As Gov I’ve implemented a super secret ‘force field’ that protects Illinois business’ from outside influence from such J-O-B poachers as Wisconsin or Indiana. Incidently th ‘force field’ isn’t actually yellow, but I’ve drawn it in by hand with a marker so you can see extends over the top of the skyline.
And we’ve got carp! Loads of carp! Bags full of carp! We’ve got carp coming out of our ears! So come to Illinois and help us shovel our carp. Our prices are IN-SANE!
“In 1994, the Republican-controlled Illinois House of Representatives, in an effort to alleviate the effects of the… Anyone Anyone… Michael Madigan, passed the… Anyone Anyone The Scaffold repeal bill…. The Scaffold Act Repal Act Which, anyone Raised or lowered… lowered awards, in an effort to reduce liability for businesses. Did it work Anyone Anyone know the effects It did not work, and the Illinois Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional and Illinois went back to Michael Madigan control. Today we have a similar debate over this. Anyone know what this is …Class Anyone Anyone Anyone seen this before The Laffer Curve. Anyone know what this says It says that at this point on the revenue curve, you will get exactly the same amount of revenue as at this point. This is very controversial. Does anyone know what Vice President Bush called this in 1980 Anyone Something-d-o-o economics. Voodoo economics… and Illinois is in worse trouble because of … Anyone Anyone … Michael Madigan.
Gov Quinn. ” I was hoping Fred here could find the anwswer for me before we finished but his I-Phone is uncooperative. So did all of your ancestors get brought here against their will? Is that how this place got it’s name?”
OR,
Gov. Quinn. “So where is Shanglow?”
- Louis G. Atsaves - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 11:10 am:
Reporter A to Reporter B: Just how long will he continue talking?
Did you know we make all your chop sticks in the U.S.? Of course, they are not made in the State of Illinois as we are not interested in manufacturing productts. We raise carp!
You know, when I saw that big long river of yours–the Yangtze–it reminded me that I should mention WE have a big long river that we’re proud of too– in Illinois. The mighty Mississippi River. Say, how did all that damming ever work out for you for flood control? I bet it created lots of jobs. Hmmmm.
After watching the youtube videos of the 18th Annual Conference on US-China Relations, Quinn applies a “lesson learned” in diplomacy from Kirk (who, during the conference, stood up and intentionally moved his chair away from Congressman Adam Schiff), by intentionally and obviously moving his podium away from…the audience.
“As many of my friends who have known me for a long time will tell you” I marched with many famous leaders.. Mao Tse Tung, Cesar Chavez, Malcom X. Chairman Mao would often tell me… #$%@&!!! The people of China need to not rest until they have a government elected by the people for the people, with people in it…” Just do what your government wants you to do…. duìbuqǐ
Well, after that delicious meal I ate yesterday, I can assure you that a opening good Chinese restaurant in Illinois is just the investment opportunity you should consider. . . . Then there’s this soy sauce stain on my tie . . .
“Sorry, this is the Mark Kirk Slideshow he used, not the Illinois Farm Bureau presentation …That Mark Kirk …I think some of these were photoshopped, but he really is an American hero … a ‘Cowboy’ as you might say …”
“Again, as it said in the program, Lt. Governor Simon is not here to do a song on the banjo, but we have a very special ‘Lincoln at Gettysburg’ puppetshow that is out of this world, but that will be later in the presentation …”
“Look, I know I ramble on and on, and sometimes it makes for funny … what are they … You … Tube … oh, YouTube things … posts, …..sorry, YouTube post, but I am not going to go any farther until that gentleman puts down his phone and stops taping me. I am the governor of the great state of Illinois, Lincoln’s home state, and bordered by the mighty Mississippi, I will not be just taped and made to look silly. Put the phone down!”
“And in conclusion, I hope that you will find it in your hearts to grant my request and permit me to stay in your country as a political refugee. Thank you.”
- Michelle Flaherty - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 8:52 am:
Unless you count school transportation.
- bored now - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 9:08 am:
gov. quinn teaches chinese journalists how to spell jobs. J-O-B-S. (i’d bet he repeated it several times)
- Moot - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 9:23 am:
As you can see from this slide, we are planning on building a yellow brick road to prosperity….
- He Makes Ryan Look Like a Saint - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 9:27 am:
Even the translator is laughing at that!!!
- South of I-80 - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 9:37 am:
Excuse me, but you, the gentleman to my right, please tell me you’re NOT texting the Governors of Wisconsin, Indiana and New Jersey!!!
- How Ironic - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 9:38 am:
As Gov I’ve implemented a super secret ‘force field’ that protects Illinois business’ from outside influence from such J-O-B poachers as Wisconsin or Indiana. Incidently th ‘force field’ isn’t actually yellow, but I’ve drawn it in by hand with a marker so you can see extends over the top of the skyline.
- SAP - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 9:40 am:
Hey, can somebody help me move the lectern up to the front of the room?
- Ron Burgundy - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 9:42 am:
And we’ve got carp! Loads of carp! Bags full of carp! We’ve got carp coming out of our ears! So come to Illinois and help us shovel our carp. Our prices are IN-SANE!
- Bluefish - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 9:51 am:
How do you spell “zzzzzzzzzzzzzz” in Cantonese?
- anon - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 9:55 am:
Everybody in (all 3 billion of ya) nobody left out!
- Rich Miller - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 9:58 am:
Bluefish, according to Google Translate, the translation is: “zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.”
- Retired Non-Union Guy - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 10:12 am:
One more photo op in Rich’s column and I win my bet …
- Robert - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 10:14 am:
A question in the back?
…
No, no, I did not escape from jail to seek asylum here. You have me confused with one of several former governors from the great state of Illinois.
- Montrose - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 10:15 am:
Now, what many of you may not know is that Illinois is often called the “Land of Lincoln”…
- Mr. Ethics - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 10:15 am:
Why are there empty seats? Should have brought Simon along.
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 10:26 am:
“In 1994, the Republican-controlled Illinois House of Representatives, in an effort to alleviate the effects of the… Anyone Anyone… Michael Madigan, passed the… Anyone Anyone The Scaffold repeal bill…. The Scaffold Act Repal Act Which, anyone Raised or lowered… lowered awards, in an effort to reduce liability for businesses. Did it work Anyone Anyone know the effects It did not work, and the Illinois Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional and Illinois went back to Michael Madigan control. Today we have a similar debate over this. Anyone know what this is …Class Anyone Anyone Anyone seen this before The Laffer Curve. Anyone know what this says It says that at this point on the revenue curve, you will get exactly the same amount of revenue as at this point. This is very controversial. Does anyone know what Vice President Bush called this in 1980 Anyone Something-d-o-o economics. Voodoo economics… and Illinois is in worse trouble because of … Anyone Anyone … Michael Madigan.
- OneMan - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 10:32 am:
Dude in the front was tweeting, here is the translation…
Who is this Lincoln guy?
Why wont he mention Micheal Jordan?
I was told there was going to be lunch…
Hope he can get my Double Live at Budakon signed.
Seriously is the Lincoln guy a basketball player like MJ?
I thought he had better hair
- Marcus Agrippa - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 10:35 am:
Mayor Morrissey: How many more games of “angry birds” before we are done with this?
- zatoichi - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 10:38 am:
OK, next picture, John.
- Downstate - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 10:40 am:
Governor Pat Quinn - Now boring audiences on two continents!!!!
- Irish - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 10:48 am:
Gov Quinn. I kinda like them purty pictures there above The State of Illinois, I might make them part of the Official Seal.
- Responsa - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 10:52 am:
Chinese guy on I-phone tweeting to a buddy:
Don’t know what language this dudz speaking. Sounds nothing like the English we were taught in school.
- Hacks - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 10:57 am:
At first glance, I thought that was Dick Cheney, not the Guv.
- Irish - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 10:57 am:
Gov Quinn. ” I was hoping Fred here could find the anwswer for me before we finished but his I-Phone is uncooperative. So did all of your ancestors get brought here against their will? Is that how this place got it’s name?”
OR,
Gov. Quinn. “So where is Shanglow?”
- Louis G. Atsaves - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 11:10 am:
Reporter A to Reporter B: Just how long will he continue talking?
- wordslinger - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 11:16 am:
…Lincoln. I said, Lincoln. Nobody? Is this thing on? I can hear you breathing….
- JustMe - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 11:23 am:
“Jeez, I’ve got that red sauce coming out of my pores today.”
- Lefty - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 11:30 am:
Did you know we make all your chop sticks in the U.S.? Of course, they are not made in the State of Illinois as we are not interested in manufacturing productts. We raise carp!
- Responsa - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 11:34 am:
You know, when I saw that big long river of yours–the Yangtze–it reminded me that I should mention WE have a big long river that we’re proud of too– in Illinois. The mighty Mississippi River. Say, how did all that damming ever work out for you for flood control? I bet it created lots of jobs. Hmmmm.
- 1776 - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 11:36 am:
OK…so we don’t have an R & D Credit in Illinois but you should still come here.
OK…so our enterprise zones are ready to expire, but you should still come here.
OK…so our income tax rate is high, but you should still come here.
Why…because we have ASIAN carp and you’ll feel right at home!!
- 1776 - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 11:37 am:
and….I will only be here three more years.
- WazUp - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 11:54 am:
迈克尔马迪根吸蛋
- Nuance - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 11:55 am:
Hey, where is the guy who put these slides together? There are funny little pictures all over them. I can’t explain them.
- anon sequitor - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 11:58 am:
Yes, but you need to go through Illinois’ O’Hare Airport first on your way to Indiana
- Anonymous - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 11:59 am:
This could be an EpiPen ad, but I don’t think they are an Illinois company.
- Newsclown - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 12:31 pm:
“..So, inspired by your example here, I fixed my budget by taking one from column “A”, and two from column “B”….”
-Pat Quinn, in the re-make of the movie “Gung Ho”.
- sal-says - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 12:36 pm:
So…..do I have any bids for Illinois?
- NIref - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 12:44 pm:
As you can tell from my tweet, your Engrish skills is wearing off on me.
- Anonymous - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 1:02 pm:
After watching the youtube videos of the 18th Annual Conference on US-China Relations, Quinn applies a “lesson learned” in diplomacy from Kirk (who, during the conference, stood up and intentionally moved his chair away from Congressman Adam Schiff), by intentionally and obviously moving his podium away from…the audience.
- Statesman - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 1:14 pm:
“As many of my friends who have known me for a long time will tell you” I marched with many famous leaders.. Mao Tse Tung, Cesar Chavez, Malcom X. Chairman Mao would often tell me… #$%@&!!! The people of China need to not rest until they have a government elected by the people for the people, with people in it…” Just do what your government wants you to do…. duìbuqǐ
- GMatts - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 1:21 pm:
“….and so, or should I say “ahh, so..”, you can see that this economy stuff is all Greek to me….”
- GMatts - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 1:26 pm:
native journalist to seat mate, “who is this boring ‘ahh so” anyway….?”
- @all - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 1:28 pm:
Hey, if you think this speech is bad, you should have been at my first State of the State address.
- Jake From Elwood - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 1:33 pm:
Are you sure this wasn’t just another Sunday afternoon presser–his first in Asia! Probably not, because I don’t see any posterboard or an easel.
- siriusly - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 1:56 pm:
Quinn: “Oh, is it my turn to speak now? I thought you were waiting for Rahm.”
- conda - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 2:13 pm:
I just want to say it’s good to be back in Illinois.
- Anonymous - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 2:15 pm:
Well, after that delicious meal I ate yesterday, I can assure you that a opening good Chinese restaurant in Illinois is just the investment opportunity you should consider. . . . Then there’s this soy sauce stain on my tie . . .
- Dirty Red - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 2:26 pm:
Expanding on @all:
“They told me it was only going to be 30 minutes!” - The M.C.
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 2:33 pm:
“Sorry, this is the Mark Kirk Slideshow he used, not the Illinois Farm Bureau presentation …That Mark Kirk …I think some of these were photoshopped, but he really is an American hero … a ‘Cowboy’ as you might say …”
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 2:36 pm:
“Again, as it said in the program, Lt. Governor Simon is not here to do a song on the banjo, but we have a very special ‘Lincoln at Gettysburg’ puppetshow that is out of this world, but that will be later in the presentation …”
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 2:39 pm:
“Look, I know I ramble on and on, and sometimes it makes for funny … what are they … You … Tube … oh, YouTube things … posts, …..sorry, YouTube post, but I am not going to go any farther until that gentleman puts down his phone and stops taping me. I am the governor of the great state of Illinois, Lincoln’s home state, and bordered by the mighty Mississippi, I will not be just taped and made to look silly. Put the phone down!”
- WazUp - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 3:56 pm:
拉姆伊你太
- JBilla - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 3:59 pm:
…Confusion
- MrJM - Monday, Sep 26, 11 @ 4:09 pm:
“And in conclusion, I hope that you will find it in your hearts to grant my request and permit me to stay in your country as a political refugee. Thank you.”
– MrJM