rehmwa 2 #26 January 26, 2011 Quote If the court rules he cannot run, then they've got a stockpile of worthless ballots, and it's too late to print good ones in time for the election. no biggie use the ballots and cross out his name and instruct voters that his name is not an option unless they want to write it in ... Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rushmc 23 #27 January 26, 2011 QuoteQuoteAnd the actual ruling as I understand it (concerning the ballots) that until the SC of IL rules, no ballots shall be printed without his name. That does not yet mean he is on the ballot That's a bad approach, actually. If the court rules he cannot run, then they've got a stockpile of worthless ballots, and it's too late to print good ones in time for the election. And that will lead to scores of people claiming that their rights were violated because they couldn't vote. What they need to do instead, is print the ballots BOTH ways, so that whatever the outcome of the court decision, they're ready to go. Then just make darned sure that the boxes don't get mixed up. The court is reading the briefs from the other court only. No oral arguments I expect we will see something today or tomorow (but I am guessing of course)"America will never be destroyed from the outside, if we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
usedtajump 1 #28 January 27, 2011 He's baaaaack The older I get the less I care who I piss off. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,108 #29 January 27, 2011 Quote He's baaaaack Hardly a surprise. He has a 40 point lead over the next place candidate, and even the SC justices can understand that much public opinion.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
winsor 236 #30 January 27, 2011 Quote Quote He's baaaaack Hardly a surprise. He has a 40 point lead over the next place candidate, and even the SC justices can understand that much public opinion. Rahm may be a consummate scumbag, but his competition makes him look positively heroic. In Chicago, you could turn over a rock and do better electing what scuttles out from underneath. Chicago is a national embarrassment. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,108 #31 January 27, 2011 Quote Quote Quote He's baaaaack Hardly a surprise. He has a 40 point lead over the next place candidate, and even the SC justices can understand that much public opinion. Rahm may be a consummate scumbag, but his competition makes him look positively heroic. In Chicago, you could turn over a rock and do better electing what scuttles out from underneath. Chicago is a national embarrassment. At least the streets are cleared of snow, the garbage is picked up, we have the best symphony orchestra in the USA, and 20 miles of lakeshore park kept free of commercial development.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #32 January 28, 2011 Quote Quote Quote He's baaaaack Hardly a surprise. He has a 40 point lead over the next place candidate, and even the SC justices can understand that much public opinion. Rahm may be a consummate scumbag, but his competition makes him look positively heroic. In Chicago, you could turn over a rock and do better electing what scuttles out from underneath. Chicago is a national embarrassment. Then in that vein, Rahm's perfect for the job! Now... how much did he spend bribing the judges? "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
usedtajump 1 #33 January 28, 2011 Hey, be it local, state or national, politics is nothing more than "Operation Repo" with suits and ties. The older I get the less I care who I piss off. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 858 #34 January 28, 2011 "and 20 miles of lakeshore park kept free of commercial development." Wasn't a sizable chunk of that a GA public access airport until the mayor's office stole it from the citizens in the middle of the night? One must wonder what they'll take from you next time - besides the weapons to protect yourself anyway. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,108 #35 January 28, 2011 Quote Then in that vein, Rahm's perfect for the job! Now... how much did he spend bribing the judges? Are you aware that you are casting aspersions on the REPUBLICAN judge who wrote the opinion of the IL Supreme Court?... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,108 #36 January 28, 2011 Quote One must wonder what they'll take from you next time - besides the weapons to protect yourself anyway. What a tragedy - the 2010 homicide rate in Chicago was the lowest in 45 years.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
normiss 858 #37 January 28, 2011 Are you foolishly suggesting the laws are responsible for that? Or the loss of the airport? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #38 January 28, 2011 Quote Quote Then in that vein, Rahm's perfect for the job! Now... how much did he spend bribing the judges? Are you aware that you are casting aspersions on the REPUBLICAN judge who wrote the opinion of the IL Supreme Court? It does not matter John... There are a whole bunch of people on the far right wing who probably see the judge as just another RINO anyway. This issue just has are WAY too many fringers in desparate need of a very sharp pair of scissors to cut off their severely twisted up panties Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
david3 0 #39 February 23, 2011 Quote NO! mayor.... What to do with all that donor money.... yes mayor.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,108 #40 February 23, 2011 Quote Quote NO! mayor.... What to do with all that donor money.... yes mayor.... 55% - no runoff election.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaVinci 0 #41 February 23, 2011 One would think that considering how bad it is in Chicago. Quoteconcentrated crime in economically marginalized neighborhoods, poorly performing public schools, a $654.8 million budget deficit, and a nearly $600 million pension obligation. Yet Chicago has had a Democrat in office since 1931.... You would think more of the same would be a bad choice. Another guy elected on star power. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,108 #42 February 23, 2011 QuoteOne would think that considering how bad it is in Chicago. Quoteconcentrated crime in economically marginalized neighborhoods, poorly performing public schools, a $654.8 million budget deficit, and a nearly $600 million pension obligation. Yet Chicago has had a Democrat in office since 1931.... You would think more of the same would be a bad choice. Another guy elected on star power. Don't confuse "Chicago Democrat" with "Democrat". Even my billionaire stock trader acquaintance campaigned for Rahm.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaVinci 0 #43 February 23, 2011 QuoteDon't confuse "Chicago Democrat" with "Democrat". Still Chicago has had a "Chicago Democrat" in the mayors office since 1931. The City has high crime, bad public schools 600m + deficit and another 600m in obligations..... Yet they voted Dem again. I would think that if I had tried "X" for 80 years and I didn't like where I was... that I would try "Y". Why do you think Emanual won? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 2,108 #44 February 23, 2011 Quote Why do you think Emanual won? More people voted for him than for the others. NEXT.... The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DaVinci 0 #45 February 23, 2011 Quote More people voted for him than for the others. NEXT. Nice dodge!!!!! I don't really expect honest answers from you.... Foolish of me to even try. But hey.... Why do you think those people voted for him.... Or, why did you vote for him? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
winsor 236 #46 February 23, 2011 Quote Quote Quote Quote He's baaaaack Hardly a surprise. He has a 40 point lead over the next place candidate, and even the SC justices can understand that much public opinion. Rahm may be a consummate scumbag, but his competition makes him look positively heroic. In Chicago, you could turn over a rock and do better electing what scuttles out from underneath. Chicago is a national embarrassment. At least the streets are cleared of snow, the garbage is picked up, we have the best symphony orchestra in the USA, and 20 miles of lakeshore park kept free of commercial development. Yup, and Mussolini "made the trains run on time," and Madrid was VERY safe under Franco, and there really was zip for (street) crime in Tunisia under bin Ali. I lived in Chicago for enough years to say you can have it. Like a variety of other places, it's okay to visit briefly upon occasion. I have not been back since Miegs was destroyed. BSBD, Winsor Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #47 February 23, 2011 Quote Quote Why do you think Emanual won? More people voted for him than for the others. NEXT. It's Chicago! They just don't know any better! "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnealtx 0 #48 February 23, 2011 Quote Quote Why do you think Emanual won? More people voted for him than for the others. NEXT. Anybody track how many times Daley Sr. voted *this* time? Mike I love you, Shannon and Jim. POPS 9708 , SCR 14706 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #49 February 23, 2011 QuoteOne would think that considering how bad it is in Chicago. Quoteconcentrated crime in economically marginalized neighborhoods, poorly performing public schools, a $654.8 million budget deficit, and a nearly $600 million pension obligation. Yet Chicago has had a Democrat in office since 1931.... You would think more of the same would be a bad choice. Another guy elected on star power. Hmmmm I can think of several Republicans who have been elected to public office, Reagan, Arnold, Sonny Bono, Fred Thompson, and Ted Grandy AKA Gopher on The Love Boat. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #50 February 23, 2011 QuoteQuoteOne would think that considering how bad it is in Chicago. Quoteconcentrated crime in economically marginalized neighborhoods, poorly performing public schools, a $654.8 million budget deficit, and a nearly $600 million pension obligation. Yet Chicago has had a Democrat in office since 1931.... You would think more of the same would be a bad choice. Another guy elected on star power. Hmmmm I can think of several Republicans who have been elected to public office, Reagan, Arnold, Sonny Bono, Fred Thompson, and Ted Grandy AKA Gopher on The Love Boat. And the Minnesota governor who was a WWE wrestler back in the day."Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
