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* This photo was e-mailed to me by my brother Doug with the subject line: Wash Your Hands to Prevent Bird Flu. I thought we might get some use out of it here, too…

posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 8:31 am

Comments

Wash your mouth to prevent “swine” flu, then?

Comment by hmm Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 8:33 am
You can put lipstick on a pig…

Comment by hmm Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 8:36 am
Mmmmmm, bacon.

Comment by 47th Ward Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 8:38 am
a metaphor for Illinois politics and the need for ethics reform???

Comment by downstater Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 8:41 am
This picture actually changes my mind on ethics reforms and makes me agree with Rich…

The lobbyists will always find a way through the fence to cozy up to our elected officials.

Comment by George Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 8:44 am
In this photo from 1965, a young member of Congress displays his early disposition to pork.”

Comment by BandCamp Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 8:44 am
Young jack (Lord of the Fleis) before he was stranded on the island.

or

A young Quinn looks for ways to bring home the bacon.

Comment by Ghost Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 8:45 am
OMG! Where’s my mask?!

Comment by ggd380 Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 8:54 am
Proof of the very real need to protect helpless porcines from Unattended Toddler Syndrome - PETA.

Comment by Pat Collins Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 8:55 am
Definitely not kosher.

Comment by wordslinger Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 8:55 am
Future Democratic candidate for Illinois statewide office.

Comment by Amy Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 8:57 am
That’s just wrong on so many levels….

Comment by Stones Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 8:59 am
Baby Milorad early on the campaign trail.

Comment by Dan S, a Voter and Cubs fan Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 9:01 am
George, if we go with your analogy literally, at least the lobbyists make good eatin’. This being a democracy of course, it would be a very bad sign indeed if we had to go that far, so I’d like to think that we can actually at least rein them in. But, as with keeping pigs, it means constantly devising new schemes to prevent them from escaping and causing trouble.

Comment by Angry Chicagoan Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 9:01 am
Snowball intiates step one in his plan to obtain control of the farm….

Comment by Ghost Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 9:02 am
Forget about washing the hands take a long hot bath!

Comment by Levois Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 9:04 am
Future Democrat says: “I love pork!”

Comment by Louis G. Atsaves Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 9:05 am
Pigsicle

Comment by Plutocrat03 Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 9:08 am
I assumed the pig was the legislator, not the lobbyist.

Comment by Joe Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 9:09 am
I assumed the pig was the legislator, not the lobbyist.

all in the eyes of the beholder

Comment by George Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 9:12 am
After surviving a kiss from Rod Blagojevich when a babe in arms, his parents figured has was pretty much immune to anything.

Comment by Pot calling kettle Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 9:14 am
Toddler Flu Epidemic Traced to Arkansas

Comment by Yellow Dog Democrat Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 9:15 am
Shaking hands and kiddingbabies is how this CHicago legislator plans to get re-elected

Comment by Wumpus Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 9:15 am
make that Kissing babies

Comment by Wumpus Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 9:15 am
This guy is at floyds every night at closing talking about the hottie that’s coming home with him.

Comment by anon Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 9:23 am
Here’s a kiss for Grandpa Stanley. What is prison like?

Comment by Fed Building Janitor Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 9:25 am
Background pig to foreground pig:

Do you know how many germs are on the average toodler’s mouth? They’re human petri dishes, for pete’s sake. Go rinse your snout in the mud right now!

Comment by Clean Freak Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 9:28 am
Where is DCFS? A clear case of child endangerment

Comment by Hank Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 9:34 am
Illinois politician kisses baby in a bid for Governor, US Senator, Chicago Mayor, etc.

Comment by consulthammer Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 9:35 am
Yuck, whose stool have you been eating?

Comment by Cook County Commoner Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 9:47 am
Rod shaves hair for Joliet stay and starts campaign thru the bars targeting youth old enough to vote when he gets out.

Comment by disgusted Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 9:49 am
I’m way too grossed out to be creative.

Comment by Chicago Cynic Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 10:21 am
If the toddler just came from Day Care, where germs multiply at at rate that would stump Einstein, this pig is in big trouble.

Comment by You Go Boy Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 10:22 am
Tastes like chicken!

Comment by Yadi Dog Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 10:24 am
This is how we kiss in French Lick, IN.

Comment by Babe Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 10:43 am
If lovin’ you is wrong, I don’t wanna be right.

Comment by Cheswick Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 11:19 am
The Center for Disease Control in Atlanta is investigating several reported cases of influenza transferred from humans to swine. No pig deaths have been reported, and the source of the infection has not yet been determined…

Comment by HoosierDaddy Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 11:22 am
Tired of the taste of his own boogers, this adventurous tot expands his tastebuds’ horizons.

Comment by So. ILL Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 11:56 am
With the Illinois Health Department in shambles ala John “the Hatchet” Filan, little Joey demonstrates how the State’s new “Get your Own Swine Flu Vaccine” works.

Comment by Irish Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 12:21 pm
As anyone with kids knows, this is not a first-born child.

Comment by Pot calling kettle Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 12:30 pm
@ Pot

As a parent of 3 you are spot on with that observation. I would venture that this is child #3 or later for the person taking the picture.

Comment by How Ironic Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 12:36 pm
In my family, that would be child 4 or 5.

Comment by Rich Miller Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 12:42 pm
IDPH/IDAg state of the art experimantal lab for discounting potential swine to human flu transfer.

Comment by one day at a time Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 12:48 pm
Concerned about his re-election prospects, Commissioner Bill Beavers gets an early start on the campaign trail.

Comment by 47th Ward Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 12:56 pm
Pot, very funny.

As the fifth child in my family, if I wasn’t gushing blood from a major artery like in a Peckinpah film, I could be counted on to “walk it off.”

Comment by wordslinger Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 1:01 pm
Ah yes, the joys of petting zoo season.

Comment by Jake from Bellwood Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 1:07 pm
Is that Geo?

Comment by Nice... Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 2:01 pm
They both look so happy.

Comment by Cheswick Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 2:48 pm
Massachusetts Court Upholds Toddler-Pig Marriage - AP

Underscoring its original ruling last November, Massachusetts’ highest court said Wednesday that only full marriage rights for toddler-swine couples, not civil unions, would conform to the state’s constitution.

The ruling sets the stage for Massachusetts later this year to likely become the first state in the nation to allow inter-species marriages.

In a statement released Wednesday night, President Obama said the ruling was “deeply troubling.

“Marriage is a sacred institution between a man and a woman, perhaps, but the final decision is not in my pay grade.” Obama said. “If these judges insist on re-defining marriage by court order, the only alternative may possibly be the constitutional process, which I may, or may not, support. We must do what is legally necessary to defend the sanctity of marriage - I think.” Then the President’s teleprompter quit.

Comment by VanillaMan Wednesday, Apr 29, 09 @ 3:14 pm
Kissing pigs doesn’t give you swine flu.

Comment by been there Thursday, Apr 30, 09 @ 12:57 pm
Word, are you sure you aren’t one of my siblings?

Comment by Lynn S Thursday, Apr 30, 09 @ 10:42 pm