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* I was trying to explain some campaign finance loopholes earlier today and when the conversation was over I got up to walk around and found myself humming that old state tourism advertising jingle: “Illinois, you put me in a happy state.”
And now I have an earworm that I can’t shake. So, I decided to make some lemonade…
* The Question: Your suggestions for a new state tourism ad slogan?
posted by Rich Miller
Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:03 pm
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Illinois - If we owe you money, we apologize for the delay!
Comment by WhoKnew Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:07 pm
Take a walk on the wild side and cross the border INTO Illinois.
Comment by train111 Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:08 pm
Illinois - Tourists are encouraged to visit and spend like they have no budget!
Illinois - Just because we don’t have Right to Work doesn’t mean you don’t have the Right to Visit!
Illinois - Because Madigan!(TM)
Comment by How Ironic Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:09 pm
Oh Illinois, our budget crisis, holds on, holds on!
Comment by Waffle Fries Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:09 pm
Illinois: For Sale, By Owner.
Comment by 47th Ward Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:10 pm
Illinois — come see why we pay the highest rates on bonds!
Illinois–come see our state universities now before they close!
Comment by Keyrock Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:10 pm
Illinois: If you lived here, You’d Be Home now.
Comment by Saluki Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:13 pm
Illinois, squeezin’ the beast since 2015.
Comment by Gruntled University Employee Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:13 pm
Welcome to Illinois! Who needs colleges anyway?
Comment by Cubs in '16 Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:14 pm
Illinois: Sorry About That.
Comment by Saluki Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:14 pm
Illinois, where our Governors make the license plates
Comment by Gruntled University Employee Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:15 pm
US 57 to US 24 to US 75 to Florida.
Comment by Anon III Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:15 pm
Illinois, we will make you feel better about your property taxes.
Comment by OneMan Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:16 pm
Replace the h with a cr and it’d be appropriate with Governor Gridlock in place.
Comment by PublicServant Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:16 pm
Illinois, visit our Hall Of Convicted Politicians.
Comment by OneMan Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:16 pm
Illinois, our Governor wears costumes while he perpetually campaigns instead of actually governing. So we got that going for us.
Comment by Gruntled University Employee Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:16 pm
@Gruntled–I have that on a tee shirt with head shots of Blago and Geo.
Comment by Cubs in '16 Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:16 pm
Illinois: Will the last person leaving please turn out the lights?
Comment by 47th Ward Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:17 pm
Illinois: We Suck Less Than You Think
Illinois: Enter Ye and Abandon All Hope
Illinois: We Suck
Illinois: Still Better Than Indiana
Comment by Chicago Cynic Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:18 pm
Illinois, where college dreams come to die.
Comment by Gruntled University Employee Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:18 pm
From skylines to valleys, Illinois is worth seeing.
Comment by Polite Anon Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:19 pm
@Cubs-They have them for sale in our local convenience store.
Comment by Gruntled University Employee Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:20 pm
Illinois. Bring a credit card run up the tab no worries.
Comment by jimk849 Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:21 pm
Illinois–We’re droppin’ g’s and raisin’ fees!
Comment by Cubs in '16 Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:22 pm
Illinois, where our flagship university has 23 Nobel Laureates and an A credit rating.
Comment by Gruntled University Employee Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:23 pm
===@Cubs-They have them for sale in our local convenience store.===
That’s where I bought mine. lol
Comment by Cubs in '16 Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:24 pm
“Illinois, you make me wish for a fugue state.”
Comment by Anonymous Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:24 pm
“Illinois–We’re droppin’ g’s and raisin’ fees!”
Cubs in ‘16 For the win!
Comment by Chicago Cynic Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:25 pm
oops, 3:24 was me.
Comment by Ole' Nelson Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:25 pm
Illinois-Sorry Folks, States’ Closed. The moose out front shoulda told ya.
Comment by OurMagician Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:26 pm
“Illinois — College Free, Dumb is the New Black”
Comment by Annonin' Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:28 pm
Illinois - our state government is a mess, but we’re still not Indiana !
Comment by siriusly Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:28 pm
Illinois I’m in a Catatonic State of Mind
Comment by Anonymous Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:29 pm
Illinois wineries: because after your stay here you’ll need a drink.
Comment by Nick Name Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:30 pm
Illinois, just wait until Rauner gets RTW, we’ll make Mississippi look like California.
Comment by Gruntled University Employee Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:31 pm
The Midwest Mississippi
Comment by wordslinger Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:34 pm
Illinois: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
– MrJM
Comment by @misterjayem Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:35 pm
Anonymous - Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:29 pm: was me.
Comment by West Sider Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:36 pm
Illinois–Come see the Village People at the state fairgrounds!
(Offer available while the Governor’s Mansion is being rehabbed.)
Comment by Keyrock Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:36 pm
i have no snark so I’m going to paraphrase what a friend from Oregon recently said about Chicago: “Illinois: So Dystopian.”
Comment by Homer J. Quinn Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:39 pm
Illinois: “Where our sports teams are just as unpredictable and sporadic as the weather”
Illinois: “You think gerrymandering is bad?:
Illinois: “Still better than Indiana”
Comment by Clark Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:39 pm
Illinois- Let’s all go fetal!
Comment by West Sider Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:42 pm
Illinois: Spare any change?
Comment by 47th Ward Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:44 pm
Illinois-No colleges, no recreational facilities, no budget…but Wrigley Field’s still open. How bout them Cubs?
Comment by Cubs in '16 Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:45 pm
Illinois: If you’re not Black- Our cops won’t turn you blue!
Comment by West Sider Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:47 pm
Vacancy
Comment by SAP Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:48 pm
Illinois, you put me in a padded room.
Comment by Cubs in '16 Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:49 pm
Illinois — we voted for him because we thought anyone would be better than the LAST governor
Comment by morningstar Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:56 pm
Land of Lincoln, Corn and Magic Beans.
Comment by Earnest Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 3:56 pm
Land of Shrinkin’
Illinois: Budgets? We don’t need no stinking budgets!
Illinois: You Must Be Lost
Illinois: Visit Bond County, Which Must Now Legally Be Called Junk Bond County…
Comment by Ron Burgundy Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 4:02 pm
“Illinois. Check in with us again in 21 months.”
Comment by Anon Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 4:03 pm
Welcome to Illinois: Duck and cover!
Comment by Ron Burgundy Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 4:03 pm
Illinois: Amber Waves of Graft.
Comment by A guy Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 4:04 pm
Illinois–Keep the receipt in case your governor is defective. Don’t say we didn’t warn ya!
Comment by Cubs in '16 Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 4:04 pm
Illinois: Look at the state we’re in now!
Comment by CharlieKratos Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 4:05 pm
Illinois — See something you like? Make us an offer!
Comment by Ron Burgundy Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 4:06 pm
Illinois: Maybe we shouldn’t be allowed to elect a Governor.
Comment by CharlieKratos Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 4:07 pm
Illinois. We want your business, but we don’t want ya living here if ya got kids.
Comment by blue dog dem Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 4:07 pm
Illinois–Those aren’t gunshots they’re….firecrackers.
Comment by Cubs in '16 Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 4:21 pm
Illinois–If you ain’t squeezin’ you ain’t livin’!
Comment by Cubs in '16 Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 4:25 pm
Illinois you put me in a hungry state, or
Illinois you put me in a homeless state, or
Illinois you put me in a ——- state!
This slogan is flexible enough for folks to fill in whatever aspect of our tattered social service safety net they wish to highlight.
Comment by Interested Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 4:28 pm
Ill in ois.
Run a tab, we do.
Comment by zatoichi Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 4:54 pm
Illinois–It’s really not so bad after all!
Comment by d.p.gumby Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 4:56 pm
new state song “Run Runaway” by Slade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikMiQZF-mAY
Comment by Bruce (no not him) Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 5:02 pm
Yep, “Cubs in ‘16″ wins the interwebs today.
Comment by Lt Guv Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 5:35 pm
Illinois: “We’ve got this state and its &*#! golden”
Comment by peon Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 5:58 pm
I like the one we got the govenor quotes “enjoy Illinois”
Comment by Rabid Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 6:08 pm
Distressed Illinois: Vulture Capitolists Welcome!
Comment by XDNR Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 7:13 pm
Illinois - You Put Me In A Happy State, Better Known as Indiana!
Comment by FormerPeorian Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 8:08 pm
Illinois- Mile after Magnificent Mile of Unpaid Bills
Comment by Blago's Hare Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 9:04 pm
Illinois: Quit Laughing!!
Comment by AbeLincolnIsCrying Monday, Apr 24, 17 @ 11:45 pm
Illinois _ We tax everything, and we are still broke!
Comment by Murf Tuesday, Apr 25, 17 @ 11:13 am