’s Pantera, Pantera.”

    BR: “So he didn’t get it?”


  80. - Streator Curmudgeon - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 7:29 pm:

    BR: “You oughta try my voice coach. He can make you sound just like the voters you’re tryin’ to reach.”

    RE: “Yeah? What’s his name?”

    BR: “Larry the Cable Guy.”


  81. - Anonymous - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 7:56 pm:

    Laffer laughter


  82. - Anonymous - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 7:58 pm:

    You driving the trash can to solider field?


  83. - Anonymous - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 8:20 pm:

    Don’t worry be happy.


  84. - Anonymous - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 8:26 pm:

    The terminator and rahmbo


  85. - Quizzical - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 10:47 pm:

    Kass and Dold don’t have any clue that you actually run the Combine!


  86. - downstate commissioner - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 10:57 pm:

    Just before their pictures went up on the post office bulletin board….


  87. - downstate commissioner - Wednesday, Jul 1, 15 @ 11:03 pm:

    “There’s an autistic kid, an unemployed mother, a Chicago teacher, and a rich white guy on an airplane. The engine quits: who gets the only parachute?” “Ha-ha-ha…. You kill me”


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