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* Whenever I do an online news search by name, I often get some odd results. Here’s one for “Tom Cross”…

Lancope’s Tom Cross to Present Poster on Malicious Botnet Behaviors at VizSec 2013

* And then there was this recent story entitled “Equifax Enhances Underwriting Decisions for Lenders and Businesses With Release of Advanced Decisioning Attributes”…

“Equifax Advanced Decisioning Attributes has been specifically designed to support our customers’ decisioning policies — both today and as they evolve over time. A clear and current perspective into consumer behavior is the foundation of consistent credit decisions that support key business strategies throughout the entire customer lifecycle,” said John Cullerton, Senior Vice President, Product Innovation and Management, Equifax.

* But my all-time favorite is the Quinn Emanuel trial lawyers website.

Partners include John B. Quinn, and Chip and Eric Emanuel.

Also, this guy…

Michael J. Madigan is an associate in Quinn Emanuel’s Los Angeles office.

That firm is like some sort of parallel Bizzarro World.

* The Question: If Pat Quinn, Rahm Emanuel and Michael J. Madigan formed a business together after they left office, what would it be?

posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 2:14 pm

Comments

1. DINO’s Bar and Grill

   Comment by The Old Professor Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 2:21 pm

2. Wait so Madigan works at a law firm run by Quinn, Emanuel, Proft, and which Sullivan?

   I think I know where to go for property tax work now!

   Comment by Paul Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 2:21 pm

3. A collection agency, with Rahm doing all the work. He’d call people up and scream at them. Then he’d tell them that if they didn’t repay, he’d send Madigan over to stare at them followed by Quinn to lecture them for an hour.

   Everyone would pay up.

   Comment by Robert the Bruce Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 2:25 pm

4. Cereal pitch men.

   http://www.ricekrispies.com/Content/img/scp/left_side/characters-1979.jpg

   Comment by crazybleedingheart Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 2:26 pm

5. I’m thinking Land ‘O Lincoln Sport Fishing charter boat business operated on the mighty Mississippi. Quinnie’s already cut most of the commercials if they just extract segments from his rambling speeches. And their slogan can be “we’re Number 1″ with Rahm showing off his middle finger.

   Comment by Responsa Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 2:29 pm

6. Too easy - The Outfit. Rich you are way past due on our Oscar updates.

   Comment by A Citizen Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 2:30 pm

7. I’ve stolen this business idea from an anonymous source, but if the “Cullerton consideration pension reform bill” passes and withstands a court challenge, I could see the 3 of them opening an appliance/electronics acquisition firm. Their business model would be to knock on the doors of public retirees and make them an offer to either donate their television, or receive a violent punch in the face.

   Comment by Leon Black Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 2:31 pm

8. The new Three Stooges would be a good start.

   Comment by Doug piranha Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 2:32 pm

9. License plate manufacturing.

   Comment by Chefjeff Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 2:35 pm

10. Real Estate. It would be Like Glenngary Glenn Ross.
    Quinn -Jack Lemmon
    Emanuel - Al Pacino
    Madigan - Alec Baldwin

    Comment by Spliff Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 2:35 pm

11. Defcon 2.

    Comment by Aldyth Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 2:42 pm

12. I don’t know what business they would run, but I would make them pay cash up front for anything they wanted from me.

    Comment by Anon. Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 2:42 pm

13. I know this is too obvious, but…The Work Comp/Real Estate law firm of Dewey, Cheatum & Howe.

    Comment by Chicago Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 2:46 pm

14. Dooy, Cheetm, and Howe

    Comment by A Citizen Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 2:47 pm

15. The Three Amigos?

    Comment by Mighty M. Mouse Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 2:47 pm

16. Mike Madigan already has a business, what you could be better than the tax business?

    Comment by Steve Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 2:49 pm

17. With their vast experience in alternative finance, they should open Squeezy Loan.

    Comment by RNUG Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 2:52 pm

18. Food Truck with portable video gaming…

    Comment by OneMan Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 2:53 pm

19. Or maybe it would sound better as Squeezy Credit

    Comment by RNUG Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 2:55 pm

20. 3 Men and a Truck

    Comment by zatoichi Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 2:56 pm

21. MPR Sandwich chain. The first strictly veggie sandwich shop.

    Two pieces of the highest quality bread with no meat in between.

    ‘Gluten Free’.

    Comment by Judgment Day Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 2:56 pm

22. easy…. they would create a buisness based on Wind Energy

    Comment by Ghost Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 2:59 pm

23. Hot Air Balloons!

    Comment by Nearly Normal Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 3:03 pm

24. Something in the shearing industry.

    Comment by So. ILL Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 3:04 pm

25. Easy. A property tax appeal firm to profit off of Illinois 2nd highest property tax rates in the country and our horrible assessment system. This creates lots of people needing representation to appeal their property taxes. It should be no surprise that Quinn, Cullerton and Madigan all have connections to property tax appeal process in the past.

    Comment by bmcosti Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 3:07 pm

26. An apple cart near a West Side Arby’s.

    Too inside?

    Comment by Rich Miller Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 3:07 pm

27. “….Wind Energy”.

    Uh, No. Don’t do that. The maximum wind speed, called survival speed, above which wind towers do not survive is calculated to be 161 Mph. That’s absolute theoretical max. Most Wind Towers start to lose survival capability at sustained winds in excess of 134 Mph.

    Pat Quinn speaking by himself could kill off entire wind farms. Rahm would probably melt the carbon fibre used in the blades.

    Better rethink that.

    Comment by Judgment Day Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 3:12 pm

28. “Turkey From the Inside” travel agency.

    Comment by walkinfool Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 3:14 pm

29. Madigan’s Hot Air Balloon Rides, operating in Springfield 255 days a year or, according to Bill Brady, only 30% of the year.

    Comment by Our Magician Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 3:15 pm

30. Pawn Shop operators.

    Comment by phocion Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 3:17 pm

31. Apple Cider Plant, with one cider having alcohol. A “union” shop, letters or recommendation required, with holdovers from the last CEO milling about.

    As an employee, you are graded on your “plurality” of Cider versus Pulp, and the better the Supervisor, the better the “work station” drawn for you on the Floor Map.

    Advertising would be mostly Bombastic, but those in the Cider business would get the message through “back channels”.

    The partners would be Co-Equal, but one thinks they can hold off the payments from the Apple Cider sold.

    In the end, they usually all win in selling Cider, since their competition keeps selling “sour” Cider when others “sample” their work, and while the 3 partners agree very lite at times, the Cider is a winner to the Public.

    Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 3:33 pm

32. The two that had me laughing the hardest were the Collection Agency, and Rahm’s middle finger.

    Comment by reformer Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 3:34 pm

33. Sorry - packaged in Green tinted bottles, with Purple Shamrocks and lettering “Executive House (& Senate) Cider” - “It Rules!”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 3:37 pm

34. QEM Demolition Company. They destroy everything they touch.

    Comment by 13th one Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 3:39 pm

35. Pest Control.

    Comment by A guy... Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 3:40 pm

36. Howard, Fine & Howard Law Firm

    Comment by LGHB Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 3:43 pm

37. Madigan & Associates, LLC- Certified Ponzi Scheme Inv Expertise.

    Comment by I'm Strapped Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 3:43 pm

38. Starring in a remake of the classic Sergio Leone spaghetti western The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

    – MrJM

    Comment by MrJM Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 3:48 pm

39. Used car sales.

    Comment by Arthur Andersen Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 3:54 pm

40. they would form DreamWorks II and try to sell actual dreams

    Comment by PoolGuy Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 4:02 pm

41. Dr. Fine, Dr. Howard, Dr. Fine

    Comment by TooDaLooMuthaF Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 4:07 pm

42. Well, they certainly couldn’t form a law firm specializing inconstitutional law!

    They could run a bait shop. Picture an old unpainted shack on the Wabash River, Quinn and Emanuel sitting in rickety chairs on the sagging porch whiling away the hot, muggy afternoon while Madigan tends the nightcrawlers…

    Comment by PolPal56 Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 4:11 pm

43. Squeezy Python’s Flying Circus

    Comment by Wensicia Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 4:33 pm

44. “Clout R’ Us”. You can guess what business that would be.

    Comment by Getting Too Old For This Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 4:34 pm

45. The Odd Venture Capitalists
    Featuring:

    Bumbly (Quinn)
    Stumpy ( Emanuel)
    God (Madigan)

    Comment by AFSCME Steward Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 4:36 pm

46. Profitable

    Comment by Charlatan Heston Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 5:01 pm

47. a recycle business nothing is ever finished

    Comment by railrat Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 5:18 pm

48. And here I thought these were all new jobs they’d taken to make ends meet during the pay veto.

    Comment by Michelle Flaherty Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 5:38 pm

49. Hookem, Bookem, Suekem

    Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 5:46 pm

50. Probably a new blog/website where they would dopey questions and take a nap with their puppies for the rest of the day

    Comment by CircularFiringSquad Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 5:49 pm

51. CircularFiringSquad, that job is taken.

    Just sayin…

    Comment by Rich Miller Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 5:50 pm

52. they would start a competing outlet of the onion. the satire might not be as good, but the imagination — now that’s something they are good at!

    Comment by bored now Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 6:37 pm

53. We have our own Mike Madigan in Urbana. He has a restaurant and serves on the City Council, the lone Republican.

    Comment by jake Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 6:50 pm

54. Bruce Rauner and his Venture Capital guys could finance it?

    Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 6:59 pm

55. Law firm ..MJ Madigan & Associates!

    Comment by Steamer Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 7:38 pm

56. They could be a Communications Firm;

    “Bland Language? How to Add ‘Salt’ …”

    “Give 30 Minute Speeches With 10 Minutes of Material!”

    And… “How to Say It All, By Saying Nothing At All”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 8:07 pm

57. The Communications Firm names?

    “You’ll Be Fine Communications, LLC”

    “I’ve Said Too Much, Inc.”

    “Blankety, Blank, and Blank-Blank, Ltd.”

    Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 8:19 pm

58. Businees names: QEM or MEQ or EMQ

    Comment by Mama Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 9:38 pm

59. I can see them operating a highly profitable state-wide chain of storefront agencies specializing in lump-sum pension buyouts and payday loans, all located in bankrupt strip malls.

    Comment by cod Thursday, Oct 10, 13 @ 11:30 pm

60. Funeral Home.
    Two thing that are unavoidable.
    Death and Taxes.
    They have the Illinois market on taxes locked up.

    Comment by Pete Friday, Oct 11, 13 @ 7:07 am

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