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— Paris Schutz (@paschutz) June 28, 2016
posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:08 am
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Because….Madigan
Comment by Juvenal Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:10 am
Kind of small for all the hostages, don’t’ you think?
Comment by Anon Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:10 am
Growing a new batch of mushrooms…
Comment by NIU Grad Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:11 am
ohhhhhahhhhhohhhhhhhh death. oohhhhhhahhhhhohhhhhhh death.
Won’t you spare me over for another year.
(In Brother Where Art Thou style)
Comment by Honeybear Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:12 am
“Wonder if this means I can wear a Carhartt now?”
Comment by Cheap Seats Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:13 am
“Usually it’s Rauner who’s doing the digging. Weird.”
Comment by From the 'Dale to HP Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:14 am
“How ironic that the shovel I’m using to bury the Gov is marked with the word ‘plumbers’.”
Comment by Boone's is Back Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:14 am
“I didn’t call JULIE. I thought you were going to call JULIE?!”
Comment by Old Shepherd Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:14 am
Collectively digging.
Comment by northsider (the original) Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:15 am
Day after Rauner gets his turnaround agenda passed.
Comment by Person 8 Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:15 am
Lord, we commit this budget.
Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:15 am
Overpaid union workers use golden shovels!
Comment by DuPage Saint Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:16 am
“I swear to God, Rauner said to dig RIGHT HERE and we would find the funds for the bailout.”
Comment by New Slang Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:16 am
Madigan and the Shovels he Controls
Comment by Dee Lay Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:16 am
Do a slooowwww dig as we show up to the leaders meeting just in time.
Comment by Anon221 Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:16 am
“Can someone show me how to use this thing?”
Comment by Stuff Happens Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:17 am
Leaders enlist union help to find the source of leaked plans to Cap Fax
Comment by muon Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:19 am
Cullerton wonders how he finds himself stuck between Madigan and Blagojevich again.
Comment by phocion Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:19 am
“Speaker Madigan, please smile for the picture…smile, please…Ok, we’ll just stick with the scowl.”
Comment by NIU Grad Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:20 am
“You should have seen the excavator Bruce got to move all of his… rhetoric.”
Comment by Boooooooo Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:20 am
So we each have to dig a hole that is 2 1/2 by 8 feet and 6 feet deep?
Comment by PlayK8 Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:21 am
Pink ….. Pink … REALLY….. Did you know about this?
Comment by Allen D Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:21 am
I forgot to bring a bag of lime. You bring any lime?
Comment by Signal & Noise Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:21 am
Dear God,
Please don’t let us find a body…
Comment by A guy Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:21 am
A photo op with a shovel isn’t particularly ground breaking
Comment by AC Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:25 am
Shovel Ready Snobs
Comment by GOP Extremist Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:26 am
You can tell by the way these guys are holding the shovels they have never used one before or seen anybody use one. You talk about fish out of water. This also looks like they are looking for Jimmy Hoffa. What a crew.
Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:27 am
“Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life …”
Comment by The Captain Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:27 am
Hey John how does this thing work again?
Comment by State Engineer Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:27 am
Digging the money pit of Illinois’ debt deeper, one shovel at a time.
Comment by Formerly Known As... Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:29 am
Wait until after the November election and we will have the taxpayers digging deeper.
Comment by the old man Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:32 am
As most road construction projects shut down, new volunteers arrive to assist at some local construction sites.
Comment by d.p.gumby Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:32 am
Just keep digging, just keep digging…
Comment by Budgets Are Your Friend Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:32 am
MJM =I usually have ‘people’ for this sort of thing.=
Comment by Formerly Known As... Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:32 am
To paraphrase Shakespeare…
Friends, Illinoisans, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Rauner, not to praise him;
The evil that men do lives after them,
The good is oft interred with their bones,
So let it be with Rauner … The noble Speaker
Hath told you Rauner was ambitious:
If it were so, it was a grievous fault,
Comment by 4 percent Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:35 am
Hard heads. No hard hats needed. /s
Comment by cdog Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:35 am
Umm, How do you hold this thing
Comment by Bucko Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:36 am
Dear Lord, please deliver us from Rauner. Amen.
Comment by PublicServant Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:37 am
Mr Cullerton and Mr Madigan with their tax payer funded golden shovels, purchased for the low price of $140 Bill in debt.
Comment by Formerly Known As... Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:37 am
Itn’t this where we buried …
Comment by Huh? Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:37 am
My name is Jacob Stein, I’m from the American Federation of Ditch Diggers. I’ve been sent to see if you gentlemen are carrying your permits.
Our what?
Your union cards. May I see your cards please?
Comment by Huh? Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:43 am
I’m so glad so glad people don’t realize Government funded construction is just reshuffling the chairs on the deck of the Titanic!
Comment by JustRight Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:48 am
OSHA - here is your ticket for not providing the necessary personal protective equipment on a construction site. Here is your ticket for not providing the necessary training to on the job personnel to properly handle the equipment to avoid injury. And here us your ticket for making politicians pose for dumb photos aND nit including 1.4%.
Comment by Huh? Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:48 am
Cullerton: Did you ever try to dig to China when you were a kid?
Madigan: I was never a kid.
Comment by Wensicia Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:52 am
Politicians who fail to do their job are digging their own graves.
Comment by Christopher Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:53 am
What’s your dirt doing in my ditch, boy?
Comment by Casual observer Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:53 am
“Hey, here’s an idea! A bobcat would be way more efficient and make us look like really modern 21st century pols with 21st century photo ops. I’ve always wanted to drive a bobcat.”
Comment by Responsa Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:53 am
MJM: “Wait. Did you say Mike Madigan MEMORIAL Apple Orchard?”
Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:55 am
I don’t think 6 feet’s gonna do it. Let’s go 7.
Comment by 37B Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:55 am
“Where’d you get these shovels?”
“The Dick Nixon museum. Why?”
Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:58 am
This is how we bury Illinois, burry Illinois, burry Illinois,
This is how we bury illinois all the year long budgets-less budgets.
Ths how we have buried Illinois Buried Illinois Buried Illinois.
This how we have Buried Illinois all the while our own practices flourish.
Thank you Illinois for giving us all your money while we want more than you gave & continue to want more than you have, Continue to want more.. ,Continue to want more. This is how we continue to want more until we collapse YOUR entire state, fill our own pockets and ask for more still.
Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:59 am
“A hard hat? Seriously?”
“Hey. I might get hit by some flying rhetoric.”
Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 11:59 am
“Aren’t you supposed to put your foot on these?”
“What, and ruin my shine?”
“Shinebox? Who said shinebox?”
Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 12:02 pm
The money for CPS is a little deeper
Comment by Almost the Weekend Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 12:03 pm
Either we dig until we find Jimmy Hoffa or if we’re real lucky this is where Al Capone’s vault exists and our budget problems are outta here!
Comment by DoubleD Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 12:03 pm
Almost the Weekend takes a commanding lead!
Comment by Rich Miller Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 12:05 pm
Let’s bow our heads for the mans prayer. I am a man and I can change if I have to, I guess.
Comment by Former hillrod Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 12:05 pm
Madigan: “Where’s the on-off switch on this thing?”
Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 12:06 pm
“First things first… Let’s make sure there’s a union sticker for all to see, just so there’s no confusion as to who we’re really beholden to.”
Comment by D Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 12:06 pm
This stuff gonna be on my shoes? I just got a shine yesterday.
Mike, this guy next to me. Those pants. Off the shelf. He could at least go to Jos A Banks.
Comment by zatoichi Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 12:09 pm
Cullerton: “Sheesh! My power tie isn’t helping at all.”
Madigan: “I’m getting a tingling sensation. I think I hit a patronage worker.”
Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 12:15 pm
A moment of silence for the Turnaround Agenda following its burial. RIP.
Comment by 47th Ward Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 12:16 pm
A lot of holes in the city, and a lot of problems are buried in those holes. But you gotta do it right. I mean, you gotta have the hole already dug before you show up with a package in the trunk. Otherwise, you’re talking about a half-hour to forty-five minutes worth of digging. And who knows who’s gonna come along in that time? Pretty soon, you gotta dig a few more holes. You could be there all night.
Comment by 47th Ward Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 12:17 pm
Madigan: Psst. John. Did you throw his ‘Wine of the Month’ selection in there?
Cullerton: Yeah. Along with the keys to the trashcan van.
Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 12:20 pm
Are they praying before the groudbreaking or do they just not want to look each other in the eye.
Comment by Levois Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 12:33 pm
It’s gonna take us forever to dig 57,918 square miles. We better get some help. RIP Illinois
Comment by paula1963 Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 12:38 pm
Look at all the corn kernels…
Comment by Triple fat Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 12:43 pm
That is not a pile of dirt. I’m certain about that, John.
Comment by Triple fat Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 12:46 pm
“new volunteers arrive to assist at some local construction sites.”
Just as long as they belong to the union local and are paid prevailing wages. We don’t need no scabby rats on this site.
Comment by Huh? Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 12:47 pm
Cullerton: “I thought you used a mallet in Whack-a-Mole.”
Madigan: “Get ready! I smell craft beer. He’s coming to the surface.”
Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 12:52 pm
John are you sure that the double over handed grip is right? I’m going to try to hold it this way.
Comment by Huh? Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 12:56 pm
You guys sure the bill is here?
Comment by A guy Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 12:57 pm
“Hey, what do you like, a leg or a wing, Mikey? Or do you still go for the old hearts and lungs?”
Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 1:04 pm
Comrades it’s time to bury the GOP
Comment by Rabid Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 1:12 pm
I’ve never lifted a shove before.
Comment by mokenavince Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 1:27 pm
“You think anyone would notice if we dig Illinois into a deeper hole?”
Comment by Clark Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 1:31 pm
Cullerton: “I’m a workin’ on the railroad, all the livelong day…”
Madigan: “John! You got rejected by America’s Got Talent. Get over it!”
Comment by Streator Curmudgeon Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 1:38 pm
4 suits waiting for a union laborer to show them how to hold a shovel.
Comment by Cook street Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 1:41 pm
Ace and king of spades
Comment by Rabid Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 1:50 pm
Praying to dig up a pot of gold underneath that pile.
Comment by ParisIllini Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 1:52 pm
Tiny shovels make your hands look bigger
Comment by Rabid Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 2:04 pm
Lot of holes out in the desert, and a lot of problems are buried in those holes.
Comment by Man with a plan Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 2:07 pm
Dear God, We are digging as fast as we can, but there is not enough money in this hole.
And God, would you please help me find enough votes & money to past Madigan’s full budget.
Comment by Mama Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 2:26 pm
The Dems are doing everything they can to help the construction workers.
Comment by Mama Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 2:33 pm
Trench warfare training
Comment by Rabid Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 2:34 pm
Ceremonial shovels that befit ceremonial leaders.
Comment by Jake From Elwood Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 2:43 pm
How foolish to think
that the budget hole cannot
be dug deeper still.
Comment by Former Titan Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 2:47 pm
Is that light or fire down there at the bottom?
Comment by Anon Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 2:52 pm
Tonight on How It’s Made: Illinois Democrats work on a state budget.
Comment by Anon Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 2:54 pm
MJM: I think my feet can go in a little deeper yet…
Comment by Anon Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 2:55 pm
Let’s say a prayer of thanks for the only Shovel Ready job in the entire state.
(we can skip the hand holding part)
Comment by A guy Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 3:06 pm
Our funders, who art in union halls and trial lawyer firms, hallowed be thy names.
Comment by Amalia Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 3:43 pm
“You sure Quinn’s career is buried here?”
Comment by walker Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 3:45 pm
Finally, the final resting place for union domination of Illinois politics.
Comment by Kathy Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 4:11 pm
Shovel leaning narcolepsy syndrome
Comment by Rabid Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 4:26 pm
The guy on the left, is that Ron Swanson?
Comment by UrgentUnguent Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 4:30 pm
It’s hard to keep a straight face when I keep hearing Slim Pickens saying, “Put that shovel to good use.”
Comment by Whatever Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 4:40 pm
“And now, Father Pfleger will say the blessing for this fine new facility…just as soon as the check clears.”
Comment by Arthur Andersen Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 4:59 pm
“I’m sure there is an easier way to do redistricting”.
Comment by peon Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 5:03 pm
MJM: “You sure Hoffa’s down here?”
JC: “That’s what Balanoff said…”
Comment by park Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 6:30 pm
Haven’t we dug a big enough hole for the state of illinois?
Comment by Smalls Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 6:46 pm
Are they planting a money tree?
Comment by Jim Tuesday, Jun 28, 16 @ 6:50 pm
The yogurt gets deep at the end of dairy month
Comment by Rabid Wednesday, Jun 29, 16 @ 6:25 am
Union tools
Comment by Rabid Wednesday, Jun 29, 16 @ 6:41 am
“This will be a lovely grave for the Governor, boys.”
Comment by Mango Wednesday, Jun 29, 16 @ 7:47 am