* From CBS 2 Chicago…

NBA Hall-of-Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar urged Chicago Public Schools students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

WBBM Newsradio’s Michele Fiore reports Abdul-Jabbar joined Gov. Pat Quinn Sunday at King College Prep High School to discuss his book, “What Color is My World.”

Quinn praised Abdul-Jabbar’s 36-page book about African-American inventors, which was provided to the 300 students who attended the event.

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53 Comments - PublicServant - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 11:49 am: PQ - “I can tell you that right now, I wish I had pursued a STEM career instead of politics.” - Anon - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 11:50 am: Roger, Roger - BW - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 11:53 am: PQ: Boy do I have the car for you. Check out the new Dodge Dart built right here in Illinois. Plenty of er, leg room. - Oswego Willy - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 11:53 am: Oh … Pat Quinn is the shorter one, my mistake. - jeff__ing in Chicago - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 11:54 am: Your Dad thinks I dogging it? Tell him to try and drag Willis Reed’s butt up and down the court all night and see what it feels like! No I have to drag PQ up and down the court to get kids to pay attention in school. All he wants to do is tell the kids how he was able to dunk the ball one time. Apologies to the movie Airplane. Love Jabbar - Oswego Willy - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 11:55 am: “This question is 2 parts, one for each of you, Kareem, what was it like to be part of ‘Showtime’, and Gov. Quinn, working with Rod, what was it like to be part of ‘Showtime’ … - PublicServant - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 12:00 pm: PQ - “Is that Tom Swiss at the podium?” - unspun - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 12:01 pm: In a hard fought battle, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar narrowly loses a filibuster contest to Governor Quinn by describing in detail each of his 38,387 points scored. Quinn’s technique for victory: answering a “yes or no” question. - Oswego Willy - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 12:02 pm: “(L-R) Governor Pat Quinn, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Speaker Michael J. Madigan take questions.” - Oswego Willy - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 12:03 pm: “(L-R) Governor Pat Quinn, Speaker Michael J. Madigan, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar take questions.” Sorry …wrong order - PSYOP - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 12:06 pm: K A-J, “I think I did very well against everyone who tried to defend me.” PQ, “Ditto” - Lil' Enchilada - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 12:06 pm: PQ: I wonder if I’d look as good in that sweater as he does. He does look spiffy. - Dirty Red - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 12:09 pm: Afraid recent scandals would weaken a political ally, Gov. Pat Quinn announced today he would create his own tumbling team. The Governor went on to appoint Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Jerry Stermer as team captains. - PSYOP - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 12:09 pm: K A-J, “Fundamental preparation is always effective. Work on those parts of your game that are fundamentally weak.” PQ, “…down came the rain and washed the spider out…” - Calhoun Native - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 12:10 pm: Commander Quinn- wary as always and phaser at the ready - listens as the crowd breaks into uncontrolable laughter after their Klingon leader translates Quinn’s vision of the future. - Oswego Willy - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 12:12 pm: PQ - “We were suppose to have a ‘Lou Alcinder’ speak, but since he is a no-show, I will give his time to Kareem …” - OneMan - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 12:12 pm: With credit to Jeff Jabar: Wait a minute I know you, you are the 5th most powerful man in Springfield… Quinn: No I am the Governor of Illinois Jabar: No you are that Irish politician that didn’t make Crains 100 most powerful people in Chicago, had to suck to lose to Charlie Trotter… Quinn: No I am the Governor of Illinois. Isn’t it time you headed home… Jabar : As a Lt. Governor you did just fine, but Magic Johnson felt you didn’t stand up to Blago enough… Quinn (angry voice): Didn’t stand up to Blago enough, didn’t stand up to Blago enough! You tell Magic to try being around that charismatic idiot for a while, you think Larry Bird had strange hair… - Way Way Down Here - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 12:15 pm: Then somebody in the audience said they had a question for “Lew”. . .(crickets). - LP - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 12:16 pm: Quinn appoints Abdul Jabbar to lead collective bargaining negotiations with AFSCME. Jabbar is expected to simply hold the agreement over the unions heads until they give in. A similar negotiating tactic worked for the power forward in Michigan and Arizona. - Way Way Down Here - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 12:16 pm: Sorry Willy our posts must have crossed in the ‘tubes. - Ivory-billed Woodpecker - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 12:20 pm: I’m sorry, Pat. You must have me confused with someone else. I’m an airline pilot. - D.P. Gumby - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 12:22 pm: PQ internal monologue: “He he he…He may be taller, but I have the microphone!” - Oswego Willy - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 12:24 pm: At least you spelled “LEW” correctly … - Capital View - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 12:30 pm: one more inventor that is not in his book is Roland Burris, who perfected if not invented the “I don’t recall” lie during the hearings on what led up to his appointment to the US Senate. - Irish - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 12:32 pm: PQ thinking.. “I don’t why this guy gets all the attention his job wasn’t so tough. If I could get in the paint with Madigan and post him up my job would be a lot easier.” - OneMan - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 12:35 pm: This was taken seconds before Sheila Simon had the following question for Mr. Abdul-Jabbar… “Do you enjoy Gladiator movies?” - Irish - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 12:36 pm: PQ thinking… “I wonder if I changed my name to Muhammad Cookcounty Jobalicious if people would like me more.” - Wensicia - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 12:38 pm: Quinn: “I’m proud to present Kareem Abdul-Jabbar during Black History Month!” KA-J: “Sorry, Governor, that was last month.” “What….which one of my staff is responsible for telling me what month this is?!” - Oswego Willy - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 12:39 pm: “Thank you for taking my question… My name is Jerry Seinfeld, from New York … I was wondering if you would consider doing a reality show together … It would be about nothing …” - Oswego Willy - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 12:47 pm: “I am going to have to stop you both again … as moderator, I think you both need to take a breath … then Governor, I want you to say 3 things you like about Kareem, … and then Kareem, I want yout to tell Patrick you ‘hear him’ and then Kareem, I want you to say 3 things you like about Patrick …” - zatoichi - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 12:51 pm: Kareem: ‘I do Insanity 4 times a week.’ Pat: ‘I sit.’ - Little Purple Dunking Hood - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 12:55 pm: Quinn: My, what big fingers you have… Kareem: Huh? - Ron Burgundy - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 1:08 pm: PQ: “Oh Kareem? I speak Jive. Ask anyone who’s ever tried to negotiate with me.” - Irish - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 1:10 pm: Kareem - “Each of you should work as hard as you can because a good education is important….” PQ. thinking - “I heard he was going to give me a jersey, and that it might be purple, oooh that would be nice, I hope it’s not that goldish orange color, oh, orange, I wonder what Rod is doing today…. - Inconsistent - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 1:14 pm: “Kids Still Want to Play in NBA; Not be Governor After Abdul-Jabbar/Quinn Speech” - Pleading the Fifth - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 1:18 pm: PQ: “Maybe if I dunk over him, the people of Illinois will finally think I”m cool.” - MrJM - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 2:00 pm: The co-star of Game of Death and the co-star of Game of Debt. (Not pictured: Bruce Lee and the Illinois Legislature) – MrJM - Way Way Down Here - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 2:01 pm: You could have heard a pin drop when into the gym walked Elvin Hayes and Mike Madigan. “Please. . .Pat. . .continue.” remarked Madigan. - Oswego Willy - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 2:03 pm: “Ok, Governor, Kareem, you guys are doing great, but let’s start this again … Kareem you say, ‘Who’s on first’ and Governor, you say ‘Right, Who IS on 1st’, … and let’s have fun with it! Kareem, smile! Governor, let it flow, you are doing great …” - radio guy - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 2:15 pm: “I think you’re the greatest, but my dad says you don’t work hard enough on defense. And he says that lots of times, you don’t even run down court. And that you don’t really try… except during the playoffs.” - Pot calling kettle - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 2:24 pm: In the final seconds of the press conference, Jabar quickly moved in front of the podium, preventing Quinn from taking a final question at the buzzer and ensuring everyone was able to get home in time for dinner. - 47th Ward - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 2:28 pm: They’re not yelling “Leeeeeewwwww.” - Rudy - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 2:38 pm: KAJ: Folks, Illinois should be proud that its “education governor” has not only appeared as a lawyer before the Illinois Supreme Court, but once reportedly dunked a basketball! PQ: Yes, that dunk was on a LaGrange playground, on a day that I was feeling particularly strong, many many years ago–I actually surprised myself that day. - Stooges - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 2:45 pm: PQ: “How did you manage to score 100 points in one game?” - AnonAgin - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 2:56 pm: Lost Ball and Slam Dunk - OurMagician - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 3:34 pm: Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Patrick Quinn Jabberjaw - hisgirlfriday - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 3:39 pm: Illinois: Home to more bald egos than any state but Alaska - Bitterman - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 4:32 pm: PQ,”I knew Johnny “Red” Kerr, he was a friend of mine, and you sir, are no Johnny “Red” Kerr!”. - Small Town Liberal - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 4:32 pm: PQ: “You know Kareem, I just found out that 23% of likely Republican voters over 65 think we shouldn’t legally be allowed to marry. What do you think about that?” Kareem: “Something tells me it’s higher than that, Governor.” - I'm a star too - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 6:46 pm: Watching from the sideline… KAJ: “Wow, that man has some skill.” Moments later…. In slow motion.. PQ: “IF you think Mike has some skill on the basketball court, then you should witness his full court press on the House floor. That man always wins.” - Idealist - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 7:43 pm: Mutt and Jeff - wordslinger - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 9:46 pm: PQ: “Game of Death? That’s a Bruce Lee movie, of course, filmed in Hong Kong, not Illinois, although we have tax credits, but well, of course, I love movies, and like Abraham Lincoln said, Bruce Lee was a great Chinese American movie star, and a great part of the Chinese American community, and like Jane Addams said, Kareem is a great basketball player, and as a former basketball player, whose brother is the basketball coach at Fenwick, whose team can never, ever, no way, no how, beat Oak Park, not ever, even though they’re only four blocks away, and it’s humiliating, of course, that they can never beat Oak Park, and he’s my brother, and like Lee Harvey Oswald’s brother said, it’s embarrassing that he can never beat Oak Park, but like Paul Douglas said, don’t get caught in a tower with Kareem, because, well, like U.S. Grant said, I don’t think you’re Bruce Lee, and if Kareem catches you in that tower, well, like Paul Simon said, he’s going to take you up in that tower and kick the living…… Kareem: How many titles did Magic win without me? How many? Count them up! I have six, one of them in Milwaukee. Who was the best player of all time? Michael who? How many did he win in Milwaukee…? - Anonymous - Monday, Mar 19, 12 @ 10:27 pm: Well that computer outfit got Charles Barkley workimg for them to be a ringer on their ball team. Ha, I’m going to get Kareem for my teqm. Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.