Thursday Open Thread: Illini Edition

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Can this feeling that we have together
Oooh, suddenly exist between
Did this meeting of our minds together
Oooh, happen just today, some way

Id like to know
Can you tell me; please don't tell me
It really doesn't matter anyhow
Its just that the thought of us so happy
Appears in my mind, as a beautifully mysterious thing

Was your image in my mind so deeply
Oooh, other faces fade away
Blocking memories of unhappy hours
Oooh, leavin just a burnin love

Id like to know
Can you tell me; please don't tell me
It really doesnt't't't matter anyhow
Its just that the thought of us so happy
Appears in my mind, as a beautifully mysterious thing
Yes it does now baby

Can this lovin we have found within us
Oooh, suddenly exist between
Did we somehow try to make it happen
Oooh, was it just a natural thing

Id like to know
Can you tell me — please don't tell me
It really doesnt't't't matter anyhow
Its just that the thought of us so happy
Appears in my mind, as a beautifully mysterious thing
Yes it does now baby
Questions 67 and 68

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Let's see if Canada wants it…

Too true. It's frustrating that the mostly red state is controlled by the very blue and liberal Chicago, where those unwilling to work vote for handouts. Too many of them and not enough of us to make any difference at the voting booths. Once you're outside of Crook County, it's more conservative whether Dem or Repub.

Why thank you for the kind words. Those of us in Central Illinois appreciate them.

or would that be a liability?

Chicago

Words by Joanna Walton.

I smile like Chicago
She laughs like the breeze
I try so hard to charm her
With minor mysteries
I collide with her softness
With whispers and pleas
Echoes of the movements
Delicate obscenties

It's a one quarter rain dance
Half of it's prayer
It's a simplest romance
Rattles high in the air
She's the gentlest pretender
I'm a clown on a spree
Still it's sweet to remember
The way it might be

I smile like Chicago

I saw that! That was too funny. Good one.

I think Illinois would make a dandy little sovereign nation, all its own, smack dab in America's breadbasket.

The People's Republic of Illinois
The Worker's Paradise Formerly Known as Illinois

I dunno, I'm not good at naming brand-new countries.

I met Buddy Guy at his "joint" in Chi Town back in the late 90's.

He was gacious & signed the T-Shirt I bought from his club. The Music was rocking Blues (Live), and the burger was greasy.

That is my ONLY good memory of Illinois…

TOO late! We need one SOONER!!!!

Chicago is a great place to vivit… once.

Welcome to the club – from a 10-or-so generation Pennsylvanian

And thanks for giving Lincoln his political start

Ol' "Honest Abe" would be rolling in his grave if he saw Illinois for what it is today ! A slum pit second only to Detroit thanks to Rezko, Jarret and other ObamaPOS "friendlies". Now for my three rather decent experiences in Chicago over the decades;

The Cotton Club on Michigan Ave in the south side. Superb jazz !
Carson's Rib Houses all over the city. Outstanding !
The Annual Taste of Chicago downtown gala. Wonderful !

Beyond that…. Let it fall into Lake Michigan.

Should take about a week to 10 days.

That made me guffaw.

Your post reminds me that Matt Burden, the BlackFive of blackfive.net, is running for the Illinois Assembly (41) in 2010. Matt is one of the best mil-bloggers around, tremendously devoted to soldier's charities (Soldier's Angels, among many others). Matt is an Officer, a Gentleman, and a man of Honor, and I hope to meet him someday for a drink. He could really use your support, http://www.mattburdenforus.com/ .

Is there any way to give it back to where ever it came from?

Truthfully, don't you find this pattern wherever large numbers of people are supported by the government?

Something to think about from Wikipedia: There have been several famous (and infamous) cases of poll taxes in history, notably a tax formerly required for voting in parts of the United States that was often designed to disenfranchise poor people, including African Americans, Native Americans, and white people of non-British descent (e.g., the Irish)."

They were also used to keep those who lived on the government dole from voting themselves even greater benefits.

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Sounds to me like you need to do some community organizing.

That's a losing ticket and one which almost nobody, including GOP voters would vote for.

Could you find a more boring and horrible ticket?

Neither man would make it through the first three primaries, so you ticket is not only impossible, but shows what a moron you are!

Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm……………..Detroit is much worse and the ghetto slums of Chicago are mostly segregated and on the South Side. Cabrini Green is in the process of being taken down.

Taste of Chicago STINKS !

Carson's went downhill many ( 2 ) decades ago!

OTOH, Michigan Ave. has blossomed and bloomed, but the loss of Stuart Brent's book store, I. Magnum, and Field's still hurts!

There are those of us in the resistance who will aid you in overthrowing the current Illinois culture of political corruption. Those of us with a brain, who still own our guns and beleive in personal responsiility, have been fighting the good fight for the last 20 years. If we napalm Chicago and East St. Louis, we will have a chance at saving the state, but it must be done soon, during the daylight hours, as the ghetto thugs sleep off their crack hangover. One good bombing run on the city council in Chicago and a simultaneous strike at the Capitol building in Springfield, a qucik napalming of the ghettos, and we have a chance.

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