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Question of the day
Friday, May 8, 2015 - Posted by Rich Miller * “Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn smiles during the signing of the pension overhaul legislation bill Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013, in Chicago. Looking on from left are: Sen. Bill Brady, R-Bloomington; Senate GOP leader Sen. Christine Radogno; Rep. Darlene Senger, R-Naperville; Rep. Jim Durkin, R-Western Springs; House Speaker Michael Madigan and Sen. Kwame Raoul, D-Chicago”…  * The Question: Caption?
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- Juvenal - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 11:53 am:
“Mission Accomplished.”
- Oswego Willy - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 11:54 am:
“Five years from now we will look back in awe of what we did here…”
- Oswego Willy - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 11:55 am:
“I want one of those pens…”
- DuPage - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 11:58 am:
I bet they are not smiling right about now.
- Alexander Cut The Knot - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 11:58 am:
Wow . . . this will really look like I’m governing!
- Concerned - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 11:58 am:
Quinn: “I have enough pens here for us to roundtable these petitions to adopt term limits! Who wants to start?”
- The Way I See It - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 11:59 am:
Better take a pen. That’s all anyone us getting out of this.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:00 pm:
“I think we will all look back at this as something we’ll be glad to put our names on…”
- Oswego Willy - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:01 pm:
(Quinn, under his breath) “Take. That. Pesky. Constitution.”
- Sir Reel - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:02 pm:
This should be enough to get me reelected. I’ll figure out something then.
- OneMan - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:03 pm:
So when asked, do you think this will stand up in court, they all had a hearty chuckle…
- Rockford's Finest - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:04 pm:
“Here goes nothing!”
- Jake From Elwood - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:04 pm:
I’m a Reformer, really!!
- Oswego Willy - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:05 pm:
(Quinn, to the group) “We’ll worry about that… tomorrow.
- Arthur Andersen - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:05 pm:
“Police powers? We don’t need no stinkin’ police powers!”
- Cheswick - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:05 pm:
In the words of the late, great Bill ™, “oops.”
- Anon - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:06 pm:
wait–who’s missing from this picture–oh yeah, the guy who did his homework and knew this bill was a joke.
- OneMan - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:06 pm:
The majority of them being lawyers they were thrilled they at least were going to give some lawyers some work.
- Wordslinger - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:09 pm:
“This should get us past the election. Ty and the Tribbies are some of those people you can fool all of the time.”
- 47th Ward - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:10 pm:
…and the Speaker assured him that either his brains or his signature would be on the bill.
- Keyser Soze - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:10 pm:
We know where this is headed.
- Oswego Willy - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:10 pm:
“Boy, are we Dopes or what? Here goes nothing…”
- Anonymous - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:10 pm:
Madigan thought bubble: “When the Supreme Court strikes this down, it’ll take the blame for the tax hike, instead of my mushrooms. I’ll win again.”
- Vote Quimby! - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:11 pm:
“These are all mechanical pencils, not pens.”
- Oswego Willy - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:12 pm:
- 47th Ward -, lol
“Caption?”
Quinn, “Alright everyone, I figure this bought us a few years…”
- Wensicia - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:12 pm:
“If the Supreme Court strikes down the law, do we have to give the pens back?”
- Oswego Willy - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:14 pm:
Quinn, “Hey, everyone, Cullerton told me this bill isn’t worth the paper it’s written on. What a card!
- CrookCounty60827 - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:17 pm:
“”My fellow Americans, I’m pleased to tell you today that I’ve signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.Oh, wait…this is the pension reform law?”
- Suburbanon - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:18 pm:
Oswego, you nailed it with that last one!
- Amalia - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:19 pm:
Back to the future.
- Jose Abreu's next homer - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:21 pm:
I went to law school, just like you Mike. This should pass, a-okay.
- Tsavo - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:22 pm:
“So Mike, if I sign this bill I will still get elected, right?”
- I'm New Here - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:24 pm:
Deleted scene from Schoolhouse Rock’s “How a Bill Becomes a Law”
- Anonymous - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:25 pm:
The plans of mice and men
- ChiTownSeven - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:27 pm:
Durkin: This thing is going down, I’m telling you — Down.
- Michelle Flaherty - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:27 pm:
I have a feeling I’m going to be put back on this earth in about 18 months.
- Anonymous - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:28 pm:
Hold it this is my resignation
- Anonymous - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:31 pm:
I was put here on earth to fix the pension mess.
(Gov signs bill)
Ah, it signed. Now I can concentrate on winning the next election!
- Nearly Normal - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:32 pm:
Keep your pens. They will be worth a lot on Ebay someday.
NOT
- Jocko - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:33 pm:
Having fallen for the exploding pen trick too many times, Pat switches at the last minute.
PQ (laughing) “Son of a gun, you guys almost had me!”
- Anonymous - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:37 pm:
Paving the way for a hijacker
- in absentia - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:41 pm:
With this pen I thee wed
- Jerry in Chicago - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:44 pm:
“Confederacy of Dunces”
- ChiTownSeven - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:46 pm:
Madigan (whispering): “It’s as I told you, Pat: I spoke to 4 of them yesterday and they’re still on board. And just to make sure, I’m dining with Ann and Ed Burke later tonight.”
- Cook County Commoner - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:47 pm:
Well, this should give a few of us some time to sell our homes and start the process of leaving Illinois.
- Makandadawg - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:49 pm:
Look closely, they are using pens with red ink
- 618er - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:51 pm:
Award for worst photobomb by a dude in a yellow tie at a legislation signing goes to?
- Anonymous - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:51 pm:
Now this is something the next governor can wrap around
- Soccertease - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:54 pm:
So this is how you play kick the can?
- Stones - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:55 pm:
“No chance that the Court could strike this down when you use 73 pens to sign your name once!”
- Outside the Bubble - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 12:56 pm:
Hey Moe…. Hey Larry…. Let’s sign this and get outta here!!
- IllinoisBoi - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 1:03 pm:
Après moi, le déluge!
- Anonymous - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 1:10 pm:
Birth of the puppet campaign
- Springfield watcher - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 1:10 pm:
Invisible Ink?
- Obamas Puppy - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 1:13 pm:
Pat Quinn “Where do I put the final nail in my political career?”
- way back machine - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 1:15 pm:
Oops
- VanillaMan - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 1:21 pm:
Here goes nothing!
- VanillaMan - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 1:23 pm:
Illinois leaders christen Titanic
- The Colossus of Roads - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 1:24 pm:
From all the state retirees, ” He who laughs last, laughs best!”
- VanillaMan - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 1:24 pm:
This is what I like best about being governor-coloring!
- Anonymous - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 1:28 pm:
Pat Quinn filling out the first medical marijuana form
- Oswego Willy - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 1:29 pm:
“I wouldn’t worry. No one is going to challenge it.”
- Oswego Willy - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 1:30 pm:
“We break it, we own it, right?”
- Oswego Willy - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 1:31 pm:
“Like running against Rauner, I’ll take my chances its legal.”
- zatoichi - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 1:32 pm:
Once I sign this I will get the STARS movie channels on cable right?
- Oswego Willy - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 1:32 pm:
“Let em try and sue. I have a good feeling we’re making case law history…”
- Ducky LaMoore - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 1:33 pm:
Nothing like a bipartisan tire fire….
- sparky791 - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 1:44 pm:
I was put on this earth to see this pension bill fail.
- Juvenal - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 1:46 pm:
“If we never solve the pension crisis, do I live forever?”
- Gabe - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 1:46 pm:
Further, I declare that up is down, black is white, and pizza is for breakfast. Have fun, y’all, I’m out!
- Dan Egan - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 1:48 pm:
=Durkin: This thing is going down, I’m telling you — Down.=
He almost wet himself though when he announced in late November that a deal was reached.
- Reformed Public Servant - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 1:53 pm:
“No f*&%in’ way this passes muster” Giggle Giggle
- JS Mill - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 1:59 pm:
“Work, work, work, work, work, work..hello boys I missed you. Sleep well last night?”
- Quizzical - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 2:21 pm:
Well, as they say, “Good enough for governor work.”
- Anonymous - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 2:22 pm:
These new vapor pens are the bomb
- MrJM - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 2:25 pm:
“Why don’t you give some of these out to the boys in lieu of pension reform. Play with these boys — in lieu of that other thing…”
– MrJM
- Anonymous - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 2:29 pm:
I was Born to Fix Pensions…….next!
- howard - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 2:34 pm:
The neutering of Squeezy
- Anyone Remember - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 2:47 pm:
Durkin: “I didn’t get a harrumph out of that man!”
- Anonymous - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 3:22 pm:
Two out of three branches of government aren’t bad
- Anon. - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 3:24 pm:
– Anyone Remember @ 2:47– I was thinking the secretary line from that scene would be more appropriate, but that might get me banned for 3 lifetimes.
- Illinois Manufacturer - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 3:52 pm:
Pat Quinn resigning from Office
- Steven Simpson-Black - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 3:52 pm:
“I can’t wait until the next governor realizes that he’s not gonna be able to cut his way out of this. . .”
- Enviro - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 4:24 pm:
This should solve the pension problem until after the 2014 election.
- Not Rep Z - Friday, May 8, 15 @ 5:05 pm:
Thank God Miller left me off the question of the day…
Rep. Zalewski.