And he forced a strike with his unions and look how it has worked out. His unions are not like AFSCME. If our unions were the ogres that Rauner thinks they would do what the unions in France have done.
Is this the French remake of the American film where a certain head of Government’s approval rating is in the single digits, and then he tries to sell a Senate seat (or in this case a seat on the European Commission or something), and then followed up by being on a reality TV show with Donald Trump?
It is an election year so… don’t worry about the Pre-K - 12 schools not opening on time. I wish I could say the same for the colleges and universities.
Margaret Thatcher once said “socialism is great until you run out of other people’s money”. The French could have saved themselves a lot of aggravation if they followed her advice.
- Honeybear - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 11:56 am:
Confused
- @MisterJayEm - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 11:57 am:
Mike Madigan et les sondeurs françaises contrôlées par lui!
– MrJM
- illinois manufacturer - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 11:59 am:
And he forced a strike with his unions and look how it has worked out. His unions are not like AFSCME. If our unions were the ogres that Rauner thinks they would do what the unions in France have done.
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 12:00 pm:
1) - @MisterJayEm - wins.
2) When money is no object you think opinions don’t matter… unless you spend $2 million in Afs to prop up your positives.
- Juice - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 12:01 pm:
Is this the French remake of the American film where a certain head of Government’s approval rating is in the single digits, and then he tries to sell a Senate seat (or in this case a seat on the European Commission or something), and then followed up by being on a reality TV show with Donald Trump?
- Anon - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 12:03 pm:
That’s not so bad, he’s only dropped 7 points in the last 6 months.
- anon - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 12:04 pm:
I second Oswego Willy’s claim:
@MisterJayEm wins.
- BBG Watch - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 12:07 pm:
- @MisterJayEm - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 11:57 am:
Mike Madigan et les sondeurs françaises contrôlées par lui!
– MrJM
Hands down - winner!
- Ron Burgundy - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 12:07 pm:
Pardon my bad French, but it appears the Knights Who Say Ni are a significant voting bloc there.
- JS Mill - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 12:07 pm:
@MisterJayEm- Bravo!
- Amalia - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 12:09 pm:
Marine Le Pen is what is the most scary about France. I might be pas satisfait avec Rauner, but he’s not Le Pen!
- thunderspirit - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 12:09 pm:
Stellar.
*applause for @MisterJayEm*
- Qui Tam - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 12:15 pm:
Troisième: @MisterJayEm victoire!
- realkewlio - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 12:16 pm:
@MisterJayEm- Comment of the year!
- Juvenal - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 12:20 pm:
Just wait until schools don’t open on time in the fall.
- illini - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 12:33 pm:
@ MrJM - I had to dig deep to remember my college French from over 40 years ago - Exactly.
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 2:01 pm:
How do you say What are you saying in Italian?
- Mama - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 2:16 pm:
It is an election year so… don’t worry about the Pre-K - 12 schools not opening on time. I wish I could say the same for the colleges and universities.
- very old soil - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 2:58 pm:
Anon
Comme se dice
- JoanP - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 3:04 pm:
@ Anonymous 2:01
“Che dici?” A bit more formal: “cosa stai dicendo?”
Or, if you want to be vulgar, “che cazzo dici?”
- wordslinger - Wednesday, Jun 1, 16 @ 6:45 pm:
–How can you govern a country which has two hundred and forty-six varieties of cheese?–
De Gaulle
- Lucky Pierre - Thursday, Jun 2, 16 @ 5:18 am:
Margaret Thatcher once said “socialism is great until you run out of other people’s money”. The French could have saved themselves a lot of aggravation if they followed her advice.