Question of the day
Monday, Jun 16, 2014 - Posted by Rich Miller
* Old news from mid-May, but we didn’t really take full advantage of it here…
Governor Pat Quinn today officially started the planning for Illinois’ 200th birthday in 2018, a year-long celebration that will engage residents and communities throughout the state and leave a lasting legacy for future generations. The Governor signed an Executive Order to create the 2018 Illinois Bicentennial Commission, a grass-roots organization that will plan a celebration that is meaningful to every resident and spur history-based tourism.
“Ever since becoming a state on December 3, 1818, Illinois has been a crossroads, a microcosm and a breadbasket for our nation,” Governor Quinn said. “We have cultivated such leaders as Presidents Lincoln, Grant, Reagan and Obama. The Bicentennial is an opportunity to remind everyone of our rich heritage and pave the way to a bright future.”
“This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to celebrate Illinois’ rich heritage,” Illinois Historic Preservation Agency (IHPA) Board Chair Sunny Fischer said. “The Illinois Historic Preservation Agency will do everything it can to help the Bicentennial Commission get people talking, learning, traveling and exploring 200 years of Illinois history.”
* The Question: Illinois bicentennial slogans?
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 2:34 pm:
Illinois: An evolving Work In Progress
- Some Other Anonymous - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 2:37 pm:
“Microcosm in a Breadbasket”. that says it all.
- Give Me A Break - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 2:37 pm:
Illinois: We Are Not Mississippi.
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 2:37 pm:
Ilinois: Uniquely Unique for 200 Years.
- OneMan - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 2:38 pm:
So do you have any budget ideas?
- Anonymous - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 2:38 pm:
“ILLINOIS - Nowhere to go but UP”
- OneMan - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 2:39 pm:
Come swim in the governors mansion…
- Soccermom - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 2:40 pm:
“We Must Be Doing Something Right to Last 200 Years!”
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 2:41 pm:
Illinois: Lincoln chose Illinois, You Should Too.
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 2:44 pm:
Illinois: 200 Years of Leading America.
- downstate commissioner - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 2:44 pm:
ILLINOIS- The “S” is silent. And the payoffs used to be…
- MrJM (@MisterJayEm) - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 2:44 pm:
Illinois: 150 Years of Greatness!
– MrJM
- anonymoose - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 2:45 pm:
“ILLINOIS- The “S” is silent. And the payoffs used to be…”
That is hilarious….
- Rich Miller - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 2:48 pm:
MrJM and downstate commissioner fly way out in front!
- Abe the Babe - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 2:49 pm:
Illinois: Blago-free since 2009
- OneMan - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 2:50 pm:
Making you feel better about your elected officials for a century.
- VanillaMan - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 2:51 pm:
1818 - Land of Sinkin’ - 2018
- VanillaMan - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 2:53 pm:
1818 - Illinois: French for Bribery - 2018
- VanillaMan - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 2:53 pm:
1818 - 200 Years Of Being Ill - 2018
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 2:53 pm:
lol, ok, let’s snarky…
Illinois; Accepting Fraud Since Being a Accepted in the Union
- VanillaMan - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 2:54 pm:
1818 - Terminally Ill - 2018
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 2:55 pm:
Illinois; A Federal Prosecutor’s Training Ground
- What's in a name? - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 2:55 pm:
Illinois Land of Great Presidents and not so Great Governors.
Illinois home of four Presidents and Four Felonious Governors
- VanillaMan - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 2:57 pm:
1818 - Even The Illini Have Left Illinois - 2018
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 2:57 pm:
Ilinois; Corruption’s Bread Basket
- VanillaMan - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 2:58 pm:
1818 - Illinois: French for “Not Enough U-Hauls” - 2018
- train111 - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:01 pm:
1818-2018
200 years of the taxpayers being “ill” from all the “nois”
- VanillaMan - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:02 pm:
1818 - 200 Years Of Late Night Jokes - 2018
- The old professor - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:03 pm:
Illinois — just leave the envelope on the table.
- VanillaMan - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:03 pm:
1818 - Humid Flatlands Of Corn & Fun - 2018
- OneMan - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:04 pm:
Who sent you?
- VanillaMan - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:04 pm:
1818 - 200 Years of Not Being Indiana - 2018
- Mighty M. Mouse - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:05 pm:
Illinois: Not afraid to elect psychopaths
- VanillaMan - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:05 pm:
1818 - 200 Years Missouri’s Nemesis - 2018
- The Captain - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:05 pm:
Death to Missouri! Wisconsin, haha, Don’t Bother
- Abe the Babe - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:06 pm:
Illinois’ Bicentennial Slogan:
“Illinois: 200 years of…being Un-Indiana!!!!”
“Illinois: 200 years of great leaders like Lincoln and…”
“Illinois: Scrimping on Pensions since 1818″
“Illinois Celebrates 200th consecutive year of not declaring bankruptcy”
“Illinois at 200: Lincoln would be aghast…I mean AMAZED!”
Illinois teams up with MasterCard to sponsor the bicentennial celebration. Slogan: “Illinois: 200 years of buying things today that we cant pay for tomorrow”
- VanillaMan - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:06 pm:
1818 - Impeachable Illinois - 2018
- John A Logan - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:09 pm:
Illinois: The Somalia of The Midwest
- 4 percent - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:09 pm:
2018 Illinois Bicentennial sponsored by AFSCME.
- Wumpus - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:10 pm:
Illinois: Our current most recent governor has not been indicted.
- VanillaMan - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:10 pm:
1818 - Land of Asian Carp - 2018
- VanillaMan - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:11 pm:
1818 - 200 Years? Sorry! - 2018
- Wensicia - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:11 pm:
Illinois: From Land of Lincoln to Federal Bureau of Prisons.
- VanillaMan - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:12 pm:
1818 - Flatlander’s Afghanistan - 2018
- VanillaMan - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:13 pm:
1818 - Let’s Try This Again! - 2018
- train111 - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:13 pm:
Illinois: 159 years of getting it right!! –after all Oxford has only been there since 1973.
- VanillaMan - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:14 pm:
1818 - The Buckle On America’s Corruption Belt - 2018
- VanillaMan - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:15 pm:
1818 - Bankruptcy’s Crossroads - 2018
- VanillaMan - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:16 pm:
1818 - The Sunset State - 2018
- VanillaMan - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:18 pm:
1818 - Land Of 10,000 Mistakes - 2018
- VanillaMan - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:18 pm:
1818 - The Great Mistake State - 2018
- Anon. - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:19 pm:
Illinois –
200 years old
110 years without a Cubs World Championship
___ days without a federal indictment –
and counting!
- VanillaMan - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:19 pm:
1818 - Land of Entrapment - 2018
- CommoNooB - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:20 pm:
Illinois: The Prairie Chicken State!
- CLJ - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:22 pm:
Illinois 1818 - 2018, Didn’t think we’d make this long either!
- bottom rung. - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:26 pm:
Illinois: Donec Pretium.
(Latin for: we are out of money.)
- dreamer - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:27 pm:
I miss Royko,
Illinois, celebrating 200 Years of “Ubi est Mia - Where’s mine.”
- I B Strapped - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:40 pm:
Illinois: Actually only a few of our politicians ever make to the Big House…..
- Bluefish - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:41 pm:
200 Years of Why Do You Want to Know?
- VanillaMan - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:42 pm:
1818 - Taking The Short-Bus For 200 Years - 2018
- VanillaMan - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:44 pm:
1818 - No Capital Punishment Thanks To Our Incarcerated Governors - 2018
- Bluefish - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:44 pm:
You Can’t Spell Illegal Without IL
- VanillaMan - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:45 pm:
1818 - We’re Finished - 2018
- VanillaMan - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:46 pm:
1818 - We Peaked 200 Years Ago - 2018
- Stuff happens - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:47 pm:
Impure Illinois.
- VanillaMan - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:48 pm:
1818 - We Need Another 200 Years - 2018
- VanillaMan - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:49 pm:
1818 - Who’s Counting And What Do They Want? - 2018
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:50 pm:
Illinois; No One Asked You
- OVERSIGHT - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:51 pm:
Illinois…Where our Governors personally make your license plates!
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:51 pm:
Illinois; Where the worlds of Serpico and Deliverance meet.
- What's in a name? - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:55 pm:
1818 - Illinois :We’re not perfect but we’re not Indiana either - 2018
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:56 pm:
Illinois; If you say Extortion again, we’ll have your legs broken.
- What's in a name? - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:57 pm:
1818 - Illinois 200 Years of Equal Corruption Opportunity - 2018
- Rich Miller - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:57 pm:
OW moves into contention with his extortion entry!
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:57 pm:
Illinois; we have a Fee for that!
- railrat - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:58 pm:
irony? Freudian? March 1818 Congress approves 1st Govt. pensions ….chat amongst yourselves please !!!
- What's in a name? - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 3:59 pm:
1818 - Illinois - Even this contest is fixed - 2018
- Rich Miller - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 4:01 pm:
What’s in a name? wins!!!
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 4:02 pm:
- What’s in a name? -
Well played, well done.
- Jake From Elwood - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 4:03 pm:
Illinois: We put the Cent in Bicentennial. Pay up.
- Nearly Normal - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 4:06 pm:
Illinois: corruption, yeah, but we’re not New Jersey!
- Nearly Normal - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 4:08 pm:
Illinois: Where our shoe boxes aren’t for shoes!
- That guy - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 4:11 pm:
Bi-Centennial??? They warned us this would happen if same sex marriage became legal. #toldyouso
- Nearly Normal - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 4:11 pm:
Illinois: Take the cannoli, leave the money. On second thought, leave both and get outta here!
- Sunshine - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 4:17 pm:
On the bottom but things are looking up!
- I B Strapped - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 4:21 pm:
Illinois: Who cares what youse guys ‘tink?
- OurMagician - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 4:28 pm:
Illinois-Every state can have a bad couple of centuries.
- Streator Curmudgeon - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 4:32 pm:
200 years of Illinois — Where am I going and why am I in this handbasket?
- Streator Curmudgeon - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 4:32 pm:
1818 Budda boom, budda bing! 2018
- Streator Curmudgeon - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 4:33 pm:
Illinois Bicentennial: Fuggetta bout it!
- Michelle Flaherty - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 4:34 pm:
Illinois 1818-2018: This is an advisory question.
- Streator Curmudgeon - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 4:35 pm:
Illinois’ 200th Birthday: Hey! Whatta you lookin’ at?
- Streator Curmudgeon - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 4:36 pm:
Illinois, where our governors make the best license plates in the country!
- Streator Curmudgeon - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 4:37 pm:
Illinois: Chasing business away since 1975!
- OneMan - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 4:40 pm:
Illinois, it has been around longer than the last World Series Championship for the Cubs.
- Streator Curmudgeon - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 4:42 pm:
Illinois, giving new meaning to the word “Outfit”
- wondering downstate - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 4:42 pm:
Hey the Cubs have not won the World Series for 100 years. So our state government does really look that bad the last 200 years.
- Streator Curmudgeon - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 4:43 pm:
Illinois, where even the state bird is in the red!
- OneMan - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 4:43 pm:
The Illinois Bicentennial were gonna find that pony for sure…
- OneMan - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 4:44 pm:
Illinois providing a warning to others for over 20 years…
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 4:45 pm:
Illinois; where crime was finally organized.
- Streator Curmudgeon - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 4:45 pm:
Illinois: “By da rivers gently flowing–fulla stiffs”
- Streator Curmudgeon - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 4:47 pm:
Illinois: Glad we’re upwind of Iowa!
- Michelle Flaherty - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 4:48 pm:
Illinois: Hey look, it’s Mayor Daly.
- Streator Curmudgeon - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 4:48 pm:
Illinois: Our politicians have the lumpiest pockets in the country!
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 4:51 pm:
Illinois; Orange is the New Black
- Streator Curmudgeon - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 4:52 pm:
Illinois: We’ve got more Scratch-off games than honest politicians!
- Streator Curmudgeon - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 4:53 pm:
Illinois: Where beer is considered an energy drink!
- Streator Curmudgeon - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 4:55 pm:
Illinois: Where the corn is as high as Blago on a stepladder!
- Oswego Willy - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 4:56 pm:
Illinois; break the rules, spend a night in the box.
- Streator Curmudgeon - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 4:59 pm:
Illinois: Disappointing its citizens since 1818
- Mokenavince - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 5:04 pm:
Look back to the future with Quinn
- Streator Curmudgeon - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 5:17 pm:
Illinois: Our Porta-potties have video gaming!
- Steve Downstate - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 5:22 pm:
“Illinois: Most of our governors actually never went to prison. Not sure how we feel about that.”
- sal-says - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 6:00 pm:
200 Years: Squeezy; Snoozy; Sleazy & CHICKENS ! IL!
200 Years of IL: First in Political Convictions
- Hit or Miss - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 6:18 pm:
Illinois: Deep in debt, but we will still find the money for a party.
- Hit or Miss - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 6:20 pm:
Illinois: Where a good party is more important than a good bond rating.
- Third Reading - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 6:34 pm:
Noted in passing:
The Golden Book of Springfield
by Vachel Lindsay … being the review of a book that will appear in the autumn of the year 2018, and an extended description of Springfield, Illinois, in that year.
https://archive.org/stream/goldenbookofspri00linduoft#page/n7/mode/2up
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Book_of_Springfield
I’m outta here.
- Enemy of the State - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 6:39 pm:
Making Mississippi look good for centuries!
- A Citizen - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 7:06 pm:
Our real name is Taxes but Moodys told us to use Ill.
- Streator Curmudgeon - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 8:23 pm:
Illinois: Enter a State of Mediocrity
- Just The Way It Is One - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 8:29 pm:
Illinois: 200 Proud Years as the Land of Lincoln and Countin’…with the Best Yet to Come…!
- lost in the weeds - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 8:45 pm:
2018 or bust
- lost in the weeds - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 8:47 pm:
Illinois: This message will self destruct in 10 seconds.
- lost in the weeds - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 8:57 pm:
Illinois: 200 more years of sovereignty.
- persecuted - Monday, Jun 16, 14 @ 9:26 pm:
Illinois, where only two of our gently flowing rivers are named Embarrass.
- Judgment Day - Tuesday, Jun 17, 14 @ 6:49 am:
“Illinois 1818-2018: 200 Years, Only $100 Billion in Debt”
- Capitol View - Tuesday, Jun 17, 14 @ 6:51 am:
Illinois: created to fund the already obsolete Illinois-Michigan Canal, and virtually bsnkrupct ever since
- Siyotanka - Tuesday, Jun 17, 14 @ 7:54 am:
A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to celebrate Illinois’ incarcerated heritage.
- A guy... - Tuesday, Jun 17, 14 @ 8:51 am:
Illinois celebrates 200 years with One Speaker for 20% of the time.
- Motambe - Tuesday, Jun 17, 14 @ 8:53 am:
2019 or Bust!
- Name Withheld - Tuesday, Jun 17, 14 @ 9:14 am:
Celebrate our Bleepin Golden Anniversary in style!