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posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 11:57 am

Comments

I thought it started at noon. Is the governor still tying his tie?

Comment by Dance Band on the Titanic Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:07 pm
It was noted Diana Rauner liked the speech Hud crafted.

Always messaging… lol

Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:13 pm
Who is not a taxpayer?

Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:15 pm
Michael Jordan is from North Carolina

Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:17 pm
“powerhouse job creator”

Bruce Rauner couldn’t name ONE job he created in the private sector.

Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:19 pm
Ok, so what have you done, Governor?

Comment by Arthur Andersen Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:21 pm
“Call for public trust”… as Rauner claimed to have a blind trust, while doing personal business as governor.

Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:22 pm
He’s just a credible as Trump when calling for cooperation.

Comment by Lt Guv Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:22 pm
=== Truth to power ===

How about truth from power Rauner?

Comment by Norseman Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:22 pm
So, if Illinois has world class Universities - Why not recognize and promote this fact and fund them accordingly?

Comment by illini Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:23 pm
Amen Illini…

Comment by Saluki Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:24 pm
Am I the only one who cannot listen to him? I know I should but I just can’t stand it.

Am I alone?

Comment by don the legend Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:26 pm
I’m hearing a bunch of g’s. Is something wrong with my computer?

Comment by Henry Francis Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:27 pm
http://interactive.wbez.org/legionnaires/

Great article on the Quincy situation worth remembering.

Comment by njt Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:27 pm
Rauner goes after Madigan, “victims” and “rigged”…

So, Rauner wants “bipartisan” cooperation but goes after Madigan business as “corruption”

Welp…

Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:29 pm
Amen illini…

Henry Francis, he’s not in costume, he’s in big boy clothes.

Comment by Lt Guv Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:29 pm
And why try to strip the labor rights of university workers? Why set them up to have happen what Rauner’s trying to do to state employees: double their health insurance costs, eliminate layoff protections, freeze their pay, have total right to privatize, give them a grossly unfair merit pay system, terrible retirement health insurance?

Comment by Grandson of Man Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:30 pm
“… sitting in this chamber… “

Term limits targets Rauner “enemies”?

Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:30 pm
Ruh-roh
Ethics EO that overrides collective bargaining agreements?
There it is
I bet you anything there is an anti Union attack
In that EO
He’s hiding it behind the
Anti sexual harassment issue.

Comment by Honeybear Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:31 pm
Will we hear about all the successes his Intersect has delivered to the state?

Comment by Henry Francis Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:31 pm
===“… sitting in this chamber…”===

He’s standing right behind me, isn’t he?

Comment by 47th Ward Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:32 pm
Anybody know
Why do they change out the sign language person so often?

Comment by Honeybear Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:33 pm
Note: Rauner has yet to sign a full year’s funding for Illiniis’ Higher Education.

Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:33 pm
@ Willy - we know.

Comment by illini Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:34 pm
Lol. He mentioned that he created Intersect (it was 2 years ago) and they have gone on trips to Asia and Isreal.

But how did any of that help the state?

Comment by Henry Francis Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:34 pm
Honeybear, one can’t sign a dropped “G.” Once he starts that, the interpreters get confused and have to rotate out.

Comment by Arthur Andersen Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:36 pm
There we go! “We’re fightin’ the opioid epidemic. . .”

Comment by Lt Guv Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:39 pm
Nucor steel. Non-union.

Comment by Blue dog dem Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:39 pm
Rauner discusses agencies.

Rauner has yet to sign a full year’s funding for his state agencies.

The last full year state budgetary funding for his agencies was done with overrides of his own vetoes.

Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:40 pm
We are careful stewards of taxpayers money. Now that is funny. How do you younglings say it? LOL?

Comment by Blue dog dem Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:42 pm
The Big Lie is repeated again.

Comment by Norseman Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:43 pm
They are laughing WITH you Governor.

Comment by Henry Francis Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:44 pm
Democrats mockingly cheer, a standing ovation, Rauner saying he will submit a balanced budget, something Rauner has yet to do in 3 tries.

Rauner retorts, in a fun lil exchange not seen too often.

Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:44 pm
I can’t wait for the budget address.

Comment by illini Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:44 pm
@ don the legend — You’re not alone. I don’t have enough blood pressure med or Pepto Bismol to watch the guv for more than 30 seconds.

Comment by Flapdoodle Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:47 pm
Not sure by Doug and Bernie are saying critics will say it’s his first balanced budget. Pretty well everyone but the governor has shown, not just said, why they weren’t balanced. The press handing out free passes to this guy is getting really old.

Comment by Fixer Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:48 pm
Rich, Cullerton runs you out of your seat? Heresy!

Comment by Lt Guv Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:49 pm
Honeybear:

Sign-language interpreters get tired from processing what they hear into physical sign. In order to keep them fresh and the information consistent and accurate, they tag out periodically.

Comment by JustMe Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:50 pm
Brilliant. Insightful. Thoughtful. Dramatic. Far Reaching.

I bet everyone here thought I would respond this way./snark

Comment by Louis G. Atsaves Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:51 pm
An amusing fairytale read to us by the “g” dropping governor.

Comment by Norseman Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:53 pm
=So, if Illinois has world class Universities - Why not recognize and promote this fact and fund them accordingly?=

He meant the private universities, Silly.

Comment by JS Mill Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 12:55 pm
Brady is either delusional, spinning or both if he doesn’t think the cheering for a balanced budget wasn’t sarcastic.

Comment by Lt Guv Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:00 pm
Honeybear, the sign language is exhausting both physically and mentally. They not only sign with their hands but numerous facial expressions and gestures which are timed to coordinate with the hands. They don’t know what he is going to say until he says it, so they have to think and act really fast.

Comment by DuPage Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:08 pm
@JS Mill - yeah, University of Chicago and Northwestern are tops along with UIUC. But ALL the public Universities are dependent on his leadership in promoting the entire system we have in place.

And if he had done that we would not have well over 70,000 students going out of state and over 7000 direct jobs lost because of the budget cuts and the lack of priorities this funding issue has in his agenda.

Comment by illini Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:08 pm
Infiltrate and kill, infiltrate and kill…

Comment by 35/Shields Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:30 pm
@illini- Amen. He has failed and his hypocrisy is sickening.

Comment by JS Mill Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:35 pm
Words/deeds

R is incapable of learning.
30/60 is beyond his grasp
3 yrs in, message unchanged, though “ TA “dropped
Skilled offense.

I hope to god the lame ducks realize the potential power they have at this moment in the history of our state. Rise up.

Comment by Langhorne Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:41 pm
Cool, I learned something
I just always assumed that the sign interpreters were reading it off a TelePrompTer.
That would be exhausting

Comment by Honeybear Wednesday, Jan 31, 18 @ 1:41 pm