is this really made of gold? a senator ought to have the right to “borrow” this, right? maybe i could say the country needs it to pay down the national debt. what is gold selling at right now???
Speaking of boot licks for GOP Fat Cats (aka CommandoMakeitUp) Did anyone else notice that while Top CAT believees IL climate it is oppressive to biz apparently the runways are smoooooooth….
Crain’s) — Ten of the largest publicly traded companies in Illinois made at least 550 flights in their corporate jets over the previous four years, according to a Federal Aviation Administration database made available by the Wall Street Journal.
The most frequent flier was Caterpillar Inc., whose executives logged more than 3,500 flights from 2007 through 2010, according to the FAA records. Its No. 1 destination was Peoria, the heavy equipment maker’s headquarters. …”
Harry and I fought together at the battle of the bulge … I actually saved his life that day … you see he was drowning in one of those lakes and we tred water for 3 days singing “take me out to the ballgame” … that’s where it came from.
Mark Kirk standing next to a bust of Harry Carey made possible by a loan from the Giannoulias family bank… Minutes later, the U.S. Government seized the bust.
For those of us who actually know Mark Kirk -
“Harry who? and what sport are we talking about???? I know Ron Santo fought for diabetes research, did this guy help?”
I cast this bronze of Harry after I made him a rendition of my recipe for Steak Flanders on a bed of rice pilaf and capers…when he smiled from the overwhelming taste, I sketched his expression immediately, the viola’ busted!
A lot of people don’t know this, but When Harry was with the Sox, he was a Falstaff man. When he went to the Cubs, he was a Bud man. The sponsors really make that decision, just like in politics.
That’s like my stance on cap and trade. When I was a in the House, I was for it. Then I needed to raise big money to move up to the Senate, and my sponsors asked me to promote a different “brand” of policy.
Carbon spelled backwards is no brac. And we all remember what happened with the Base Realignment Committee, don’t we? I rest my case.
Ya know Senator…you and I have a lot in common…we don’t know when to keep our mouths shut and if we don’t know what to say we just make it up…the problem is when I screw up I buy them a drink and everyone is happy…what do you do for penance?
With help from Athena and Hermes who supplied him with winged sandals, Hades’ cap of invisibility, a sword, and a mirrored shield, Kirk accomplishes and yet another major quest–getting Harry’s bust to stand still long enough for a photo op.
Harry, is it true that when you first started calling games for the Cardinals, your sponsor was Griesedieck Bros. beer? Sure hope so…and don’t you love my tie and jacket?
- Precinct Captain - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 3:46 am:
I flip just like this restaurant’s steaks on the grill!
- Timmeh - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 6:37 am:
This bust matches my suit!
- bored now - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 6:47 am:
is this really made of gold? a senator ought to have the right to “borrow” this, right? maybe i could say the country needs it to pay down the national debt. what is gold selling at right now???
- Draznnl - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 7:07 am:
I miss the days when Harry and I announced the games together. I taught him to sing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame”, yanno.
- OneMan - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 7:12 am:
Holy Cow, a Republican Won That Seat
- OneMan - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 7:12 am:
Steve is that you?
- Wensicia - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 7:20 am:
I was personally involved in Harry Carey’s success. In fact, it was I who came up with the tern “Holy Cow”.
- Champaign - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 7:24 am:
Hhaaaayy! Did you know RINO spelled backwards is ONIR?!
- Bill White - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 7:27 am:
Mark Kirk spelled backwards is Krik Kram
- wordslinger - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 7:32 am:
HC:”(hack, hack, grrruuuuulll, gruuulllll, hack, hack) Steve, we’re pleased to be joined now by Sen. Mike Burke from the great state of Missouri.”
“Senator, I understand you’re just back from Afcrakistan, where you lead the raid on the compost of Obama Sin Baden?”
MK: “That’s right, Harry and Steve, got a little dicey there, but I…..”
- waitress practing politics... - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 7:35 am:
“KIRK WINS! KIRK WINS!”
- CircularFiring Squad - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 7:40 am:
Speaking of boot licks for GOP Fat Cats (aka CommandoMakeitUp) Did anyone else notice that while Top CAT believees IL climate it is oppressive to biz apparently the runways are smoooooooth….
Crain’s) — Ten of the largest publicly traded companies in Illinois made at least 550 flights in their corporate jets over the previous four years, according to a Federal Aviation Administration database made available by the Wall Street Journal.
The most frequent flier was Caterpillar Inc., whose executives logged more than 3,500 flights from 2007 through 2010, according to the FAA records. Its No. 1 destination was Peoria, the heavy equipment maker’s headquarters. …”
- nothin's easy - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 8:05 am:
Harry Carey!? I thought it was Everett Dirksen…
- Ray del Camino - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 8:15 am:
IT might be . . . it could be . . . Oh. Maybe not.
- bill - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 8:15 am:
this thing is bleeping golden and I am not giving it away
- Cincinnatus - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 8:38 am:
Mark Kirk reaches out to one of his constituents.
- railrat - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 8:40 am:
which ones the biggest bust ???
- Spliff - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 8:41 am:
Harry and I fought together at the battle of the bulge … I actually saved his life that day … you see he was drowning in one of those lakes and we tred water for 3 days singing “take me out to the ballgame” … that’s where it came from.
- wordslinger - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 8:43 am:
Bust and Busted.
- Pat Robertson - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 8:46 am:
Beer goggles necessary.
- Cincinnatus - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 8:46 am:
Kirk takes time out to sing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” during a recent Cubs game. He then went on to share an ice cold can of Old Style.
- thechampaignlife - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 8:52 am:
As a Sox fan, I am proud this day to announce the death and beheading of the Cubs’ spiritual leader.
- just sayin' - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 8:52 am:
A scary, but mostly useless figure with a huge head….and a bust of Harry Carey.
- Bob - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 8:55 am:
I remember Harry using Holy Cow for the first time when I played for the Cardinals. I had just hit a grand slam and Harry yelled out HOLY COW!
- Space: The Infinite Frontier - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 8:57 am:
Hhaaaay Mark, if you were a hotdog, would you eat yourself?
- Anonymous - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 9:03 am:
Cubs Fan, Bud Man — with a U.S. Senator from New Trier.
- Oswego Willy - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 9:12 am:
“It took me three days, and .. with a little bit of ‘talent’, clay, a spool of thread and a tire iron … here is my bust of Harry Carey!”
- Back Breaker - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 9:12 am:
Mark Kirk standing next to a bust of Harry Carey made possible by a loan from the Giannoulias family bank… Minutes later, the U.S. Government seized the bust.
- Oswego Willy - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 9:15 am:
One is a hard head … the other is the bust of Harry Carey
- Oswego Willy - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 9:17 am:
Whispering, “Harry, … who took a better picture with you, Rahm … or me?”
- Team Sleep - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 9:26 am:
Holy Cow! I simply misremembered it wrong.
- Oswego Willy - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 9:27 am:
“It’s not my best work. If I had to choose my best … maybe ‘The Thinker’, or ‘Venus de Milo’ are my best sculptures”
- Anonymous - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 9:27 am:
Remember the time we were under incoming fire from the seagulls?
- A.B. - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 9:28 am:
For those of us who actually know Mark Kirk -
“Harry who? and what sport are we talking about???? I know Ron Santo fought for diabetes research, did this guy help?”
- x ace - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 9:33 am:
Hey Jimmy ! This Kirk guy makes dumber moves than LaRussa ! ( And now a word from our sponsor Stroh’s)
- Hawkeye - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 9:36 am:
It might be…it could be……[dejected] a foul ball.
- Captain Illini - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 9:43 am:
I cast this bronze of Harry after I made him a rendition of my recipe for Steak Flanders on a bed of rice pilaf and capers…when he smiled from the overwhelming taste, I sketched his expression immediately, the viola’ busted!
- Nagidam - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 10:03 am:
Hey Hey, it’s Rotanes Krik!
- just sayin' - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 10:05 am:
Come here often?
- Yellow Dog Democrat - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 10:15 am:
Kirk to Conservatives: Better Luck Next Year!
- just sayin' - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 10:23 am:
I got this thing stuck on my arm and it’s bleepin’ golden.
- Aaron Burr - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 10:33 am:
Polly want a Budweiser.
- Shore - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 10:47 am:
In addition to having won the rufus taylor award I was also a hall of fame broadcaster.
- Just saying.. - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 11:26 am:
Kirk to Harry: You know I am the one who said “lets play two”, not Mr. Cub.
- 3rd Generation Chicago - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 11:57 am:
Some day I will have my own bust on a pedistal.
- Huh? - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 11:58 am:
It looks like Sen. Mark Kirk and Harry.. Costanza?
- 10th Indy - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 12:09 pm:
Wow - Kirk looks young, and Elk looks old.
- 47th Ward - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 12:18 pm:
A lot of people don’t know this, but When Harry was with the Sox, he was a Falstaff man. When he went to the Cubs, he was a Bud man. The sponsors really make that decision, just like in politics.
That’s like my stance on cap and trade. When I was a in the House, I was for it. Then I needed to raise big money to move up to the Senate, and my sponsors asked me to promote a different “brand” of policy.
Carbon spelled backwards is no brac. And we all remember what happened with the Base Realignment Committee, don’t we? I rest my case.
- 10th Indy - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 1:02 pm:
Can we add this to the powerpoint?
- siriusly - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 1:27 pm:
Just like Harry Caray, Senator Kirk is a lifelong Cardinals fan, er, I mean White Sox fan, um wait no, Cubs fan!
- Gunga Dinner - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 1:28 pm:
(thinking): “Why are they having me pose next to a bust of Kim Jong-il?”
- And I Approved This Message - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 1:32 pm:
“Mark, if I had shoulders that sport coat would fit me a hell of a lot better than it fits you.”
- zatoichi - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 1:44 pm:
Rubbing the nose always brings good luck.
- Joe from Joliet - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 2:08 pm:
Kirk: I think the Cubs got the better end of the deal when they traded Lou Brock for you, Harry.
- DoubleD - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 2:32 pm:
Ya know Senator…you and I have a lot in common…we don’t know when to keep our mouths shut and if we don’t know what to say we just make it up…the problem is when I screw up I buy them a drink and everyone is happy…what do you do for penance?
- Anonymous - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 3:11 pm:
Snap snap, grin grin, wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more.
- Bill F. - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 3:41 pm:
A very realistic-looking fake…and a bust of Harry Caray.
- jt - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 3:47 pm:
Hey,watch where you put your arm!
- demgov - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 4:01 pm:
” …..and then, after the war, I was elected President of the United States.”
- 47th Ward - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 4:23 pm:
Bill F. should get Fritchey’s Sox ticket for that one. Lol!
- Anonymous - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 4:25 pm:
With help from Athena and Hermes who supplied him with winged sandals, Hades’ cap of invisibility, a sword, and a mirrored shield, Kirk accomplishes and yet another major quest–getting Harry’s bust to stand still long enough for a photo op.
- Anonymous - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 4:29 pm:
Video of the battle at 10.
- Racing to Racine - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 6:08 pm:
Harry misremembered names. Kirk misremembered critical events in his military reserve service.
- Anonymous - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 7:23 pm:
Kirk auditions for the new Mr. Rogers show with the President Caray, who replaced King Friday after the revolution.
- Anonymous - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 7:24 pm:
Senator Kirk rescues Goldfinger’s latest victim.
- Furtive Look - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 7:36 pm:
Harry, is it true that when you first started calling games for the Cardinals, your sponsor was Griesedieck Bros. beer? Sure hope so…and don’t you love my tie and jacket?
- ChicagoDem - Monday, May 23, 11 @ 9:17 pm:
Holy Cow! Who would’ve thunk it…here I am next to a US Senator!