111 Comments - Commonsense in Illinois - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 9:20 am: WOO HOO!! - phocion - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 9:24 am: The cat’s away…! - Anonymous - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 9:26 am: Uh oh…. - Dirty Red - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 9:27 am: http://37.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbpln2vhR51r8xb8fo3_250.gif - Chicago Cynic - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 9:27 am: It’s HOT and steamy. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 9:30 am: It’s a test. I know it! (looks out window, under desk, side to side, behind computer monitor) (Muttering) it’s a trap, I know it… A trap… - White Denim - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 9:30 am: Hey Willy… Who do you got on the Sox game this afternoon? Lol - Ducky LaMoore - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 9:30 am: This kind of feels like Clerk’s when Dante leaves an assortment of change at the register. “People see money on the counter and nobody around, and they think they are being watched.” - Team Sleep - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 9:31 am: Maybe this is the immaturity in me, but the first thing that popped into my head was Adam Sandler blurting out “Nudie Magazine Day!”. - Yossarian - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 9:32 am: “No talking, horseplay, and stay in your seats when I’m gone”. - Anonymous - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 9:32 am: What’s “a couple tree hours” in human hours? - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 9:33 am: I got the Royals, all day. Actually have the “Open Championship” on in the background, the Old Course. Doesn’t get much better. - Stones - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 9:34 am: I always wanted to play golf like Tiger and now I do! - The Colossus of Roads - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 9:38 am: I think “Oscar” is reviewing the comments. Bow wow. - Ducky LaMoore - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 9:40 am: ==What’s “a couple tree hours” in human hours?== Southside Irish for “two or three hours” - "Good Fight!". JB in Animal House - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 9:41 am: While the teacher is away …. Do you think Rich is a Republican, Democrat, or a GD Independent? After yesterday’s posts,I’d say he’s got GOP tendencies. Just Sayin. - Anon - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 9:41 am: Run Forrest, run! - Golfman-r - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 9:49 am: When you cut your foot off with that mower, don’t come running to me - Casual Observer - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 9:49 am: Uh-oh, the teacher got called to the principal’s office. We should all change our nicknames before he gets back. - Wensicia - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 9:51 am: Well, he could of left us a short video of Oscar to keep us entertained while he’s gone, maybe chasing a bobcat? - Chicago60609 - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 9:51 am: Good Fight!, over the years Rich has shown through his thoughts and writing that he is a total liberal, like most journalists. - Try-4-Truth - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 9:51 am: Who will be the first to use a “banned” word to see if Rich is testing us? Anyone? - Team Sleep - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 9:54 am: Willy - your BFF is going to have a primary challenge. - walker - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 9:55 am: It’s a sham. - Pat C - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 9:56 am: Can we invade Indiana now? - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 9:56 am: - Team Sleep Yeah, I read that. “Who” wouldda thunk it? Is it Proft’s and Uihlein’s candidate again? Asking tongue and cheek, because, well, The Owl has been doing the Guv’s bidding, and in proxy Uihlein’s… - Ducky LaMoore - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 9:58 am: @Team Sleep Who?! Who?! Who?! The owl defeats all primary challengers. Matune again? - Soccertease - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 9:58 am: Lotta small talk next tree hours. - Casual Observer - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 9:59 am: Rich, You should take your breaks in moderation. “A couple tree hours” seems extreme. - Streator Curmudgeon - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 9:59 am: Anybody got a photo of Rich to post for an impromptu caption contest? - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 9:59 am: Sandack will be five, as he should be. Matune is damaged goods on top of that. - a drop in - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 10:00 am: I read on the internet that first step in Obama’s military takeover of Illinois is to call Rich Miller in for a “meeting”. - "Food Fight!". JB in Animal House - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 10:01 am: Sorry. Typo. For those who remember John Belushi. … Just give Rich some dard glasses, full tank of gas, half pack of cigs, and he’ll go places. Rumor has it he’s meeting with Don Trump for few hours because they want him to be his Illinois Coordinator. - Juvenal - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 10:13 am: Okay, if Sandack is Owl, and Madigan is the Backson, who are the rest of the characters from the 100 Acre Woods? https://youtu.be/jidzytvfSyQ I nominate Rauner for Rabbit. But where, oh where is Christopher Robin? - phocion - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 10:13 am: The talk of the primary challenge is premature. The “challenger” is a 20-something tea partier. The poor guy is being put up to it by extremely local out-of-power types who can’t accept their faction lost many years ago. Let’s see if this one stays in the race. I suspect not. - JoanP - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 10:15 am: Elm? Oak? Acacia? - Give Me A Break - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 10:18 am: Somewhere right now Rich is turning in his Sox fan card and trying to join Cardinal Nation. - Team Sleep - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 10:19 am: No - his opponent is a Downer’s Grove Commissioner. The real kicker is that Rep. Sandack backed his newly-minted opponent for Commissioner just two short years ago. I can’t believe that Mr. Uihlein would throw money at Dan Proft’s chosen opponent when he knows that Governor Rauner is a Sandack backer (or should we say Sandbacker?!). - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 10:19 am: - phocion -, This is among the DGers, local politics at play. The reality is where Uihline and Proft fall, plus, Rauner owes The Owl, a huge chit in this. The only real question is Uihline. Sandack should not be challenged, I feel. - Anon - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 10:19 am: Juvenal “But where, oh where is Christopher Robin?” Steve Schnorf? - Soccertease - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 10:20 am: Does Rich really have an office. Or is he away from his La-Z-Boy for tree hours? - Rich Miller - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 10:22 am: I will never become become a Cardinals fan. Carry on… - Rayne of Terror - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 10:22 am: Herald & Review reports that Decatur’s mayor died in a one car accident caused by a health emergency this morning. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 10:24 am: - Team Sleep -, Thanks, and you are On It. I can’t think of anything more Sandack could’ve done to appease Uihlein. Boxed checked. - phocion - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 10:24 am: OMG. Oswego Willy and I agree on something. - Politix - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 10:26 am: Anyone see the photo of Sandack in the Observer today? LOL - classic - always so proud of himself. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 10:27 am: - phocion - I suggest penicillin and rest… Soup too… - Skeptic - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 10:37 am: “Oswego Willy and I agree on something.” Cats and dogs living together… - Hamlet's Ghost - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 10:39 am: @phocion Those local “out of power types” obliterated all of Sandack’s endorsed candidates in the April 2015 consolidated elections. The guy Sandack endorsed for Mayor of Downers Grove lost by a margin of 5737 votes to 3053 votes. - Robert Lincoln - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 10:40 am: I am in charge here - Anonymous - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 10:42 am: Drinks on the house! - Justice Torch - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 10:42 am: Put your heads down on your desk and don’t look up until I return - Give Me A Break - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 10:43 am: - Rich Miller - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 10:22 am: “I will never become become a Cardinals fan. Carry on…” Well that woke him up, pretty sure the phrase Cardinal Nation is now on the banned words list. - Just Me - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 10:45 am: You could at least leave us with a video of Oscar while you abandon us. - William j Kelly - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 10:55 am: Last night was a blast, first I spoke to the libertarian party of DuPage on the topic of rauner/Kirk corruption then as if that weren’t enough I launched a new Chicagoland TV show, all the details are at newszillaonline.com - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 10:58 am: The Governor is in Delevan seeing the storm damage. Always tragic to see the destruction. My thoughts and prayers go out to all that have had the weather-related emergencies, floods included. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 11:00 am: - william j kelly - Ad rates are available via email. - anon - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 11:00 am: Mediating at a meeting with BR an MM. - @MisterJayEm - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 11:12 am: Have you heard about the new (FREE) Wilco album? http://wilcoworld.net/ My micro-review: If you like Wilco, you’ll like this album. – MrJM - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 11:15 am: - MrJM -, This might be a place I can ask, are you aware (I’m guessing yes) there is a place, Jay Em, Wyoming? And your Twitter is top notch… - Moby - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 11:16 am: Quick, everyone….get your banned words fix!!! - Streator Curmudgeon - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 11:28 am: Maybe Rich is answering a subpoena from the AG to get the real names and addresses of everybody who posted in her caption contest. - decatur boy - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 11:33 am: Today the City of Decatur lost its greatest cheerleader. The passing of Mayor Mike McElroy today is a great loss. He and council were doing the projects that were turning the city around. You may not agree politically with his views at times. You know he loved Decatur. We will miss you “Tuna”. - Crispy - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 11:41 am: Sorry to hear about Mayor McElroy. RIP. - All the answers - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 11:47 am: @Team Sleep Uihlein does what he is told. He has no mind of his own. That’s why his former office supply salesman at Uline, John Tillman, gets a blank check. Rauner’s only problem with Uihlein is that he can be so easily manipulated by the Tillman crowd. - Under Further Review - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 11:48 am: We ain’t got no class We ain’t got no principal School’s out for summer! - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 11:53 am: I have heard Rich will be away a couple more hours, so the talking amongst ourselves will continue… - foster brooks - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 11:54 am: Time to hit the pontoon! !! - William j Kelly - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 12:01 pm: Oswego, send me the rates I will spend whatever it takes to get rid of rauner/munger/Kirk, thank you! - Curious Georgina - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 12:01 pm: Does anyone have any idea when there might be a ruling on the AG emergency appeal regarding state employee salaries? I haven’t heard anything. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 12:07 pm: Biss comes in with $1.2 million for a possible Comptroller bid, with Mendoza waiting in the wings, that might be an interesting Primary… - Anon - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 12:14 pm: Rich, The 1st district just ruled in favor of the Comptroller. Might want to call your contacts at the AG cause I don’t think they’ll be forwarding that order to you on their own. Just sayin - ihpsdm - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 12:22 pm: Awesome, if true Anon. I like Lisa, but this is a battle that I hope she loses. - RNUG - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 12:30 pm: == Do you think Rich is a Republican, Democrat, or a GD Independent? == From reading Rich’s columns for many, many years plus CapFax for quite a few years, my guess would be liberal on social programs, conservative on fiscal issues, and libertarian on most laws / legal issues … and yes, I realize those positions will also be in conflict with each other at times. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 12:32 pm: From the Twitters… @PoliticalEditor: Sen. Kirk walks back attack on @POTUS: “That was me getting carried away.” Says Obama not helping Iran. Interesting… - RNUG - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 12:33 pm: == I will never become become a Cardinals fan. == Good to know, even if we can’t convince you to become a Cubs or Red Sox fan. - Ducky LaMoore - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 12:43 pm: So… Who y’all supportin’ for president? And if it is too early to make a decision, who are you leaning toward? And save the Donald Trump joke, please. - @MisterJayEm - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 12:51 pm: “are you aware (I’m guessing yes) there is a place, Jay Em, Wyoming?” I was NOT, Willy! And now if I suddenly flee the Land of Lincoln, you’ll know where to look. – MrJM - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 12:54 pm: They have a post office and thought of getting a cancel ink stamp for ya, but their lone stop light was green. I hope you understand… - RNUG - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 12:56 pm: == Who y’all supportin’ for president? == At the moment, none of the above … and I wish that were a ballot choice. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 1:06 pm: ===So… Who y’all supportin’ for president?=== I think when it gets down to single digits for candidates on my side, I’ll start to pay attention more. - Team Sleep - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 1:09 pm: I support Rand Paul. I voted for and supported his dad, too. Willy - the Illinois Observer had a good write-up linked via its Facebook page. Check it out if you have a few minutes. It’s a good read and, from a party building perspective, it’s infuriating. I know that Rep. Sandack doesn’t get a lot of love around here, but he’s proven himself to be an effective campaigner and is an active and responsive elected official. This is just going to be a drain on Leader Durkin’s resources - unless, of course, Governor Rauner steps in (which I’m guessing he will). - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 1:15 pm: - Team Sleep -, Rauner will back Sandack, as he should, and any and all runs at Sandack will be, to be polite, uphill. Sandack shouldn’t get primaried, but if he is, Sandack probably won’t face the same dynamic this time, unlike last time. Sandack will be safe, as he should be. - anon - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 1:17 pm: ===So… Who y’all supportin’ for president?=== Team Bernie. *Trying really hard not to throw a Trump joke out there.* - Bob Cobb - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 1:19 pm: Any thoughts on the palcohol ban? - Anon. - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 1:21 pm: ==Well, he could of left us a short video of Oscar to keep us entertained while he’s gone, maybe chasing a bobcat?== There aren’t any bobcats left in the State. That was the inside joke behind HB 352. - Gone, but not forgotten - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 1:30 pm: It’s been four hours now — tree since Rich told us he’d never be a Cards fan. Did Rich find an early happy hour somewhere? Will he ever be back? Should we worry? Who? - Casual Observer - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 1:35 pm: I’m guessing Rich is at the party cove with Oscar. Girls love little puppy dogs. - illini - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 1:37 pm: Interesting what happens when the Boss is out of the office for a little while!!! Great topics being brought up - don’t know which I should or can respond to. - Team Sleep - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 1:39 pm: Illini - just reply to all of them. - illini - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 1:43 pm: Where should I begin? - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 1:49 pm: Rich will be back, sooner as opposed to later… - Jake From Elwood - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 1:57 pm: Is everyone ready for Governor’s Day at the Ill. State Fair this year? Future QOTD, no doubt. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 2:01 pm: State Fair will be interesting to say the least. Temperance might be the word for both Democratic and Governor’s Day. Hyperbole with services stopped might not play well, by either side. - Barton Lorimor - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 2:02 pm: Paul, Mike, Kevin, Owen - Shall we commence with Operation New Day? - LincolnLounger - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 2:06 pm: Oh, good. I see WilliamJKelly is gearing up for another Quixotic endeavor. I was afraid we were running short of nonsense and pointless. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 2:06 pm: - Barton - Don’t go down as the Fredo! lol - @MisterJayEm - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 2:11 pm: Who y’all supportin’ for president? Vermin Supreme has some interesting ideas. – MrJM - A guy - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 2:19 pm: You guys are all sufferin’ from Stockholm Syndrome. You demand to be captivated! LOL. The whole Cardinals thing was a real cry for attention. /s - Rich Miller - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 2:20 pm: Yeah, Barton. In the future, at least wait until the body is cold before you make your move. lol - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 2:23 pm: - Barton - I’m sorry… I can’t get you out of it,… even for old times’ sake… - Team Sleep - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 2:24 pm: And now for something completely different: http://www.clickhole.com/blogpost/how-i-survived-battle-waterloo-only-smartphone-and-2714?utm_campaign=default&utm_medium=ShareTools&utm_source=facebook - Barton Lorimor - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 2:26 pm: Uhh… Uhh… Thank you for participating in this test of the emergency broadcast system? - Rich Miller - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 2:30 pm: Too late, Bartoon. - A guy - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 2:33 pm: ====Rich Miller - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 2:20 pm: Yeah, Barton. In the future, at least wait until the body is cold before you make your move.==== And…you’re gonna need more than a “visual” to know for sure. You gotta touch him to make sure. Tough lesson kid. - Rich Miller - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 3:27 pm: But I didn’t know until this day that it was Bartooni all along. - Rich Miller - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 3:33 pm: Miller: Oh, I want you to arrange to have a telephone man check all the calls going in and out of here because it could be anyone… Vanessa: I did that already, Pop. I took care of that. Miller: Oh, that’s right. I forgot. Vanessa: What’s the matter? What’s bothering you? I’ll handle it. I told you I can handle it, I’ll handle it. Miller: I knew Kevin was going to have to go through all this and Mike… well, Mike was… But I, I never wanted this for you. I work my whole life, I don’t apologize, to take care of my family. And I refused to be a fool dancing on the strings held by all of those big shots. That’s my life, I don’t apologize for that. But I always thought that when it was your time, that you would be the one to hold the strings. Senator Miller, Governor Miller, something. - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 3:49 pm: Well played, very well played sir. - Rich Miller - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 3:55 pm: He’s still alive. They hit him with five shots and he’s still alive! - Oswego Willy - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 3:57 pm: Barton Lorimor? … - Mama - Friday, Jul 17, 15 @ 4:25 pm: “They hit him with five shots and he’s still alive!” They hit him with five shots of whiskey? Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.