* The BGA’s caption…

Better Government Association President and CEO Andy Shaw and John Tillman of the Illinois Policy Institute discussed the State’s pension crisis and “corruption-as-usual culture” at the Union League Club of Chicago on Wednesday, October 30.

I’m sure you can do better than that.

* The photo…

Remember, this is all in fun.

       

52 Comments - the Other Anonymous - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 9:23 am: The (anti-Madigan) Force is strong in this one. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 9:26 am: “No, we are talking about John Tillman and Andy Shaw, we just like to talk in 3rd person, please follow along …” - too obvious - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 9:27 am: It rubs the lotion on its skin. - Joe M - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 9:29 am: John Tillman and Andy Shaw discussed which Lou Reed song they liked best. - one of the 35 - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 9:30 am: Andy, This corruption at the Union League Club just has to be stopped! (That’s what the story says) - Spliff - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 9:32 am: In our next fundraiser we will do a musical of Happy days and John here will be playing “Fonzi!” - 47th Ward - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 9:32 am: Smug and Smugger. - too obvious - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 9:38 am: Andy Shaw talks about how he couldn’t do the work he does without the help of that Wikileaks guy. - Austinx3 - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 9:39 am: Puny Mortals…. - Willie Stark - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 9:40 am: Shaw: We’re all part of the same hypocrisy, but never think it applies to my organization. Tillman: Couldn’t agree more, Andy. - Suburban Dad - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 9:40 am: So, enough about me. Let’s talk about you. What do you think about me? - Adam Smith - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 9:42 am: “Andy, with your charm and my political savvy we’ll be able to…get absolutely nothing accomplished.” - Bogart - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 9:45 am: “But tomorrow, I’ll still be Speaker and you will still be stupid.” - Grandson of Man - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 9:49 am: Shaw: “We’re not ready to discuss pensions because we’re waiting for Henry Bayer. We at the BGA are fair and want to hear both sides.” - 4 percent - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 9:51 am: Pot and Kettle. - And I Approved This Message - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 9:52 am: Two recent graduates of the Hair Club for Men. - Powell - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 9:56 am: both: It must be so awkward for him to be here, since I am clearly the smartest person in the room. - Dirt Diver - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 9:57 am: Tillman: I am the smartest man in the room. All these people came to hear me speak. Shaw: I am the smartest man in the room. All these people came to hear me speak. - Dirt Diver - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 9:59 am: Sorry Powell, you just beat me to it. Couldn’t have said it better myself. - The Captain - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 9:59 am: MICROPHONE!!! - teddy salad - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 10:01 am: Andy Shaw explains to John Tillman how you can declare your Lincoln Park home in a residential area a “bed & Breakfast if you have enough clout with the city. Get all sorts of business expense breaks on your taxes for your home. Then become a pompous wind bag about other people’s ethics. - CircularFiringSquad - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 10:07 am: Capt Fax you should have used the pix that shows the room about half empty. Needless to say caption should read “HandOutAndy quizzes Tillman(what a name for a campaign cash hustler) on how he got the IL Opportunity Project to pay him $24K for one hour of work a week in 2011. That’s $476.92 an hour!” Sweet. - Third Reading - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 10:08 am: A theme appropriate for the Union League Club: JT: “Pardon me. Would you have any…..pension solutions?” AS: “But of course!” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ydplrvbm6vA I’m outta here. - train111 - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 10:11 am: I’ll see your ten grand from Roeser and up it with my twenty big ones from Bruce Rauner!! - No Longer a Lurker - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 10:12 am: Now John could you please explain to the audience the Illinois Policy Institues bipartisan view on pension reform. - GOPgal - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 10:12 am: The “Good Government” Entertainment Complex - wordslinger - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 10:12 am: How to get rich on non-profits. - William j Kelly - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 10:14 am: Next question about Madigan please….. - the unknown poster - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 10:15 am: when I drink beer I drink Dos Equis. - Jimmy - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 10:17 am: JY: Andy, why don’t sit on it. AS: Shut up Fonzi! - Michelle Flaherty - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 10:20 am: I’m sorry, I can’t hear you Mr. Shaw. Could someone get Mr. Shaw a microphone? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0hV8lCcB_E - Anonymous - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 10:24 am: We are two wild and crazy guys! - Mongo - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 10:26 am: HOW did he get the social club annual dues covered in his contract? How? HOW? Dang I tried so hard and they told me no. - Steve - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 10:28 am: Andy Shaw: ” Are you guys the city workers Alderman Burke sent who were outside my Bed and Breakfast?” - Ggal - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 10:31 am: Meet the new spokespersons for the Botox Club for Men. - Michelle Flaherty - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 10:43 am: What I really appreciate is the diversity of the good government effort in Illinois. - laughing - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 10:48 am: Tillman: What an amateur, he doesn’t even have Journalist in his title. - walkinfool - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 11:06 am: Two big fish in the little tank. “OK, they are misleading. What should we call our organizations?” MichelleFlaherty: I love you. (gender confusion aside) - Jeff Trigg - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 11:19 am: This is what Madigan gets for not giving us the same pension deals he gave to Preckwinkle and Piccioli. - Cheswick - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 11:24 am: Tilman and Shaw give lessons on how to dance with the one that brung ya. - Cheswick - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 11:25 am: Having had his iPhone confiscated at the door, Tillman silently wonders what people are tweeting about him at this moment. - Todd - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 11:28 am: he makes how much more than me and dresses like that. . . - Oswego Willy - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 11:31 am: “We feel its Andy Shaw and Jonn Tillman’s role to lead you to a doorway and let you walk through with the inuendo. Taking the next step is not Andy Shaw or John Tillman’s job. They are just supoose to lob the grenades, you little people are the ones who need to make them go…” - Oswego Willy - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 11:42 am: John Tillman (thinking),”Andy Shaw. Man, I have made it. Or, has Andy shaw made it, being up here with me? I mean, I am important, people know me, I am a big deal, Andy is kinda a big deal. Stop, we’re buddies, look at him, hammering away… there it is …’Madigan’… wait, wait … yep, there it is, the ‘dorrway’ …look at these people, they are going to walk right through it for us …what did Andy say for me to bring up … ‘13th Ward’ … ‘city workers’ …no, what was it … oh gees, that’s right, ‘I think the work speaks for itself’ … got to remember that … boy, that is a zinger, and these people will just take it and run with it … Man, Andy talks forever, he looks smashing doint it, but … yap, yap yap … when is it MY turn? …gonna stare so he gives up the floor … going to stare, and andy will take the cue …What? ‘Another point’ … I have to wait for another ‘point’ … keep staring …If Andy DID have a micrpophone, I would grab the cord about now … this is about ME too … um, Buddy, look over here … HERE … I am staring right at you … next time, I talk first … I guess… keep staring …but Andy does look smashing … can’t argur that …” - Former Titan - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 11:48 am: Wow. Even my reflection in that camera lens looks good. - Cheswick - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 12:24 pm: Tillman and Shaw agree to let there be spaces in their togetherness. - Cheswick - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 12:26 pm: John Tillman looks around and wonders if Oswego Willy is in the audience, and if so, which one…. - Cheswick - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 12:29 pm: John Tillman, having blocked out Andy Shaw (again!) mentally outlines his #NaNoWriMo. - Dirty Red - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 2:25 pm: Not the corruption busters we need… - superanon - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 3:30 pm: “If we were in individual bathtubs, it’d be just like that commercial” - Anonymous - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 4:09 pm: I thought it was the winners of the Jon Stewart/Mark Strong look-alike contest. - superanon - Friday, Nov 1, 13 @ 4:15 pm: “I’m not a journalist, I just play one on tv” Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.