Speaker Madigan picks the pocket of an unsuspecting photographer.
- Former Card Carrying Repub - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 1:05 pm:
Q: What’s up Mike?
MJM: Just livin’ the dream.
- CircularFiringSquad - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 1:06 pm:
“Why don’t they give StateWideTom, RxRon and the other blowhards some credit for following my lead and giving CPS $1.2 BBBBBBillion smackaronisand get nothing, zip,zero, nada for their cronies
Yikes! Left in the dust. Again. As Usual
Shoulda voted “no”
Your link to that article was fitting Rich. This passage made me think about campaign cost inflation.
“His Illinois House Democratic Majority political fund spent at least $272,000 directly in six south suburban general election contests. They won them all: Reps. Kevin McCarthy of Orland Park, Maggie Crotty of Oak Forest, Jim Brosnahan of Evergreen Park, Michael Giglio of Lansing, George Scully of Flossmoor and Mary K. O’Brien of Coal City. ”
$272,000? That’s nothing these days.
Someone should do a “where are they now” about the candidates (and staffers) from each of those 6 somewhat historic races.
It’s Great To Be King! - Elton John, from “The Lion King”, enhanced by VanillaMan
Way beyond the water hole
A little down the line
The jungle and the plains and peaks
These things are all mine
I’m Illinois’ ruler
Of most everything around
From the grandest of the rivers
To the humble common ground
My reign is a super-awesome thing
Oh, it’s great to be King!
My Reign has been a noble thing
And scrupulously fair
I only need a lot more time
And perhaps a little hair
I am the big main event
Like no king was before
I’m brushing up on shaking down
I’m working on that Big Score
Chicago and Downstate is gonna swing
Oh, it’s great to be King!
No one threatening do this
No one threatening be there
No one threatening stop that
No one threatening see here
Free to run around all day
I’m free to do it my way!
The time has come
In this state of blue
To sell off many things
This all may be true
But I would rather have you kiss my ring!
It’s easy to be royal
If you’re already Madigan
It isn’t just my right
With my mob of henchmen
The backlash is waiting to go zing
But they haven’t seen my redistricting!
Oh, it great to be King!
- Way Way Down Here - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 2:58 pm:
These are the people—like, the “People of Illinois”—-no kiddin—huh. How’d they get in here?
- Sick of it all.... - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 3:00 pm:
“He can get a bill passed in one day AGAINST you, get it signed, and THEN you will thank him for beating you like a silly school girl. He is… The Most Interesting Speaker in the World”
“I don’t always push bills like this, but when I do, I prefer Mushrooms”
“Mushrooms - In the dark, quiet, and doin’ what their told”
- Yellow Dog Democrat - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 5:14 pm:
Just because I’m smiling doesn’t mean I’m joking: It just means I’m having fun.
- Yellow Dog Democrat - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 5:17 pm:
@Jeter:
Trust me, Madigan ain’t afraid of Trump.
- Yellow Dog Democrat - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 5:24 pm:
“Mike? Mike is dead, my friend. You can call me…Joker. And as you can see, I’m alot happier.”
“You can’t make an omelette without breaking some legs.”
“The pen, is truly mightier than the sword!”
“Tell me something, my friend. Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?”
- Quinn T. Sential - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 5:47 pm:
Cap Fax Intern DuJour:
Mike Madigan; you just ambushed the state employee unions and passed a revolutionary and raidcal statutory change to the state’s public employee pension system in world record time, without allowing any organized opposition to form or react; what are you going to do now?
His Excellency; the Speaker:
I am going to Disney World!
- Sick of All of Them - Friday, Mar 26, 10 @ 1:32 am:
- Gregor - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 12:41 pm:
“Thank you! For my next trick…”
- Just another person... - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 12:45 pm:
Cheeezzzzzz!! I am your daddy!!!!! All praise me….
- Loop Lady - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 12:45 pm:
Thank you, my minions for your attention and cooperation…well done!
- wordslinger - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 12:47 pm:
“What did the five fingers say to the face? Slap!”
- Ahoy - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 12:48 pm:
“This is for my facebook page”
- siriusly - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 12:49 pm:
“Today, this bill passed because it had a majority of votes in the House. This was nothing extraordinary, I am just one member.”
- Roz - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 12:51 pm:
Hello My name is Mike Madigan.
- DeKalb Dragon - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 12:53 pm:
How you like me now?
- George - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 12:55 pm:
Illinois Legislators try to get a sense of what 37-kid class sizes would mean in schools.
- Living in Oklahoma - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 12:55 pm:
Micheal J Madigan. The most powerful man in the universe.
- Anonymous - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 12:56 pm:
“What me worry”
- jaded voter - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 12:56 pm:
“You will do as you told.”
- Montrose - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 12:57 pm:
I’m sorry, what were you saying about November?
- jaded voter - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 12:58 pm:
..are told.”
- vole - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 12:59 pm:
Chief Illiniwreck.
- George - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 12:59 pm:
Illinois House Speaker spotted at a Tea Party protest at the State Capitol building in Springfield.
- ilrino - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 1:02 pm:
And who do I see backed into that corner? Why it’s Little Tommy Cross!
- anon - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 1:03 pm:
“Are you there, God? It’s me - Mike.”
- JustaJoe - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 1:03 pm:
“Transparency? This town ain’t ready for transparency!”
- anon - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 1:03 pm:
“My statute should go right there, in that corner.”
- 47th Ward - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 1:04 pm:
Speaker Madigan picks the pocket of an unsuspecting photographer.
- Former Card Carrying Repub - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 1:05 pm:
Q: What’s up Mike?
MJM: Just livin’ the dream.
- CircularFiringSquad - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 1:06 pm:
“Why don’t they give StateWideTom, RxRon and the other blowhards some credit for following my lead and giving CPS $1.2 BBBBBBillion smackaronisand get nothing, zip,zero, nada for their cronies
Yikes! Left in the dust. Again. As Usual
Shoulda voted “no”
- jaded voter - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 1:06 pm:
It’s good to be King.”
- Anonymous - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 1:08 pm:
Whos your daddy
- I'm not that funny - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 1:08 pm:
“See that statue of old man Daley? My statue will be next to his one day. Richy doesn’t get one.”
- unclesam - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 1:09 pm:
And that, kid, is how things are done.
- jaded voter - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 1:10 pm:
“St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland. We had to go somewhere.”
- Old Milwaukee - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 1:10 pm:
With friends like me, the unions don’t need enemies.
- Anonymous - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 1:12 pm:
Wiley Coyote, Suuuper Genious………….
- vole - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 1:13 pm:
Gobble. Gobble. Sometimes I get the turkeys in line, sometimes I don’t.
- Fan of Cap Fax - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 1:13 pm:
What! Cullerton said he’s more handsome than me? Ha! Just look at this mug…I am the Rock Star of Politics!
- jaded voter - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 1:13 pm:
“Kiss the ring and move on.” smile
- OneMan - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 1:16 pm:
Do or Do Not, there is no try…
- siriusly - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 1:17 pm:
What’s Mike Madigan up to?
Your link to that article was fitting Rich. This passage made me think about campaign cost inflation.
“His Illinois House Democratic Majority political fund spent at least $272,000 directly in six south suburban general election contests. They won them all: Reps. Kevin McCarthy of Orland Park, Maggie Crotty of Oak Forest, Jim Brosnahan of Evergreen Park, Michael Giglio of Lansing, George Scully of Flossmoor and Mary K. O’Brien of Coal City. ”
$272,000? That’s nothing these days.
Someone should do a “where are they now” about the candidates (and staffers) from each of those 6 somewhat historic races.
- wordslinger - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 1:18 pm:
“That was fun. Don’t you wish you could do that?”
- pipersls - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 1:19 pm:
Let’s just say I have a “pension-t” for getting
things done my way!
- ZC - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 1:20 pm:
“All your base are belong to us.”
- ZC - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 1:25 pm:
Or, since Rich likes his gangster pics:
“Top of the world, Ma! Top of the world!”
- TTL, III - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 1:26 pm:
Pictured center: Michael J. Madigan. Cool as a cucumber amidst the chaos he created.
- Rich Miller - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 1:27 pm:
Leave the pensions, take the cannoli.
- Anonymous - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 1:27 pm:
jaded voter you had me crying laughing so hard.-
“St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland. We had to go somewhere.”
- AC/DC Bag - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 1:32 pm:
“And if you think that’s nifty, just wait ’til I’m governor, er, I mean my daughter is governor, er, well, you know what Iean..,”
- FDR - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 1:34 pm:
“St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland. We had to go somewhere.” - I can’t beat that jaded voter but here’s my best shot:
“Hey, I’m 67 and look at how much I’m making at my law practice without a pension.”
- Vote Quimby! - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 1:34 pm:
No photos of the sleeve. There’s nothing there anway…
- CHICAGO-DEM - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 1:38 pm:
Hey! What can I say! Madigan, Cullerton, Quinn Daley(Chicago boss of Chicago state Reps.) the Irish run it!
- OneMan - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 1:40 pm:
I am not the responsible party you are looking for..
“He is not the responsible party we are looking for”
I can go about my business…
“He can go about his business”
Move along
“move along”
- OneMan - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 1:41 pm:
Union Leader “Pension reform? I’d rather kiss a wookiee’
Madigan ‘I can arrange that’
- George - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 1:49 pm:
Following Rich’s lead:
Lost your pensions? Eff you, pay me.
Now your stuck with vouchers? Eff you, pay me.
Oh, you wanted a tax hike? Eff you, pay me.
- keepitsimple - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 1:53 pm:
“It’s about preparing for your hindsights beforehand.”
- been there - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 1:59 pm:
MY pension is fine. MY investments are fine. MY family is fine.
YOU GUYS are on your own.
- Doug - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 2:02 pm:
“St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland. We had to go somewhere.”
I blew coffee outa my nose.
It hurt.
- phocion - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 2:05 pm:
“Master of the House”
- Rubbernecker - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 2:11 pm:
I got to hand to to George. That sums it up. The only other Nicholson/gangster (paraphrased) quote that comes (not very) close is:
If the unions are so effin’ smart, how come their pensions are so effin’ dead.
- Jeter - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 2:14 pm:
Mike Madigan in the boardroom of Celebrity Apprentice.
“Hope Mr. Trump doesn’t fire me today.”
- Cheswick - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 2:18 pm:
If that’s not the face of the cat that ate the canary, I don’t know what is.
- dupage dan - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 2:33 pm:
“You’ll wonder where the yellow went when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent!”
- Rich Miller - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 2:34 pm:
“Somebody is gonna pay for putting me in the cheap seats. Where’s my apple?”
- what the? - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 2:34 pm:
“Hey Henry, how you like them apples?!”
- wordslinger - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 2:42 pm:
“It’s good to be the king.”
- Anonymous - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 2:42 pm:
AND…..for my next trick
- VanillaMan - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 2:56 pm:
It’s Great To Be King! - Elton John, from “The Lion King”, enhanced by VanillaMan
Way beyond the water hole
A little down the line
The jungle and the plains and peaks
These things are all mine
I’m Illinois’ ruler
Of most everything around
From the grandest of the rivers
To the humble common ground
My reign is a super-awesome thing
Oh, it’s great to be King!
My Reign has been a noble thing
And scrupulously fair
I only need a lot more time
And perhaps a little hair
I am the big main event
Like no king was before
I’m brushing up on shaking down
I’m working on that Big Score
Chicago and Downstate is gonna swing
Oh, it’s great to be King!
No one threatening do this
No one threatening be there
No one threatening stop that
No one threatening see here
Free to run around all day
I’m free to do it my way!
The time has come
In this state of blue
To sell off many things
This all may be true
But I would rather have you kiss my ring!
It’s easy to be royal
If you’re already Madigan
It isn’t just my right
With my mob of henchmen
The backlash is waiting to go zing
But they haven’t seen my redistricting!
Oh, it great to be King!
- Way Way Down Here - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 2:58 pm:
These are the people—like, the “People of Illinois”—-no kiddin—huh. How’d they get in here?
- Sick of it all.... - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 3:00 pm:
” I am so happy…. I could just….”
- zatoichi - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 3:03 pm:
That’s how you do it, son.
- talking points - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 3:46 pm:
don’t mind the feathers - I ate the canary
- Ghost - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 4:22 pm:
They took a shot at me in my house, where my children sleep…!”
- HiFi - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 4:24 pm:
“That’s how it’s done. Harry, Nancy, call me.”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 4:35 pm:
“He can get a bill passed in one day AGAINST you, get it signed, and THEN you will thank him for beating you like a silly school girl. He is… The Most Interesting Speaker in the World”
“I don’t always push bills like this, but when I do, I prefer Mushrooms”
“Mushrooms - In the dark, quiet, and doin’ what their told”
- Oswego Willy - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 4:39 pm:
I like the cannoli bit, Rich
- OneMan - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 4:52 pm:
Perhaps he might be the chosen one
- Yellow Dog Democrat - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 5:14 pm:
Just because I’m smiling doesn’t mean I’m joking: It just means I’m having fun.
- Yellow Dog Democrat - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 5:17 pm:
@Jeter:
Trust me, Madigan ain’t afraid of Trump.
- Yellow Dog Democrat - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 5:24 pm:
“Mike? Mike is dead, my friend. You can call me…Joker. And as you can see, I’m alot happier.”
“You can’t make an omelette without breaking some legs.”
“The pen, is truly mightier than the sword!”
“Tell me something, my friend. Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?”
- Quinn T. Sential - Thursday, Mar 25, 10 @ 5:47 pm:
Cap Fax Intern DuJour:
Mike Madigan; you just ambushed the state employee unions and passed a revolutionary and raidcal statutory change to the state’s public employee pension system in world record time, without allowing any organized opposition to form or react; what are you going to do now?
His Excellency; the Speaker:
I am going to Disney World!
- Sick of All of Them - Friday, Mar 26, 10 @ 1:32 am:
All bow to the mighty Caesar!