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posted by Rich Miller
Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 9:49 am
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Quinn on the floor of the CME selling tax breaks.
SELL! SELL! SELL!
Comment by Leroy Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 9:52 am
this is what is left of the fy 12 budget.
Comment by give me break Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 9:52 am
“Yatzee!”
Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 9:52 am
I need four Lollapalooza tickets!!!
Comment by South of I-80 Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 9:52 am
And you all said disco was dead.
Comment by Palpatine Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 9:53 am
This issue may not be black and white but the Governors suit sure is.
Comment by Gallery Sitter Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 9:54 am
Ron Stephens retired, anyone who wants to dance in the street raise your hand?
Comment by WOW Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 9:54 am
“I have returned from Germany with peace in our time.”
Comment by Mike Huntoon Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 9:56 am
Start Me Up — Pat Quinn does his best Mick Jagger.
Comment by Samwise Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 9:56 am
Gov. Pat Quinn takes part in a flash mob Tuesday, reenacting a scene from John Travolta’s “Saturday Night Fever” …
Comment by transplant Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 9:56 am
Quinn proclaims “Disco Duck” as the official song of the State of Illinois!
Comment by unclesam Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 9:58 am
“This is my position, it’s always been my position, and I’ll stick to it to the death - or until somebody, anybody, indicates the slightest hint of disagreement.”
Comment by aufjunk Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 9:59 am
Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk,
I’m a woman’s man, no time to talk.
Music loud and women warm.
I’ve been kicked around since I was born.
And now it’s all right, it’s O.K.
And you may look the other way.
We can try to understand
The New York Times’ effect on man.
Whether you’re a brother
Or whether you’re a mother,
You’re stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive.
Feel the city breakin’
And ev’rybody shakin’
And we’re stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha,
Stayin’ alive.
Stayin’ alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha,
Stayin’ alive.
Well now, I get low and I get high
And if I can’t get either I really try.
Got the wings of heaven on my shoes
I’m a dancin’ man and I just can’t lose.
You know it’s all right, it’s O.K.
I’ll live to see another day.
We can try to understand
The New York Times’ effect on man.
Whether you’re a brother
Or whether you’re a mother,
You’re stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive.
Feel the city breakin’
And ev’rybody shakin’
And we’re stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha,
Stayin’ alive.
Stayin’ alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha,
Stayin’ alive.
Comment by just sayin' Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 9:59 am
There’s a sale at Penny’s!
Comment by Davey Boy Smithe Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 10:00 am
I’m a little teapot. Short and stout. Here is my handle. Here is my spout. When I get all steamed up. Here me shout. Tip me over and …
Comment by Highland, IL Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 10:01 am
See this blank page. This is my position!
Comment by Nuance Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 10:01 am
A letter confirming my reservation at the nut house!
Comment by East Sider Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 10:02 am
“you put your left hand up….you put your right hand down….you cancel worker’s raises and you spin yourself around……….yeah, let’s make the Hokey Pokey our state song!”
Comment by mcbroke Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 10:02 am
Pat didn’t get the message that flash mob was moved to 12:30
Comment by Anon Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 10:04 am
There she is Miss America!
Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 10:06 am
Here is my Executive Order transferring the City of East St. Louis to the State of Missouri.
Comment by Capital View Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 10:07 am
This is the bill of sale. Groupon will now be administrating all State pensions on a daily basis…..
Comment by Rahm's Parking Meter Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 10:07 am
It’s my way of bringing more J-O-B-S!
Comment by Rahm's Parking Meter Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 10:07 am
Wait…wait…I have the final tally…
And the winner is, with a vote of 104-0…
Big Business 104
Taxpayers 0
Thank you and see you in the Fall…
Comment by Siyotanka Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 10:08 am
Rich, did you have a “winner” yesterday?
Comment by Oswego Willy Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 10:15 am
As you can see from this receipt, my Super 8 Super Saver card is still paying off for me handsomely!
Comment by South of Sherman Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 10:20 am
Governor Quinn proclaimed victory in Iraq on Thursday night from aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier returning to homeport . . .
Comment by Mike Huntoon Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 10:20 am
Never let the right hand know what the left hand is doing.
Comment by Bigtwich Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 10:22 am
Would somebody please take our lunch order?!!?
Comment by Aldyth Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 10:24 am
Quinn suddenly realizes that “I’m a little tea pot” isn’t an appropriate for a commencement speech.
Comment by Champaign Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 10:27 am
I’m sorry Governor, but that pose is not a Y, an M, a C or an A.
Comment by Cheryl44 Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 10:27 am
Governor Quinn strikes a pose from his brand-new hit single, “Vague.”
Comment by ZC Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 10:40 am
Dewey Wins!
Comment by gathersno Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 10:42 am
I do the hokey pokey and I turn the bill around… that’s what politics is all about!
Comment by Scott McCoy Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 10:43 am
Wait! Wait! Please don’t leave! Here’s our latest tax abatement proposal for your company!
Comment by Louis G. Atsaves Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 10:46 am
According to these numbers from the Office of Management and Budget, we are, just barely, “Ah, ha, ha, ha Stayin’ Alive, Stayin’ Alive! Kicking the can works!”
Comment by Meier's Half Full Glass Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 10:49 am
Quinn practicing his John Travolta move from Saturday Night Fever
Comment by Just Saying Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 10:50 am
Speaker says put your left hand in the air.
Speaker says put your right hand on your hip.
Sign the budget.
Ah, ah, ah.
Speaker says sign the budget.
Comment by Michelle Flaherty Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 10:50 am
In this great state of Illinois, bountiful with corn and soy producing jobs, jobs for hardworking people trying to get by in this great state, I have the under on Zagel giving Rod 12 years on Oct. 6. Mark it down!
Comment by Boone Logan Square Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 10:56 am
Tax this Way!
Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 11:01 am
A man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a union contract for?
Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 11:01 am
You asked for it and here it is! A list of each an every campaign promise I intend to break for the remainder of my term. Please note - the list is subject to future amendments.
Comment by Black Ivy Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 11:02 am
Hey, don’t ignore me, so what if the cleaners lost my white polyester suit! I still win!
Comment by Wensicia Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 11:07 am
“I’ll just pass around this sign up sheet for the potluck. Like I said, I’ll bring the waffles.”
As a side note, I think I own that tie…does that mean it’s time to go shopping?
Comment by K3 Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 11:20 am
New! PX90-Office edition! Add extra paper clips and get that two pack. Do the ‘X’!
Comment by zatoichi Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 11:24 am
HEY MACARENA!
Comment by N'ville Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 11:26 am
With this signed document we shall have peace with WI…
Comment by OneMan Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 11:26 am
Number One…deficit in the nation!
Comment by Scottish Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 11:29 am
The bizarro world Statue of Liberty.
Comment by Anonymous Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 11:30 am
All Rightee graduates….is it too late for the Dream Act signing ceremony?
Comment by one day at a time Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 11:36 am
Much like Lucy and the football Governor Quinn snatches up the AFSCME contract and says ‘psyc’…
Comment by OneMan Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 11:37 am
Who will bid on this Ethics bill signed by former gov Blagojevich?
Comment by Motambe Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 11:48 am
All the single ladies now put your hand up…
Comment by OneMan Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 11:53 am
“An Illinois Governor has returned from Springfield bringing financial solvency with honor. I believe it is financial solvency for our time. Go home and get a nice quiet sleep.”
Comment by Angry Chicagoan Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 11:59 am
Since we haven’t paid our vendors, these 2 clips and 8 sheets of paper are all the office supplies we have left.
Comment by Fed Up Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 12:11 pm
Raise your hand if your SURE®
Comment by Cincinnatus Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 12:15 pm
“Dammit, where’s the flag? Who was supposed to bring the white flag? Geez… Pat, you’re going to have to just wave a sheet of paper…”
– MrJM
Comment by MrJM Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 12:17 pm
Eat your heart out, Lady GaGa.
Anon…. flash mob moved to 12:30. Brilliant! Ha!
Comment by PoliGeek Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 12:23 pm
Right here! Scientific proof that I AM SUPERMAN!
Comment by 42nd Ward Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 12:27 pm
Everyone keep your eyes on the paper as I slip these extra pens into my pocket.
Comment by Anon Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 12:28 pm
Do I hear $100?
$50?
$25?
$10?
Anybody at $5?
How about $1?
Comment by Huh? Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 12:29 pm
“I have fifteen…excuse me….ten, ten Executive Orders!”
Comment by Stones Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 12:39 pm
Ah! Yeah. It’s just we’re putting new coversheets on all the TPS reports before they go out now. So if you could go ahead and try to remember to do that from now on, that’d be great. All right!
Comment by TaterPatch Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 12:41 pm
“These 4 signatures - after an exhaustive petition drive - prove I should run for re-election!
Comment by GMatts Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 12:51 pm
Illinois just purchased Wisconsin in a tax foreclosure sale!
Comment by Ghost Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 1:05 pm
Here is another agreement I signed that isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on. Watch me make this one disappear also! Being Governor is bleepin golden!
Contracts? We don’t need no stinkin contracts!
THIS IS MY POSITION!!! Definite, in writing, and signed!!! …………………for right now anyway,….. I mean right at this minute,……. in this moment,….(land of lincoln)…….. with the information I have right now…. (jobs)………not that it couldn’t change………….in fact it might……….
Rod, taught me that you can do what you want when your Governor.
See how this works? When Mike pulls that string my left hand goes up.
Comment by Irish Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 1:18 pm
. . . and in conclusion, I take absolutely no position on this, or any other, piece of legislation that may come across my desk.
Comment by Skeeter Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 1:45 pm
I have here the names of 67 card-carrying union members currently serving as officials in Central Management Services!
Comment by Pat Robertson Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 1:46 pm
OLE’!!!
Comment by Observing Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 1:57 pm
Fly, Soy Boy, Fly!
Comment by Our Magician Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 2:00 pm
here are ALL the qualified appointment applications from the legislators that just happened to vote FOR the tax increase and my friends that supported my candadacy!! just all a coiencedence of course….
Comment by railrat Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 2:07 pm
If you are going to do Irish Dancing, wouldn’t an Irish Flag be more appropriate to hold up than waiving my resignation to get better scores.
Comment by roscoe tom Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 2:09 pm
“I have a DREAM act…”
Comment by Come on man! Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 2:19 pm
See we get applications from people who are not connected, I just don’t read them, duh….
Comment by OneMan Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 2:21 pm
I’m here to support these school children behind me that have collected 10,000 signatures for a proposed program to give every child in Illinois a free XBOX. I can think of no other expenditure that the State of Illinois can make which is more important that this. We have the money, right?
Comment by Ghost of John Brown Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 2:51 pm
Stay’n alive
Comment by Been there done that . . . Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 2:53 pm
The Governor doing his best Neville Chamberlain.. Peace in our time…Governor’s Daniels and Walker? Where’s your signature???? Helloo? Governors?
Comment by Rahm's Parking Meter Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 3:21 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOTDn2A7hcY
Comment by WazUP Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 3:22 pm
Look!! Look!! See whose lives I screwed with today!!!!!
Comment by retired Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 3:31 pm
Look, it’s Pat Quinn doing his best Buster Keaton impression of John Travolta in “Dance Fever”!
Comment by dupage dan Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 4:09 pm
“I WANT YOU TO WANT ME”
Comment by Rock river Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 4:35 pm
He goes for a Pete Townshend windmill,….. but needs some practice.
Comment by zatoichi Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 4:54 pm
winning
Comment by central illinois Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 5:02 pm
This is the AFSCME contract and I’m going to burn it! I have learned a lot from Scott Walker!
Comment by Dem 61350 Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 5:30 pm
Rich, can’t believe you took my poem off
Comment by fed up Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 6:44 pm
Governor Quinn momentarily provoked a panic among onlookers afraid that he might continue to strip.
Comment by Boone Logan Square Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 6:45 pm
…you raise your left hand like this…then slowly, carefully slide the quarter into your right hand pocket like that.. and **poof**
Comment by Snj Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 9:33 pm
“Let’s do the time warp again!!!”
Comment by Gregor Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 9:48 pm
K ready? Let’s go….
Three point one four one five nine /
Two six five four raise it high /
Tax ‘em, tax break ha ha ha /
Motorola-Motorola rah rah rah.
Comment by Snj Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 9:56 pm
The new phone book is here — i AM somebody!!
Comment by Snj Tuesday, Aug 2, 11 @ 10:24 pm