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Late decision to sleep in - made sometime after belatedly realizing that I forgot to set the alarm.
Chew on this whilst I get myself together…
Illinois doesn’t have a state budget yet, but at least it has an official state fruit.
Gov. Rod Blagojevich signed a law Tuesday naming the GoldRush apple the state’s official fruit.
The idea flew through the state Legislature earlier this year after being proposed by a fourth-grade class from Woodlawn in southern Illinois.
Question: Propose other state symbols.
posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 10:23 am
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Comment by Anon Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 10:25 am
Gold Rush is a great keeping, rich flavored, firm, greenish yellow apple with a balanced flavor (keeps as well as Fuji). At least that’s the story from an online vendor selling them. So there ya go.
Comment by Guy Fawkes Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 10:26 am
fried cheese on a stick as the official “fried on a stick”
Comment by Miranda Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 10:29 am
Official State Sign:
“FOR SALE”
Comment by This Guy Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 10:32 am
maybe if we have fourth graders write our laws from now on, we’ll have less conflict. it’s worth a try. now the california has a budget, i believe illinois is alone now…
Comment by bored now Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 10:32 am
The official state subatomic particle: The Higgs Boson. Believed to exist by theoreticians but never proven, possibly sighted in the outer suburbs (at Fermilab), of tremendous importance to the workings og the universe, incomprehensibe to the layman…. and, now that I look back at this post, an apt metaphor for good governance.
Comment by Muskrat Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 10:32 am
Symbol for the gov: fish out of water flipp flopping on the shore.
Comment by Ghost Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 10:34 am
I’m so thankful that the Governor is hard at work signing this important legislation. So much is at stake over the state’s official fruit.
We also need an official state legal document. I nominate the subpoena.
Comment by Officially Disgusted Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 10:34 am
Bored now: same thoughts - official state leaders and legislators - 4th grade class of Woodlawn.
Comment by babs Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 10:35 am
A three headed monster with each head biting another and people being crushed underfoot.
Comment by Left Leaner Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 10:36 am
we should change the state song to Nightrain by Guns n’ Roses.
Comment by UGA Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 10:36 am
Symbol: the got to jail square from monopoly, do not collect your state pension
Comment by Ghost Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 10:37 am
Official Village Idiot: “insert your favorite state elected officer here”
Comment by curious george Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 10:39 am
Another State symbol could be the rasberry…?
Comment by Siyotanka Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 10:40 am
What about “Welcome to the Jungle”?
Welcome to the jungle
It gets worse here everyday
Ya learn ta live like an animal
In the jungle where we play
If you got a hunger for what you see
You’ll take it eventually
You can have anything you want
But you better not take it from me
Comment by ZC Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 10:40 am
Official State Beverage - Pepsi? (booo!)
Official State House - Bungalow
Official State Chorus - The Legislative Whine
Official State Science Project - Rich Miller’s Beard
Official State Boogeyman - George Ryan
Official State Electronic Device - Wire
Comment by s Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 10:41 am
Official State Sandwich — Horseshoe
Official State Aircraft — Air Rod
Official State Electronic Device — I-Pass
Comment by OneMan Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 10:41 am
Official State Song - Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne
Comment by Super Mega Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 10:42 am
Rep. Fortner, i mean, “Muskrat” -
Hope you’re doing well. Nice to see you here!
Comment by anonymiss Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 10:44 am
We have to recognize the mushroom since there are so many of them in the capitol on regular session days.
Comment by sleeeep Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 10:46 am
After selling all of the states assets with that “For Sale” sign that was suggested in an earlier post; you can hang that same sign on the senate presidents office.
Comment by Warren Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 10:50 am
Official State Nut - The Rod B
Comment by A Citizen Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 10:52 am
State Jewelry - Stainless steel bracelets (hand cuffs)
Comment by Huh? Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 10:54 am
I’m thinking of an official State of Illinois “sex toy” but I will get banned. Discretion being the better part of valor………
Comment by irishpirate Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 11:01 am
Official Illinois State Fruit Patent Holder:
“Purdue (Indiana) Research Insitute”
US Plant Patent #PP9392
Comment by curious george Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 11:15 am
The picture on the state seal should be an overhead shot of the Chicago area interstate system on a snowy Christmas eve Friday
Comment by Wumpus Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 11:18 am
State Fossil: 2/3 of Illinois’ elected officials
Comment by train111 Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 11:22 am
> i believe illinois is alone now…
bored: Wisconsin, sister state to the north, land of cheese & dairy products, is still struggling …
Comment by Hugh Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 11:23 am
Official shoe the FLIP FLOP named after our State Representative who voted against our property tax cap, then voted for it (political cover), and most recently voted against it again!
Comment by Palatine Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 11:24 am
I think Illinois should have a state “fruitcake”….I nominate Rod Blagojevich.
Comment by driver Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 11:30 am
Official shoe - flip flop
Comment by Little Egypt Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 11:31 am
Official State Gubernatorial Inmate.
Could be updated by resolution of the General Assembly.
First, Otto Kerner
Second, Dan Walker
Third (maybe), George Ryan
Fourth (???), Rod Blagojevich
May have been others, but this is for the modern era.
Comment by True Comparison Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 11:32 am
Official bird - Do-do, appropriately extinct.
Comment by Little Egypt Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 11:32 am
Official Illinois Governor’s mansion: NOT Springfield
Comment by JJ Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 11:33 am
Official retirement home for Illinois Governors - Club Fed.
Comment by Just My Opinion Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 11:33 am
The state bird could be the the “jail bird” or the “stool pigeon” or perhaps both.
Comment by Near&Far Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 11:34 am
$tate of Illinio$ - where everything begins and ends with $$$!
Comment by If It Walks Like a Duck... Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 11:35 am
Official State Ping Pong Player could be Emil Jones because he was on one side of the table, then the other side…
Comment by PONG-o Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 11:35 am
Official state fuel: ethanol
Official state protein: tofu
Official state dead fish: alewives
Comment by Boone Logan Square Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 11:36 am
In a twist of irony, an anagram for “gold rush apples” is “he drags polls up”.
The official state emotion is ennui.
Comment by Jake from Elwood Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 11:59 am
I suggest we amend the official state fruit as “rotten Gold Rush apple” to more accurately reflect our governmental processes.
Comment by one of the 35 Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 12:06 pm
Too bad it wasn’t lemons. That seems to be the only thing the people of Illinois ever get.
Comment by Lula May Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 12:12 pm
The following picture on every ‘Welcome To Illinois” sign: A forked tongued serpent with a well groomed head of dark hair.
Comment by FLIPOUT Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 12:19 pm
Official state Vegetable: “Supersweet” Sweetcorn, first discovered (and later mass-produced through) at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.
Comment by Chambananon Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 12:21 pm
So we’ve now got an official State fruit, artificially developed, and patented?
As far as other symbols, how about some kind of recognition that the so-called sovereign “State” of Illinois is actually a legal creation of the federal government?
On a completely UNRELATED note, if you actually read the law to which I linked above, you will find such interesting provisions as the following:
All “salt springs” and the land reserved for them were granted to the State of Illinois for its use, and the “legislature shall never sell nor lease the same for a longer period than ten years, at any one time.”
Comment by Squideshi Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 12:23 pm
Quick aside, those salt springs provided a huge percentage of Illinois’ state budget in the early years. More importantly, the state used slaves to do all the work.
Comment by Rich Miller Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 12:26 pm
I should note that “early years” means “decades”
Comment by Rich Miller Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 12:27 pm
Official state currency. A wooden nickle, passed under the table of course.
Comment by Papa Legba Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 12:28 pm
Official line of clothes - Orange jump suit with “DOC” on the back.
Comment by Huh? Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 1:53 pm
Official Hotel - The Springfield Hilton
Comment by ahoy! Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 1:55 pm
Official State Quartet:
Good Golly Mr. Ali
Stu The Goo
Dandy Donny
Tony Tuna
Official State Ballad:
Bye Bye Blaggo
Comment by Mr. W.T. Rush Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 2:07 pm
Official state transportation: the railroad.
Comment by George Ryan Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 2:55 pm
So where are the salt springs, and the land reserved for them, now? I wonder if the state has sold or leased them. Interesting.
I didn’t know that the State used slaves to do the work; but it doesn’t surprise me. As our national platform says, “People of color in this country have legitimate claims to reparations in the form of monetary compensation for centuries of discrimination.”
Comment by Squideshi Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 3:01 pm
Ever hear of Saline County?
Comment by Rich Miller Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 3:20 pm
How salty is it? I hear the pretzels come with a warning from the Surgeon General. Hi-O!
Comment by Johnny Carson Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 4:04 pm
Salt… Saline… do I see a connection here?
Better get Rod on that Surgeon General thingy.
Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 4:19 pm
I thought “GOLD RUSH” was the name of this Adiminstration. Keep those contributions coming.
Comment by MIDSTATE Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 4:29 pm
Saline Co., home also to the largest KFC in America!!
Comment by Hazardman Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 5:31 pm
“As our national platform says, “BLAH BLAH BLAH”"
My god Squid, do you EVER comment on ANYTHING without a campaign commercial for the Greens?
Comment by NimROD Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 7:18 pm
Official State Governor in Waiting: Lisa Madigan
Okay, so it only passed the House….
ps. Squid rocks!
Comment by It's Broken Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 8:45 pm
“My god Squid, do you EVER comment on ANYTHING without a campaign commercial for the Greens?”
Rarely. We don’t accept the corporate money that the Democrats and Republicans do, so we’re much more reliant on grassroots organizing and word of mouth. On the plus side, it’s not likely that you’ll have to sit through one of commercials during your favorite show or game, either.
Comment by Squideshi Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 9:50 pm
that should say “one of OUR commercials”
P.S. Thanks Broken.
Comment by Squideshi Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 9:51 pm
State fruit - the lemon
State bird - the loon
State tree - weeping willow
State sign - $tate for $ale
State food - Bullsh-t (as in “keep us in the dark”)
State money - Confederate scrip
State animal - the sloth
State song - “Money Makes the World Go Round”
State sport - Subpoena Dodge Ball
State hero - Patrick Fitzgerald
State house - Ravenswood bunker
State car - paddy wagon
Comment by Disgusted Wednesday, Aug 22, 07 @ 10:33 pm