“Architect who ended longest championship drought in professional sports history meets with architect who initiated longest timespan without a budget in Illinois history.”
“I took over something worse than the Illinois budget and made it a winner. It was historically bad for a few years, but the changes that resulted were worth it” - Ricketts, 2017, Rauner 2018
we’ve got a huge budget with the Cubs organization, any particualr reason why you can’t design one for the State? Rauner just gives him that Cheshire grin and answers, “sorry, no I can’t.”..:/
A wealthy businessman who spent millions of his own money to take over a struggling organization, and within a few years turned it around to achieve greatness - poses with Gov. Rauner.
Bruce meets a fellow Pro Baseball Team owner, talks about burning things down to rebuild them leaving everyone confused. Diana leaves her cell phone on silent at a work event, checks to find 753 messages in her voice mail. Diana’s State Employee turns off all Illinois Court Decisions notification on Bruce’s and Diana’s devices. Lance tweets pictures of the number “4″ to the award-winning musician, “ck” deletes all lyric creating software from the Rauner Word Jumble. Goldberg writes a letter to Rahm. Comedy, 63 minutes.
- South of Sherman - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 2:30 pm:
Donald Trump and Ted Cruz patch things up after a bitter primary battle
Ricketts: Governor, we really need Senate Bill 12. Can’t you get them to peel it off the grand bargain and put it on your desk?
- East Central Illinois - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 2:45 pm:
Bruce: “Oh, now I get it, It’s fly the W; I had the silly flag upside down all the time and thought it was a big M, you know, for that Madigan guy. Ain’t gonna be flyin’ no “M” for darn sure.”
- No Longer a Lurker - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 2:53 pm:
BR: Hey Tom, your a pretty sharp guy, any chance you can help me create a balance for the State of Illinois.
Tom thought bubble: sitting on a desk with this guy, no one is going to criticize my success as being nothing but the result of spending daddy’s money, hiring Theo, and staying out of the way.
BR - If you really want workers comp changes you’d do it.
TR - No Bruce I’m not going to say I’m moving the Cubs to Gary, IN to help you leverage the General Assembly.
- The Real Just Me - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 4:45 pm:
BR: Good news Tom, when Schwarber blows out his knee again, he is only going to get workers comp benfits to age 35.
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 2:20 pm:
Rauner: Say, how’s your brother doing in Nebraska?
- Big Joe - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 2:20 pm:
BR. Tom Ricketts? I thought you were Ted Cruz!!
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 2:22 pm:
Ricketts: My brother is a governor… I own the Cubs… still no tie?
- blue dog dem - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 2:24 pm:
“Who exactly was this Lord Stanley guy?”
- AlfondoGonz - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 2:24 pm:
“Architect who ended longest championship drought in professional sports history meets with architect who initiated longest timespan without a budget in Illinois history.”
- Workin' - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 2:24 pm:
BR: We’re in a rebuilding phase too, just you wait.
TR: at this rate, it might take 108 years
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 2:25 pm:
“I took over something worse than the Illinois budget and made it a winner. It was historically bad for a few years, but the changes that resulted were worth it” - Ricketts, 2017, Rauner 2018
- Workin' - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 2:25 pm:
BR: When do I get to fly a W flag over the Capitol?
TR: Do your job.
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 2:26 pm:
Loser-Winner
- Workin' - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 2:26 pm:
BR: Amazing he did all that with a unionized workforce.
- East Central Illinois - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 2:26 pm:
The transfer of the legendary Chicago Cubs goat . . . from the Cubs to Brucie
- Big Joe - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 2:26 pm:
BR. You may own the Cubs, but I OWN Illinois, just not the blame for no budget.
- East Central Illinois - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 2:28 pm:
Ricketts: Hey Bruce, I was thinking of maybe asking Chance the Rapper to sing the National Anthem at opening day? What do you think?
- JustSayIt - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 2:28 pm:
This sure beats governin’!
- Phil - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 2:29 pm:
This is how you turn Cubs fans into Sox fans.
- tunes - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 2:29 pm:
we’ve got a huge budget with the Cubs organization, any particualr reason why you can’t design one for the State? Rauner just gives him that Cheshire grin and answers, “sorry, no I can’t.”..:/
- Bored Chairman - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 2:30 pm:
A wealthy businessman who spent millions of his own money to take over a struggling organization, and within a few years turned it around to achieve greatness - poses with Gov. Rauner.
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 2:30 pm:
HBO - “Dad’s Home State” - Season 3, Episode 16
Bruce meets a fellow Pro Baseball Team owner, talks about burning things down to rebuild them leaving everyone confused. Diana leaves her cell phone on silent at a work event, checks to find 753 messages in her voice mail. Diana’s State Employee turns off all Illinois Court Decisions notification on Bruce’s and Diana’s devices. Lance tweets pictures of the number “4″ to the award-winning musician, “ck” deletes all lyric creating software from the Rauner Word Jumble. Goldberg writes a letter to Rahm. Comedy, 63 minutes.
- South of Sherman - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 2:30 pm:
Donald Trump and Ted Cruz patch things up after a bitter primary battle
- Jocko - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 2:32 pm:
One is a CEO with the goodwill of the people who puts his business acumen, tireless energy, and personal resources to good use.
The other is Bruce Rauner.
- Worth It - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 2:35 pm:
Guv: If I had a wartime consigliere, a Sicilian, I wouldn’t be in this shape. Pop had Genco, look what I got.”
TR: Fine, you can borrow Theo for the next 2 years, just stop whining.
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 2:38 pm:
Hey Tom, can I borrow that ‘wait until next year’ saying for our budget?
- Stones - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 2:38 pm:
Rauner gets Rickets
- Yeah - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 2:40 pm:
I would have worn a tie too, but I am a Diamondback fan.
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 2:40 pm:
BR: Well Tom if you don’t do any real work there is no need to have a computer or papers on your desk.
- SAP - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 2:43 pm:
Ricketts: Governor, we really need Senate Bill 12. Can’t you get them to peel it off the grand bargain and put it on your desk?
- East Central Illinois - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 2:45 pm:
Bruce: “Oh, now I get it, It’s fly the W; I had the silly flag upside down all the time and thought it was a big M, you know, for that Madigan guy. Ain’t gonna be flyin’ no “M” for darn sure.”
- No Longer a Lurker - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 2:53 pm:
BR: Hey Tom, your a pretty sharp guy, any chance you can help me create a balance for the State of Illinois.
- Huh? - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 2:56 pm:
A wannabe meets a winner.
- No Longer A Lurker - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 2:56 pm:
That should be “balanced budget” in my last post. Sorry.
- walker - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 2:56 pm:
“We weren’t patient, but we were persistent.”
- Ron Burgundy - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 2:57 pm:
“Sorry we have to sit on the desk. Chairs all fell apart. Budget thing, you know.”
- Huh? - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 2:57 pm:
A beloved winner meets a hated loser.
- Winnin' - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 2:57 pm:
Reasons to remain a Sox fan.
- Tommydanger - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 2:58 pm:
Two rich guys sitting on our desk.
- Huh? - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 3:00 pm:
Someone who turned a losing operation into a winner meets someone who took a mediocre team and broke it.
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 3:02 pm:
“Bruce, our trophy is not a prop. Do you want a picture or not?!”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 3:03 pm:
“No, Bruce, I’m not going to say ‘Go Red Sox’… “
- Henry Francis - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 3:05 pm:
So tell me Tom, how are you able to win with your superstars?
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 3:06 pm:
“Nah, Tom, I just use this room for selfies and an occasion lunch when I want ‘me’ time… “
- Henry Francis - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 3:11 pm:
So tell me Bruce, you have been great at getting out of having to pay under contracts that you signed . . . We have this guy Heyward. . .
- Tommydanger - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 3:15 pm:
“Bruce, you’ll have to put on a tie before we head over to Alinea.”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 3:17 pm:
“Mr. Ricketts, can you please look like we’re not holding you against your will? Better… Better… lil better… hold that… “
- Huh? - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 3:18 pm:
Someone who respects his fans meets someone who disses the people of the State of Illinois.
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 3:18 pm:
“Nah, these Facebook thingys are great, Tom. I need to get into character to fool the masses then will start. How about s picture first?”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 3:19 pm:
“Meh. I got a picture with Mr. Tickets too.”
- OW
- Huh? - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 3:20 pm:
Someone who people trust meets someone nobody trusts.
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 3:21 pm:
“Meh. I got a picture with Mr. Ricketts too.”
- OW
“Caption?”
“Tom, I’m telling you, owning a team is fun, but seriously, owning a political party is just pure joy. Picture?”
- A guy - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 3:21 pm:
One way to show what $5 Billion on a desk looks like.
- Henry Francis - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 3:25 pm:
Tom thought bubble: sitting on a desk with this guy, no one is going to criticize my success as being nothing but the result of spending daddy’s money, hiring Theo, and staying out of the way.
- Huh? - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 3:28 pm:
Ricketts - We are going to win the World Series for a second time before you are going to have a budget.
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 3:30 pm:
“Send this one to Rahm… with a note… ‘We’re the giants, Na-pol-E-own’… we can both sign it, Tom”
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 3:36 pm:
“Yeah? I own parts of the Steelers, Bulls, and Red Sox. You own parts of 3 teams, then you don’t have to wear ties… “
- Cheap Seats - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 4:10 pm:
“But other than those things, it’s been an up week”
- Leatherneck - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 4:20 pm:
Is it really true that both the Royals and Cubs tried to petition MLB to be renamed the “Blue Sox” before the 2006 season?
- Not a Cubs Fan - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 4:25 pm:
These two billionaires walk into a state capitol. So they bought it.
- Winnin' - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 4:27 pm:
Guy who drains pockets meets guy who drains pockets.
- Chicago 20 - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 4:33 pm:
BR - If you really want workers comp changes you’d do it.
TR - No Bruce I’m not going to say I’m moving the Cubs to Gary, IN to help you leverage the General Assembly.
- The Real Just Me - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 4:45 pm:
BR: Good news Tom, when Schwarber blows out his knee again, he is only going to get workers comp benfits to age 35.
- MisterJayEm - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 5:23 pm:
One of these men has a budget.
– MrJM
- Michelle Flaherty - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 6:05 pm:
Rauner explains how Tom could turnaround the Cubs by driving out the union, slashing wages and benefits and eliminating services to fans.
- Rabid - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 7:33 pm:
Goldie told me it’s disrespectful to put your feet on state furniture
- Rabid - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 7:38 pm:
It may take a while to get your trophy back I just sat on it
- Rabid - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 7:52 pm:
Northsider bum and a exciting business builder
- Rabid - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 8:02 pm:
Goldie you sure he don’t have twitter?
- Rabid - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 8:07 pm:
When I’m bored I sit here and shoot down the red baron
- Rabid - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 8:09 pm:
Sorry I’m grounded CK said I can’t leave my desk
- Ducky LaMoore - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 8:14 pm:
Why in the world would Ted Cruz meet with Stephen Collins?! Gross! /s
- Rabid - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 8:27 pm:
Can you believe I got this for a hundred million
- Rabid - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 8:37 pm:
Executive commode, you need some constitution Ted?
- Rabid - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 8:51 pm:
So then I sat on the xerox machine and sent it to nepoleon
- Rabid - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 10:09 pm:
Embarrassing isn’t it
- Rabid - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 10:23 pm:
Have some Kool-aid and I’ll give you a ride on my desk
- Anonymous - Wednesday, Mar 8, 17 @ 10:42 pm:
Bruce to Tom: Mebee you could talk to Donald about a job for me.
- Rabid - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 4:00 am:
Desk jockeys
- Rabid - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 4:01 am:
Wingman tryouts
- Rabid - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 4:52 am:
Resting on their laurels
- Rabid - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 5:17 am:
Illinois assets
- Rabid - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 5:20 am:
Govenor pulls another setup
- Rabid - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 7:10 am:
Adrift in a sea of red ink
- Rabid - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 7:21 am:
Someone had to tell leather lungs the game’s over
- Rabid - Thursday, Mar 9, 17 @ 8:28 am:
Life is a cabaret