Gee … I want to privide a fine example to Pat Brady. I promise to never influence the filling of a nominatin by county chairmen. I think that would be unfair, and would always go out of my way to recuse myself in a very public manner. Politics is for only the nicest of folks, and golly, I want to always do the right thing. I’m sorry, but I need to go sell some Girl Scout cookies right now.
“You talkin’ to me? You talkin’ to me? You talkin’ to me? Then who the hell else are you talking… you talking to me? Well I’m the only one here. Who the blagojevich do you think you’re talking to? Oh yeah? OK.”
All the Mushrooms get from the Speaker is protection from other guys looking to defeat them. That’s what it’s all about. That’s what the voters can never understand - that what the Speaker and the House Dem Organization offers is protection for the kinds of guys who can’t go to the voters and win. They’re like the “Green House” for Mushrooms.
“And, you know, the thing about a shark… he’s got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll’s eyes. When he comes at ya, doesn’t seem to be living… until he bites ya, and those black eyes roll over white and then… ah then you hear that terrible high-pitched screamin…”
Leaping from tree to tree, as they float down the mighty rivers of British Columbia. The Giant Redwood. The Larch. The Fir! The mighty Scots Pine! The lofty flowering Cherry! The plucky little Apsen! The limping Roo tree of Nigeria. The towering Wattle of Aldershot! The Maidenhead Weeping Water Plant! The naughty Leicestershire Flashing Oak! The flatulent Elm of West Ruislip! The Quercus Maximus Bamber Gascoigni! The Epigillus! The Barter Hughius Greenus!
With my best buddy by my side, we’d sing! Sing! Sing!
” I can handle it all. Higher property taxes, sales taxes, and incomes taxes. I’m rich, I can even afford my own health insurance when I decide to retire. You can’t have a property tax appeals business without high property taxes. Yes, I have enough people in my district paid off. So what? This is Illinois. I even get Social Security because Speaker of the House is just a part time job.”
I am the “King” of IL!! So what if my phone is ringing off the hook with calls from disgruntled State employees/retirees who say I am a cold, heartless man, I say “let them eat cake”
Mr. Maryk, you may tell the crew for me that there are four ways of doing things aboard my ship: The right way, the wrong way, the Navy way, and my way. They do things my way, and we’ll get along.
“No not that one Mr. Mapes. The other bill. Please save that one until I give you the signal. You know, when I give you the look. No, not that look, the other look. You know the look.”
- Former Merit Comp Slave - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 2:24 pm:
“You think this week made the headlines?….just wait, they ain’t seen nuthin yet”
Me-Act Responsibly - Are You Kidding? _ I’m the Speaker and the consequences of my failing to act in the best interest of the citizens won’t happen while I am still here, so why should I worry?
Okay Representative Nekrtiz, that was some interesting work you did with those the committees and the hearings and the negotiating. But now it’s time to do this my way.
“I know what you are thinking, did he use up all his parliamentary maneuvers to defeat my bill? Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I kinda forgot myself. But being that I am the Speaker of the House, the most powerful politician in Illinois, who could blow your bill clean off the board, you’ve got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, Representative?”
- Team Sleep - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 12:50 pm:
“Don’t take away MY free retiree health insurance!”
- The Captain - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 12:51 pm:
You don’t need to focus on the big board, I’ve got it covered.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 12:51 pm:
“I would like to ask the Speaker a question …”
- Commonsense in Illinois - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 12:52 pm:
Leave the gun…take the cannoli
- Political Junkie - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 12:54 pm:
What? You think I actuall perform the role of Speaker of the House? Haha thats a funny joke, I make Lou Lang do that.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 12:54 pm:
“Yeah, well … tell Mike Madigan I ain’t afraid of him …”
“Speaker, Derrick Smith would like to talk with you …”
“Tell the Speaker I am going to vote ‘no’ …”
“Minority Leader Cross is on the golf course right now, so can you tell the Speaker to wait a few minutes …”
- just sayin' - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 12:54 pm:
I Rock.
- Wensicia - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 12:55 pm:
Wait…wait!! He’s really going to smile this time.
Keep the camera on him!
- Tommydanger - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 12:56 pm:
(sigh) Heavy is the head that wears the crown.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 12:57 pm:
“I don’t care WHO the sponsor is … you tell the sponsor to talk to ME about my vote!”
“Yes, Governor Quinn … the Speaker HAS taken your thoughts into consideration.”
- Fair Share - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 12:59 pm:
“It’s Friday, I’m bored,so entertain me, please.”
- Learning the Ropes - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 12:59 pm:
I know this sounds like a cop-out, but honestly I like Rich’s “suggestion” the best…
MJM: “It’s Friday, I’m bored, so entertain me.”
- Oswego Willy - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 1:00 pm:
“Do me a favor, … tell the Speaker, … I keep pressing my button to speak and he never calls on me … does he know I want to speak?”
- Strobby - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 1:00 pm:
I don’t why everybody hates me ?
- Judgment Day - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 1:03 pm:
“Miller, you post this picture as a new Caption contest and we’re holding another roast specifically of you”.
- aaron singer - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 1:05 pm:
“Hey Rich, what the heck is going on with the White Sox and Chris Sale?”
- chad - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 1:05 pm:
Gee … I want to privide a fine example to Pat Brady. I promise to never influence the filling of a nominatin by county chairmen. I think that would be unfair, and would always go out of my way to recuse myself in a very public manner. Politics is for only the nicest of folks, and golly, I want to always do the right thing. I’m sorry, but I need to go sell some Girl Scout cookies right now.
- Boone Logan Square - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 1:06 pm:
“You talkin’ to me? You talkin’ to me? You talkin’ to me? Then who the hell else are you talking… you talking to me? Well I’m the only one here. Who the blagojevich do you think you’re talking to? Oh yeah? OK.”
- Lefty Lefty - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 1:07 pm:
What? Me worry?
- Ready To Get Out - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 1:08 pm:
Lock that door and turn out the lights. I hear AFSCME is on the way.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 1:09 pm:
All the Mushrooms get from the Speaker is protection from other guys looking to defeat them. That’s what it’s all about. That’s what the voters can never understand - that what the Speaker and the House Dem Organization offers is protection for the kinds of guys who can’t go to the voters and win. They’re like the “Green House” for Mushrooms.
- Dirty Red - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 1:10 pm:
“I don’t care if your Dad is Tom Irwin. I could take you in a rock off.”
- Just Saying - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 1:11 pm:
I think you got it right Rich: Madigan “It’s Friday, I’m bored, so entertain me”
- wordslinger - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 1:11 pm:
Gov. Quinn/Capt. Quint:
“And, you know, the thing about a shark… he’s got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll’s eyes. When he comes at ya, doesn’t seem to be living… until he bites ya, and those black eyes roll over white and then… ah then you hear that terrible high-pitched screamin…”
- just sayin' - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 1:12 pm:
Bite me Miller.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 1:12 pm:
Speaker - (Thinking) “…Now go get your shine box!”
- thechampaignlife - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 1:13 pm:
Speaker Madigan doing his best dramatic groundhog impression (www.youtube.com/watch?v=8of00uEVRRA)
- Dick - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 1:14 pm:
Don’t worry Rich, you got some more ads and subscriptions coming your way.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 1:15 pm:
“Well, I think Lisa is wrong …”
- Oswego Willy - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 1:17 pm:
“Can you show me the way to Speaker Cross’ Office, please?”
- just sayin' - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 1:19 pm:
Mr. Cross, glad you could join us today. Have a seat.
- illilnifan - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 1:22 pm:
What! Do I hear the the sound of state retirees coming up behind me…..
- Ca - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 1:23 pm:
I wanted to be… a lumberjack!
Leaping from tree to tree, as they float down the mighty rivers of British Columbia. The Giant Redwood. The Larch. The Fir! The mighty Scots Pine! The lofty flowering Cherry! The plucky little Apsen! The limping Roo tree of Nigeria. The towering Wattle of Aldershot! The Maidenhead Weeping Water Plant! The naughty Leicestershire Flashing Oak! The flatulent Elm of West Ruislip! The Quercus Maximus Bamber Gascoigni! The Epigillus! The Barter Hughius Greenus!
With my best buddy by my side, we’d sing! Sing! Sing!
- Stones - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 1:23 pm:
Is it just me or does the Speaker look a bit like Clint Eastwood playing his Dirty Harry character?
- Oswego Willy - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 1:25 pm:
“I will get a vote on it. The Speaker does whatever I want …”
- unclesam - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 1:25 pm:
Speaker: “Miller, do that again and your ass is mine.:
- Seven big ones - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 1:33 pm:
“Your insolence has been noted. Now go get me an apple.”
- Steve Bartin - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 1:35 pm:
” I can handle it all. Higher property taxes, sales taxes, and incomes taxes. I’m rich, I can even afford my own health insurance when I decide to retire. You can’t have a property tax appeals business without high property taxes. Yes, I have enough people in my district paid off. So what? This is Illinois. I even get Social Security because Speaker of the House is just a part time job.”
- a non - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 1:37 pm:
“I AM smiling.”
- Name Withheld - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 1:37 pm:
You there. Yes, you - minion. Get me an apple.
- Bluefish - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 1:39 pm:
Hmmmm. I wonder what the special at Saputo’s will be tonight?
- Huggybunny - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 1:39 pm:
I am the “King” of IL!! So what if my phone is ringing off the hook with calls from disgruntled State employees/retirees who say I am a cold, heartless man, I say “let them eat cake”
- amalia - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 1:43 pm:
one view possible from the new Democratic Party Board View Blocking Device which features Speaker Madigan from all angles.
- Anon - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 1:43 pm:
I have this thing…and it is *#%@ golden.
- Hello - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 1:48 pm:
Look at my face. look into my eyes and know this. I will be here for atleast another 12 years.
- anonymice - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 1:50 pm:
“No, I don’t want to buy an elevator pass.”
- Dirty Red - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 1:55 pm:
“On second thought, this town sucks in the summer.”
- Sgt Schultz - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 1:57 pm:
“Think mole” (Gilligan’s Island reference)
- Captain Queeg - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 1:57 pm:
Mr. Maryk, you may tell the crew for me that there are four ways of doing things aboard my ship: The right way, the wrong way, the Navy way, and my way. They do things my way, and we’ll get along.
- Dirty Red - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 1:59 pm:
“Excuse me, Speaker Daniels?”
- The VICH - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 2:00 pm:
In the famous words of triumph thewonderdog. Yep I stucheped em. The retireeso
- Burning Down da House - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 2:04 pm:
Satan.
- Give Me A Break - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 2:05 pm:
Go ahead take the pic, unlike that rapper guy in Kentucky, I don’t need Miller to make me look good.
- Former Titan - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 2:08 pm:
Do I smell pierogi?
- Wensicia - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 2:10 pm:
Rahm’s here? Rahm who…?
- siriusly - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 2:11 pm:
“No not that one Mr. Mapes. The other bill. Please save that one until I give you the signal. You know, when I give you the look. No, not that look, the other look. You know the look.”
- Former Merit Comp Slave - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 2:24 pm:
“You think this week made the headlines?….just wait, they ain’t seen nuthin yet”
- Oswego Willy - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 2:24 pm:
“No, you tell the Speaker … I got to be a state Rep. all by myself …”
- Down South - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 2:30 pm:
Hey Miller I want my apple back. Now!
- Steve B - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 2:35 pm:
Me-Act Responsibly - Are You Kidding? _ I’m the Speaker and the consequences of my failing to act in the best interest of the citizens won’t happen while I am still here, so why should I worry?
- JustaJoe - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 2:37 pm:
OK Retiree…No Pepsi for You! Ah Ha!
- OurMagician - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 2:46 pm:
Bring me the head of John Kass.
- siriusly - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 2:48 pm:
Okay Representative Nekrtiz, that was some interesting work you did with those the committees and the hearings and the negotiating. But now it’s time to do this my way.
- Dirty Red - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 2:54 pm:
“I don’t usually crack up like this. But when I do, it’s because Ken Dunkin is trying to say something.”
- Name Withheld - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 3:06 pm:
Do I *look* like I want to order some thin mints?
- Cook County Commoner - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 3:08 pm:
“Put the envelope inside my newspaper.”
- bullet - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 3:11 pm:
my face on mt. rushmore, your kidding?
- Dead Head - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 3:13 pm:
I would, but they don’t give me Photoshop here; I can’t draw the horns!
- anon sequitor - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 3:23 pm:
Here you go Stones:
“I know what you are thinking, did he use up all his parliamentary maneuvers to defeat my bill? Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I kinda forgot myself. But being that I am the Speaker of the House, the most powerful politician in Illinois, who could blow your bill clean off the board, you’ve got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, Representative?”
- Newbie - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 3:27 pm:
(For all the Harry Potter nerds out there)
“Only I can live forever… I pity them, they never learn” - Lord Voldemort/MJM
- Lord Voldemort
- pleez - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 3:34 pm:
to Ca
Lumberjack-Song in German: http://youtu.be/aiVOG199X2c
or if you prefer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQOMxz-O7Sc&feature=related
- Oswego Willy - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 3:37 pm:
“Do you Michael J. Madigan renouce Satan … and all his works …”
- Anonymous - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 3:41 pm:
“Oh all right, Pepsi for you.”
(”Yeah boy! Ha-ha!”)
- Chicago Cynic - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 3:45 pm:
“Which part of vote no did you not understand?”
- Bill White - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 3:55 pm:
Seriously Tom? Seriously?
- Yossarian Lives - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 3:57 pm:
Let me show you my Mona Lisa look.
- Anonymous - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 4:05 pm:
Go ahead, make my day.
- mark walker - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 4:06 pm:
I’ll bet you I know the votes without looking.
- zatoichi - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 4:17 pm:
What?
- OT - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 4:48 pm:
I am not the man behind the curtain. I am the curtain.
- Rich Miller - Friday, May 11, 12 @ 5:00 pm:
“mark walker” wins.
Have a great weekend!