“In a time of international crisis, there’s only one man that can bring two neighboring lands together to forge one incredible friendship… From the studio that brought you ‘A Side Order of Canada’ and ‘The Neighbours That Live Below’… CBC Studios give you the one man that only talks to be heard, and the country too polite to ask him to repeat it… Speaker Michael J. Madigan… in… ‘With Kindest Personal Regards’… a polite story about friendly aquaimtences and the trade agreements they share… “
- Cubs in '16 - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:02 pm:
“…..because Madigan, eh”
- cdog - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:03 pm:
Are you sure they aren’t Russians?
- Oswego Willy - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:06 pm:
Although the maple syrup and Canadian Whiskey were nice gifts, Speaker Madigan wondered aloud if apples are grown in Canada…
- Big Joe - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:07 pm:
Madigan and the Canucks he controls……Eh?
- VanillaMan - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:07 pm:
Madigan enthralls the visiting Canadian delegations with his Windsor strip club tales.
- Cubs in '16 - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:07 pm:
“Please be careful to not step on the rough drafts of my letter to the Civic Committee.”
- zatoichi - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:08 pm:
The incredible shrinking people standing on a desk.
- Rich Miller - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:08 pm:
Wait. Speaker Madigan has a Twitter account? https://twitter.com/Speaker_Madigan
- Texas Red - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:09 pm:
MJM: How strong is that Canadian vote in Illinois Steve Brown: Not strong Mr. Speaker
MJM….OK I’ll meet with ‘em
- Anonymous - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:11 pm:
Madigan enthralls the visiting Canadian delegations with his reminiscence about his pet black flies.
- VanillaMan - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:13 pm:
Madigan enthralls the visiting Canadian delegations with his lamphrey collection.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:13 pm:
“In a time of international crisis, there’s only one man that can bring two neighboring lands together to forge one incredible friendship… From the studio that brought you ‘A Side Order of Canada’ and ‘The Neighbours That Live Below’… CBC Studios give you the one man that only talks to be heard, and the country too polite to ask him to repeat it… Speaker Michael J. Madigan… in… ‘With Kindest Personal Regards’… a polite story about friendly aquaimtences and the trade agreements they share… “
- Cubs in '16 - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:14 pm:
“Steve, what in god’s name is a ‘Tweeter’?”
- Michelle Flaherty - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:16 pm:
With all due respect to Regina, I have some interesting ideas on how you could redistrict Saskatchewan.
- Streator Curmudgeon - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:17 pm:
Speaker Madigan exchanges amusing anecdotes with Larry “Bud” Mellman.
- Lech W - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:18 pm:
Let’s talk Football, 4 downs is better than 3
- Streator Curmudgeon - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:19 pm:
MJM: Why are all those documents on the floor?
Woman at left: I guess you’ve never heard of a Manitoba filing cabinet, eh?
- Adam Eaton - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:21 pm:
What’s this all aboot?
- Jean Beliveau - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:22 pm:
Oh, Canada!
- Streator Curmudgeon - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:22 pm:
MJM: You stick your left foot out and you move it all about.
Woman next to Madigan: And that’s the Hokey Pokey?
MJM: No, that’s the Budget Impasse Shuffle!
- VanillaMan - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:23 pm:
Madigan enthralls the visiting Canadian delegations with his recipe for Chicago style poutine, with its creative use of sport peppers and Brylcreme.
- Streator Curmudgeon - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:25 pm:
MJM: I’ve heard the Governor won’t eat Canadian bacon for breakfast.
Canucks: That hoser!
- Dance Band on the Titanic - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:27 pm:
“…buying 27% of Illinois’ exports”
I thought you couldn’t buy the people who are leaving.
- Responsa - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:27 pm:
Madigan: I’m shriiiinking! Must get my staff on the prowl for comfortable elevator shoes before my next photo op.
- VanillaMan - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:27 pm:
Madigan enthralls the visiting Canadian delegations with his reminiscence about hunting polar bears with Tim Horton.
- Streator Curmudgeon - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:28 pm:
Man at right: You haven’t lived until you’ve eaten a tofu pancake made from Illinois soybeans.
MJM: I’ll be sure to mention that to Quinnochio.
- Streator Curmudgeon - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:30 pm:
Man in Glasses: Don Rickles once called me a “hockey puck.”
MJM: I’m sure you were very flattered.
- VanillaMan - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:33 pm:
Madigan enthralls the visiting Canadian delegations with his collection of 1956 Meteor Rideau sedans, which he still uses daily.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:33 pm:
I wonder who the lone follow @Speaker_Madigan has.
My heart hopes it @GovRauner
- Streator Curmudgeon - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:33 pm:
Madigan enthralls the Canadian delegation by doing his impression of Lorne Greene singing “Ringo.”
- T Sowell - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:35 pm:
See if we tax soda in Illinois, corn will actually be cheaper in Canada. A win, win.
- VanillaMan - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:36 pm:
Madigan enthralls the visiting Canadian delegations with his ability to tell a dirty joke in fluent Quebecois.
- VanillaMan - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:39 pm:
Curmudgeon!
Lol!
- VanillaMan - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:44 pm:
Madigan enthralls the visiting Canadian delegations with his twelve different breakfast recipes for salted cod hash.
- cdog - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:46 pm:
sidecar.
Madigan’s Twitter account is set to private. Can’t see the tweets and have to be approved to follow.
Ha. The public servant’s official Twitter is a private bubble.
- Donnie Elgin - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:47 pm:
What’s the property tax appeals business like up there ?
- VanillaMan - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:49 pm:
Madigan enthralls the visiting Canadian delegations by revealing that from the waist down, he is wind powered.
- Porgy Tirebiter - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:51 pm:
The Nunavut candidate?
- Oswego Willy - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:53 pm:
“Say… Bacon…”
- Oswego Willy - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:54 pm:
Speaker Madigan shows of his “Canadian Sun Tan”
- 47th Ward - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 2:56 pm:
If you like poutine, you’re going to love our horseshoes.
- Amalia - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 3:04 pm:
Even Canada knows that Madigan is really in charge.
- Napoleanic - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 3:08 pm:
This photo explains why Madigan was always chosen last for basketball games on the school playground.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 3:09 pm:
What if @Speaker_Madigan follows @NotDaSpeaker… Can you imagine those tweets?
- Lech W - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 3:10 pm:
That’s right just let me review your parliamentary procedures. Justin will be in power for the next 30 years, trust me.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 3:10 pm:
“Canadian delegates wanted to see the frozen ice cap called Illinois Gridlock. Their tour guide for this trek… “
- Oswego Willy - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 3:20 pm:
Speaker Madigan talks with a secret Canadian delegation in hopes of Illinois getting Wisconsin and parts of Iowa once the Csnadian invasion concludes
- Jake From Elwood - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 3:32 pm:
You mean you hosers don’t have a budget yet…Take off.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 3:35 pm:
Speaker Madigan asks firmly, but politely, if Canada could annex Gov. Rauner’s Montana ranch. No word on the official Canadian response.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 3:38 pm:
No flash photography was used to take this picture…
- Amalia - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 3:44 pm:
It’s all about the North.
- 47th Ward - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 3:48 pm:
It’s black shoe day at the Capitol.
- 47th Ward - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 3:49 pm:
The Closer, pictured with a bunch of hosers.
- Mouthy - Friday, May 26, 17 @ 4:15 pm:
So if we charge ten cents a can deposit on soda, etc. and the give back a nickle on recycling nobody will catch on? Sweet..
- Rabid - Sunday, May 28, 17 @ 3:29 pm:
Possum lodge lawyers confer on copyright trade infringement
- Rabid - Sunday, May 28, 17 @ 3:38 pm:
Growing the econometric with mike