54 Comments - Oswego Willy - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 11:08 am: LEAVE YOUR KEY, TAKE THE CANNOLI, SMITH EXPELLED “REFORMED” RADOGNO NOW WITH CROSS ON REFORM - wordslinger - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 11:09 am: “Smith kicked out; Pensions kicked down the road” - Oswego Willy - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 11:09 am: Reformed Radogno, going against caucus members and hitching her wagon with Cross… - 47th Ward - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 11:11 am: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 11:12 am: MR. SMITH LEAVES THE CAPITOL RADOGNO SHIFTS GEARS, REFORM STUCK IN NEUTRAL - Way Way Down Here - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 11:14 am: Rome Wasn’t Burned in a Day: Stay Tuned - Michelle Flaherty - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 11:17 am: Cheap Trick’s opening act not so cheap. - PQ's Primary Opponent - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 11:23 am: Smith Expelled- Gov fails to present Legislature with a pension reform bill once again! - Anonymice - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 11:26 am: “Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5, 27-28″ [A tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.} - Keyser Soze - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 11:26 am: PENSION DEAL FAILS - Oswego Willy - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 11:26 am: SPECIAL SESSION STILL LEAVES SPECIAL MESS - NO REFORM - Not ready for prime time - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 11:29 am: ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzz. - SO IL M - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 11:30 am: State Fair and Circus Both End; Circus With One Less Clown - Oswego Willy - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 11:37 am: BIGGEST LOSERS; QUINN, ILLINOIS, EVERYONE NO TAPE DELAY - SMITH REMOVED FROM HOUSE - Irish - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 11:42 am: SO IL M - Awesome!!! Gov calls special session, Cost $40,000.00 Will present Pension Plan, Forgets to provide Plan, Blames Legislators - SO IL M - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 12:00 pm: Irish—-Thank You, my favorite so far is word slinger. I thought about going with Legislators Kick Smith, Punt Pensions ….but thought that was too close to his. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 12:04 pm: SMITH FINISHED, PENSIONS NOT - Makandadawg - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 12:11 pm: Bust and Busted - Mouthy - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 12:20 pm: Smith Out, Vows to return in January. Pension reduction bills postponed until new numbers can be made up. - OurMagician - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 12:21 pm: Pension Bill Fails, Quinn Blames Scott Walker Jesse Takes A Tumble As Ally Loses House Seat - Cheswick - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 12:26 pm: Radogno, others holed up in Wisconsin; Quinn sends Illinois State Police to bring them back - Jechislo - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 12:34 pm: Smith ousted. Legislature decides not to call unconstitutional pension reform bill for a vote. - Gary - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 12:42 pm: Gov Quinn vacations in Wisconsin with Walker! Plots strategy: against Union workers! Madigan to join meeting later - Great Caesar's Ghost! - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 12:44 pm: Kick is Good! Pension Reform Fumbled. - Responsa - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 12:44 pm: Unions rejoyce. Quinn’s “half a loaf” foiled. Can is kicked. - reformer - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 12:49 pm: “Democrats vote to abolish legislative pensions, while GOP votes to keep them” - Third Reading - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 1:04 pm: Legislators proclaim “Derrick Smith Appreciation Day” and mistakenly vote to expel Derrick Rose. Lawmakers resolve pension crisis: grateful retirees now to receive Illinois lottery tickets instead of cash. I’m outta here. - railrat - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 1:21 pm: after pension booth closes at state fair, windsocks sell out as bluelight special ! - Lakeview - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 1:21 pm: “Dewey Defeats Truman” - Spiney Norman - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 1:27 pm: PENSIVE PENSION PLAN PROMPTLY PUNTED BENEFIT BILL BRAZENLY BEATEN DERRICK DERAILED SMITH SENT TO SING-SING - Groundhog - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 2:01 pm: Lawmakers fix pensions; Gov’s leadership leads to reform deal(headline courtesy of The Onion) - Cook County Commoner - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 2:03 pm: Smith Thanks Illinois For His Pension - Six Degrees of Separation - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 2:09 pm: RADOGNO SETS PHASERS TO STUN SMITH SENT INTO ORBIT STARSHIP ILLINOIS CRASHES - jt - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 2:11 pm: New world record for cabbage eating. Legislators pass methane gas bill. - Wensicia - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 2:38 pm: Smith trips out, but pensions don’t fall. - Cal Skinner - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 2:54 pm: How about “Smith’s Pension Credits Stopped” - 1776 - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 2:59 pm: FAILURE - Yellow Dog Democrat - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 3:36 pm: Chicago Tribune: Cross: Pension Bill ‘Stinks’ Sun-Times: Madigan: ‘He Who Smelt It, Dealt It’ - zatoichi - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 3:40 pm: Pension issue resolved when an Excel column format is found to be off by a decimal. - TwoFeetThick - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 4:53 pm: REPUBLICANS TAKE WORST VOTE EVER Vote to Save Their Pensions at Expense of State Bond Rating “Madigan made us do it” says Cross - Commonsense in Illinois - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 5:57 pm: Quinn Demands Lawmakers Act on Pensions Time Bomb Urlacher and McCarthy Split - Report - Judgment Day - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 6:28 pm: Apocalypse Postponed - dang - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 6:46 pm: House scolds icc for com ed not getting everything they want… House kicks out a guy taking money to enrich himself, yet those who take it to stay elected don’t see the irony.. Nothing happens on pensions - House of Pain - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 7:59 pm: The Never Ending Story - wordslinger - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 8:04 pm: “Konerko, back from concussion, goes yard” Technically, not from the statehouse, but take the good news where you can find it. - Anonymous - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 8:19 pm: “NASA makes moon landing. Ty Fahner claims astronaut pensions bankrupting NASA.” - Soccertease - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 8:55 pm: Boone’s Saloon Only Winner in Special Session - Mama - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 9:46 pm: A lot of hot air but no balloon got off the ground! - Mama - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 10:04 pm: There is nobody singing at the end of the day.. - Anonymous - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 10:54 pm: “NASA makes moon landing. Ty Fahner claims astronaut pensions bankrupting NASA.” I wouldn’t go there, “Anonymous.” - Anonymous - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 10:56 pm: =Boone’s Saloon Only Winner in Special Session = I’ve been following them–and their menu looks great. I’d like to go there some day. - Midstate Indy - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 11:09 pm: Casino license issued to Illinois General Assembly - Gambling on future runs rampant. Cross, Radogno reaffirm commitment to be noncommittal. Smith expelled, ILGA confirms bribery only way to get action in Springfield. Winner Winner Chicken Dinner..Disregard, everyone loses - ah HA - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 11:12 pm: Wow a big waste of Time and Taxpayers hard earned money. - wordslinger - Friday, Aug 17, 12 @ 11:59 pm: –Cross, Radogno reaffirm commitment to be noncommittal.– That’ pretty good. Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.