* House Majority Leader Barb Currie during last week’s Capitol Capers show…

Keep it clean, people. Lifetime banishments, and worse, are no big deal to me. Don’t push the envelope.

Winner gets a free ticket to a White Sox game this summer.

       

72 Comments - The Captain - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 4:38 am: Look ma, I sheared Grover. - Rich Miller - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 5:24 am: We may already have a winner. - bored now - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 5:46 am: i’m feelin’ goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooddddd! - 60614 insider - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 5:55 am: This week I am going to get a map passed, negotiate a budget, fix workers comp, and THEN I am going to Disney World - foster brooks - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 6:49 am: I won rich millers sox tickets! - Gone, but not forgotten... - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 6:51 am: Isn’t there anyone in this chamber who wants to Zumba? - Wensicia - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 6:52 am: I didn’t know Gypsy Rose Lee was still alive… - Doubt it - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 7:44 am: “I don’t need Rich Miller’s Sox tickets because I am going to a Cubs game”!! (said in a sassy voice while swaying her hips and flashing that boa….) - Tommydanger - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 8:22 am: Republicans offer a big tent. I’m offering a big boa. Who’s in? - the Patriot - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 8:28 am: “We’re defintely not in Kansas anymore.” - OneMan - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 8:29 am: Some felt the stage show at the new Emerald City Casino want not up to Vegas standards - Old Milwaukee - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 8:36 am: Tada! Moooooore Deficits. - Joe from Joliet - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 8:43 am: I’m ready for my close-up, Mr. DeMille. - Cincinnatus - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 8:45 am: Off-statge at the Mos Eisley Cantina. - Boone Logan Square - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 8:51 am: Superstar! - Colossus - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 8:54 am: ONE! Singular sensation, every little tax you pay! - WazUP - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 8:56 am: Hey, Macarena! - Flaming Liberal - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 8:56 am: “Holy Cow, Rich Miller, banished me for life.” - Anonymous - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 9:02 am: “Where is Wayland Flowers hiding his hand?” - 4 percent - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 9:02 am: Here’s the difference between the House and Senate budgets… - Oswego Willy - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 9:05 am: Yea ME! - Judgment Day - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 9:12 am: The Illinois version of the Rockettes (post budget cuts). - anonymoose - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 9:12 am: Dorothy awakes from the poppy field outside of Emerald City, Illinois. All of the Spring(field) rain leaves her feeling alive, thoroughly involved in the process for the first time in years. Invigorated. The intoxicating aroma of deficit spending still lingers, and, say, are we voting? Where the $#%*! is Toto, the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Lion - someone afraid of a little fire and “spending cuts?” - zatoichi - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 9:16 am: A stage, mike, lights and a boa. Janis Joplin lives. - wordslinger - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 9:17 am: “Uh, Ms. Curie, that was great, but, um. I thought everyone knew, here at Baton we have a different business model…” - KC - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 9:28 am: I did it Mikes way - Jechislo - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 9:30 am: “You scratch my back and I’ll scratch……..Naw, forget it. I’ll just scratch my own back”. - MrJM - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 9:46 am: And somewhere in America, RuPaul sheds a single, joyful tear. – MrJM - OneMan - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 10:01 am: Reaching a new level of… something… Illinois legislative leaders decided to fix the state’s budget issues by appearing on ‘America’s Got Talent’ - just sayin' - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 10:07 am: Barb Currie takes in standing ovation after best performance ever of the AC/DC classic ‘Thunderstruck.’ - Dan S, a Taxpayer and Cubs Fan - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 10:08 am: bin Ladens 1st of 72 Virgins in Muslim Heaven - Anon - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 10:09 am: Dateline: Springfield, IL. In yet another shocking political development in the Land of Lincoln, today the House Majority Leader paid off a debt to Republicans for supporting the Democratic budget…by doing a strip tease! Word is that similar deals have been cut, involving other Democrats, on such contentious issues as workers compensation and pension reform. - Responsa - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 10:12 am: “Back in Jay Gatsby’s day we never worried about money.” - Liberty_First - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 10:13 am: Ta Da….. another budget fix! - Loop Lady - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 10:16 am: banishments and worse? Whaddaya gonna do, feed us to Mike Madigan? As for the caption, “How do you like my butterfly wings”? - 47th Ward - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 10:16 am: ===Winner gets a free ticket to a White Sox game this summer.=== Second place gets a free ticket to two White Sox games this summer. - Exhausted - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 10:21 am: Mikey just announced his stepping down as Speaker… guess who wants the job…ta da!!! - Rod's Hair - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 10:47 am: Is it senior prom season already? - Old Shepherd - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 10:55 am: “The Aristocrats!” - Anonymous - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 10:56 am: As part of my deal with Mike, I also got eternal youth! - Springfield Skeptic - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 10:57 am: You like me! You really like me!!! - Matt - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 11:07 am: Deficits? Pension problems? Workers comp? Taxes? Screw it, LET’S DANCE!!! - D.P. Gumby - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 11:29 am: “Ev-ry thing’s com-ing up Curie!” - Rod's Hair - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 11:42 am: I once raised your taxes this much! - Pat Robertson - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 11:46 am: It’s fun to stay at the YMCA . . . - Former Titan - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 11:48 am: Diva Currie closes the show with a rousing rendition of “Somewhere Over The Rainbow (Balanced Budgets Fly)” - Irish - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 12:03 pm: My choreographer is Mike Madigan, he orchestrates all my moves. This dance is called “How’s them apples?” - Kunu - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 12:11 pm: Cruella DeVil unveils her new non-Dalmatian clothing line. - Our Magician - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 12:16 pm: And now for a number Lincoln always requested… - Svalka - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 12:35 pm: Congressman Schock, here’s what your remapped district will look like. - Sean O - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 12:36 pm: Did somebody say filibuster! - Irish - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 12:44 pm: House Majority Leader Currie sidesteps to the GA theme song. “Ease on down the road” - Commonsense in Illinois - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 12:53 pm: I’m strictly a female female And my future I hope will be In the home of a brave and free male who’ll enjoy being a guy, having a girl like me - Illannoyed - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 1:02 pm: The budget deficit is thiiiiiiiiis big! - Abandon Ship - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 1:12 pm: Look, it’s Carol Channing! - unclesam - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 1:22 pm: On the heels of the announcement that Ashton Kutcher is to replace Charlie Sheen on Two and a Half Men, CBS announces that Rep. Currie is to be the new “Evelyn.” Rep. Currie rejoices as she tells her adoring fans. - ToddAF - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 1:29 pm: Caption not available, photographer and editors too busy washing eyes out with rubbing alcohol. - Irish - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 1:30 pm: “Do you SEE any strings?” or “Winning!!!!!” - OneMan - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 1:42 pm: Rep. Currie informs the press that the state can not give Sears a tax break in the current state budget environment but will offer to model the latest in trendy wear from the Kardashian collection for them for free as well as give them a big hug. - Anonymiss - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 1:59 pm: “Well well, Hello (kick. kick.) Dolly…” - Tommydanger - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 2:25 pm: I’ve been working out. What do you think? - Whizbang - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 3:01 pm: Adrian! Adrian! Yo! Adrian! - Reese's Pieces - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 3:30 pm: Well…that’s one vote. What’s Sharon Osbourne and David Hasselhoff say? - Veil of Ignorance - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 3:43 pm: If I’ll tear off Cookie Monster’s arms, then just imagine what I’ll do to the next fool who crosses me! - Veil of Ignorance - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 3:45 pm: Oops, I see that the muppets angle has already been claimed…oh well. - Jake From Elwood - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 4:09 pm: I got nothing. Except for a queasy feeling in my stomach. - Tex - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 4:47 pm: Leader Currie’s budget deficit solution….the dollar dance. Change for a 5 anyone? - Anonymous - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 7:23 pm: It’s politics that got small. - Happy Returns - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 9:46 pm: A ZZ Top song comes to mind, but not in a way that won’t bring the banhammer. - Anonymous - Monday, May 16, 11 @ 11:13 pm: Not to be outdone by last week’s Republican fashion show—suitably named “Shed Your Threads To Swerve The Public”, Democrats hit the catwalk this week to roll out their new line of civvies, ominously named “Ruffled Feathers”. When asked about these latest trends in Illinois politics, Jayne Q Public (who was wearing a skimpy little frock made of tax bills) replied, “They all seem to be flying way too close to the sun for my tastes.” Her husband, John–who fashionably lost the shirt off of his back for this occasion–was too busy on the phone to comment, but was overheard begging Hollywood and New York talent scouts to come to Illinois…tout de suite. - Rock River Valley Girl - Tuesday, May 17, 11 @ 1:06 am: Mike Madigan is really going to retire finally and I can be Speaker for real. - WhyMe - Tuesday, May 17, 11 @ 1:41 pm: You like me, you really like me. Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.