* Illinois Congressman Joe Walsh…

Please, keep it clean, people. Don’t get yourself banned for life and hunted down like a dog over a silly caption contest.

I’m thinking about barbecuing a whole hog soon. Winner will get an invite if I actually do it.

       

97 Comments - Mark - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 5:04 am: That’s the amount teachers contributed to their pensions in 64% of Illinois public school districts in 2010 according to the ISBE. Little to nothing. 64% of the districts considered the teachers 9.4% contribution to be board paid, which means the teachers in those districts contributed little to nothing to their pension plan. So when you look up teacher pay on familytaxpayers.org or another public database, to figure out what the teacher really earns, you must look at the collective bargaining agreement for that district, and determine what amount if any of the teachers 9.4% contribution the board is “picking up”, then add that amount to the salary. - x ace - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 5:15 am: Too Much Satan for One Hand ! - Wickedred - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 5:57 am: I didn’t say that, follow my fingers, they did. - Skeeter - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 6:07 am: Sure I cheated on my wife, went on European vacations and loaned money to my campaign instead of paying child support, failed to pay my campaign staff, got evicted, had IRS problems, treated my highly respectful opponent Cong. Bean like dirt, blew off a speech to Congress by the President in order to make a cheap political point, and palled around with that Chicago Tea Party guy who likes hookers, but I had no role at all in the hiring of Ken Williams so, in proper context, I’m not that bad of a guy. - I really shouldn't - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 6:48 am: “I will not let President Obama saddle my children with even this much debt. That’s MY job!” - vince glothor - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 6:54 am: So I stuck my fingers in the dike and proclaimed,”No new taxes”! - Leave a Light on George - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 6:56 am: Hope you have more experience a BBQing a whole hog than Robin Ventura has in managing. Both could make you sick to your stomach. - Give Me A Break - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 6:59 am: Ignore the hair, I’m not him, the mayor is only this tall. - OneMan - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 7:04 am: So the Jeremy Pivin in 10 years look a like contest is over there? - Midway Garden - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 7:04 am: What I owe per child is only a small amount compared to what they owe because of out of control government spending. - Allen Skillicorn - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 7:04 am: I was elected to congress, because …Americans are more center-right, than left. - OneMan - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 7:05 am: I see so many issues in Washington I have to point with two fingers. - beserkr29 - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 7:06 am: And yea, I said unto him “Only a bar of gold this thick shall buy my vote, sirrah!” - OneMan - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 7:07 am: Even if the leadership ties my thumbs together I can still point out problems. - OneMan - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 7:08 am: So the congressional themed scrapbooking supplies ar e over there? - Champaign - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 7:09 am: The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout…. - OneMan - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 7:09 am: Is the Halverson/Jackson primary going to get ugly? Well there will be about this much not ugly - Das Man - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 7:17 am: Apologies to George Harold Sanders and Clarence Z. Kelley: I’m a little Tea Partier, Paid to pout, I’ll take that moolah, As I hold these hands out, ‘bama gets me steamed, FOX lets me shout, Special interest money done sold me out! I’m a Special Teapot, Yes, it’s true, Here’s another example of how I’ll fool you, I can cross my fingers and shout “You Lie!”, Koch bros listening? I’m your guy! - OneMan - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 7:19 am: No the tea party does not lead me by nose, but by my fingers…. - in Paris - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 7:25 am: If we just had concealed carry, then when those guys broke into the place, I would have had something other than these fingers to point at them. - Ned Racnad - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 7:29 am: Randy Hultgren, the exit is thataway - The People Speak - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 7:32 am: This is how I turned a negative into a positive …. - i love capitol fax - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 7:35 am: Child support deadbeat? He went that a way! - WazUP - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 7:45 am: “CAPTION CONTEST? I’m warning you Miller this finger is loaded” - OneMan - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 7:50 am: The first time I ran everyone thought my chances were this much - Fed Up - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 7:53 am: I came this close to paying my child support - Aldyth - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 8:09 am: I’m just grateful that Pinocchio hex thing was just temporary. - Amuzing Myself - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 8:10 am: Congressman Joe Wash indicates at his hourly press conference just how much child support he’s actually paid compared to how much he owes. - nah - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 8:10 am: This is the gap between what you say I owe in child support and what I think I owe!! - Orange and Blue - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 8:14 am: “You’re looking for Joe Walsh to come in and pay his child support? Yeah, that’s him over there.” - How Ironic - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 8:22 am: Yeah…this is how it looks when I have handcuffs on. Next? - Tom - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 8:23 am: I have about this much left of my 15 minutes. - OneMan - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 8:33 am: Talk to my accountant over there, he pays for it all. - OneMan - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 8:35 am: You are looking for the other Joe Walsh, he is performing over there. - Lakeview - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 8:38 am: The 99% are over there. And if I pay child support, I mean taxes, I just encourage their ongoing irresponsibility. - Bill White - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 8:49 am: Hey, I got me this office in Washington, Congressional Seal on the wall, small people leave me messages, I never call. And when I find myself in this beautiful office I sometimes ask myself, well, how did I get here? Okay, let me tell you about this once in a lifetime opportunity . . . - Kerfuffle - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 8:49 am: I used to know how to play itsy bitsy spider but I get confused now. How does it go again? - JustMe - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 8:51 am: . . . but when I tried to put my child support check in the mail, the envelope was only this long. or What kind of father am I? Pull both my fingers! - Wilson Pickett - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 8:52 am: “The illegal aliens from the flying saucer are over there! They have confided in me as to what I must do in order to save our planet from Obama. They gave me a plan!” - HoosierDaddy - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 8:52 am: Joe Walsh unsuccessfully attempts to demonstrate why he, and not Henry Winkler, should have been picked to play “the Fonz”. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 8:52 am: “Good question … that is why I brought my legal counsel … sitting over THERE ….wave guys … there they are! … sitting there … so ask them that question and they will get back to you …. and … I hate taxes …. next question ….” - Roadiepig - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 8:54 am: How Ironic@ 8:22 - lol! - Holdingontomywallet - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 8:54 am: “I’m thinking about barbecuing a whole hog soon. Winner will get an invite if I actually do it.” Hey Rich, this sounds like something one of our politicians would say! - reformer - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 8:55 am: “This is how long I’ll be serving in Congress.” - Oswego Willy - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 8:55 am: “I was playing with my model X-Wing fighter the other day … Star Wars, c’mon guys … and I was swooping it around … and flying it … ‘RRRRRRRR’ … c’mon, you never pretended to fly models with your hands …. “ - just sayin' - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 8:57 am: What you want to do is cut the pieces of tinfoil about this long. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 8:57 am: “When I use Hershey’s chocolate syrup, how much do I put in? … easy … this much, but I add a dash of nutmeg …” - Oswego Willy - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 8:59 am: “Ok … this side, ‘LOWER’ … this side, ‘TAXES’ ….’LOWER’ ‘TAXES ….’LOWER’ ‘TAXES’ … Ok quicker! …’LOWER’ TAXES’….” - Bluefish - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 9:00 am: Think you’ll beat me in this game of finger football? Well I’m moving the goalpost. Ha!!! - SportShoz - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 9:05 am: “Ok, ok. If my children were this big… then yes I would pay child support. But really we all know its Obama’s fault, am I right - or what?” - Capone - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 9:09 am: Yeah yeah, the child support is out in my car. Let me go get it and I’ll be right back. - Anonymous - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 9:13 am: My child support payments were a wad this big. All singles, but hey . . . - Oswego Willy - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 9:13 am: “My name is Matt Foley. I am a motivational speaker. I am 35 years old, thrice divorced … and I live in a VAN… down by the river …” - walkinfool - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 9:19 am: “No, I only represent those two guys”. - Raising Kane - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 9:21 am: “No, I am not kidding….I havent paid child support since my kids were this big” - Mongo - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 9:27 am: And Obama cheated with a foot wedge when he was playing with Speaker Boehner, the ball was this - far from the cup! - wordslinger - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 9:28 am: “…and this signifies that you’re O.G. Tea Party.” - anonymoose - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 9:34 am: let’s see….Moe Howard taught me this finger move. Shemp taught me all about being replaced. Larry and Curly served as role models for behavior and rational thought. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 9:38 am: “I want to thank everyone for coming … I will be over THERE, signing my book, ‘Are You Sure I Owe Child support, Or Is This a Left Wing Conspiracy’, and don’t forget your complimentary bumper sticker for coming today, ‘Oh Yeah, we’ll my Deadbeat Dad is in Congress’ … again, the table right over there …” - Come on man! - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 9:45 am: “Help me, Help YOU” - s - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 9:46 am: “Are there any constituents that I haven’t completely alienated yet? Yes. They’re both standing over there” - Boone Logan Square - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 9:53 am: “Got any gum?” - Responsa - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 9:54 am: I was thinking about doing that TV show “I’m a celebrity get me out of here!” after I lose my congressional seat to Hultgren, but then I spoke with Patti and she told me the bugs they make you eat are thiiis big. - Fed up - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 9:58 am: Do you see Hell over there? DO YOU SEE IT! Well when that freezes over is when you’ll get child support from me! - Boone Logan Square - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 10:06 am: Walsh to Constituents: “Seems to me, you don’t want to talk about it. Seems to me, you just turn your pretty head and walk away.” - anon sequitor - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 10:06 am: People who know do. People who don’t, scream loud, point fingers and run for Congress. - Levois - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 10:10 am: He almost looked like he was handcuffed! - Steve Bartin - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 10:12 am: “Where’s the new congressional district I’m running in ?” Over there? - Jimmyd - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 10:25 am: Yeah, yeah, yeah! So I lied! But it was only this much! - Ken in Aurora - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 10:36 am: … so I pulled out my pistola, racked the slide to chamber a round and said “Richie, I told you before that it’s time to retire. Did you think I was kidding?” - Lake County - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 10:40 am: The stack of hundreds I owe to my kids is only about this high. - siriusly - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 10:41 am: “Hultgren pointed his finger at me? Oh yeah, well right back at you buddy!” - ZC - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 10:41 am: “So Rex Grossman told me, keep trying for those touchdowns, and never let ‘em throw you out of this game…” - ZC - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 10:44 am: “So Steve Jobs pointed at me and he said, ‘Stay hungry, stay foolish,’ and I’ve lived by those words ever since…” - 47th Ward - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 10:45 am: He had a nasty reputation as a cruel dude. They said he was ruthless, they said he was crude. - Left Out - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 10:47 am: “I put all my child support payments in the mail box over there.” - Transplant - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 10:53 am: When I left my wife and kids, the children were only ‘this big.’ Under her watch they have grown larger and larger each year. I refuse to lend my support or approval to such out of control growth by paying my child support! - GMatts - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 10:53 am: “Yeah, yeah, right. But you know what?? Me and reality are only THIS FAR apart…” - Jake From Elwood - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 11:05 am: Rep. Walsh attempts to use ASL to inform the deaf community that he is not in fact the devil. - Hog Gravy - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 11:05 am: Joe Walsh practices for a future as a Football Ref. Thinking in his mind “3rd down and inches.” - mouthy - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 11:28 am: Speak to the hands.. - Demoralized - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 11:37 am: “So the President says, let’s knock of this partisan nonsense and solve these issues with a game of finger football. So he holds up his fingers like this, for the goal posts, and says ‘Kick It.’ If you make it we’ll do things your way . . . . “ - Apple - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 11:40 am: “This guy,” said Tea Party darling Joe Walsh, “that one over there. He’s a Democratic tracker hoping to catch me saying something crazy. You know what, I don’t give a darn! This could end up a CapFax caption contest for all I care. Now, about Randy.” - Rich Miller - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 11:44 am: Joe Walsh demonstrates his superior hand shadow skills by showing school kids how to make a goat. - in the 'ville - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 11:44 am: T”he TEA Party has this much time to be effective and make a change. Wait… time’s up?…” - Apple - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 11:46 am: U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh is seen here directing traffic at Starbucks during one of his much lauded “Cup of Joe with Joe” events. He later passed a hat to pay down his back child support, citing his six figure congressional salary as insufficient. - zatoichi - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 12:10 pm: Now put them on the table and … goalposts. - Benny - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 12:57 pm: And HERE is my shadow puppet of my double barreled sawed off shotgun. - PublicServant - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 12:58 pm: I’m taking care of the pork in Washington, and I’ll take care of the pork at Rich’s house too. It’s this way right? - Oswego Willy - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 1:02 pm: “So Carlton Fisk is wavin’… and I mean WAVIN’ … “Stay fair, stay fair!”, and I am just a kid, and I’m wavin’ “Stay fair, stay fair” … - farmhand - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 1:36 pm: She started it… - Anonymous - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 2:00 pm: Mandrake, have you ever seen a Commie drink a glass of water? - ZC - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 2:00 pm: I’m stealing this from an earlier poster (forget whom? Schnorf?), so I don’t want credit for this, but only because it seems so appropos here: “So my children don’t have a revenue problem. See? That’s their revenue. They have a spending problem.” - Rahm'sParkingMeter - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 2:02 pm: This is how many terms I think I will have. - Fed Up - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 3:23 pm: After I used the Grecian Formula my little black book was this thick - Carl Nyberg - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 4:38 pm: “To infinity and beyond!” - Wensicia - Friday, Oct 7, 11 @ 4:44 pm: Don’t believe what others tell you, I DO have opposable thumbs! Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.