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Time to give Illinois a new name (The State of Abraham Lincoln)
Chicago Tribune ^
| April 12, 2005
| Jim Nowlan
Posted on 04/12/2005 11:08:34 PM PDT by RWR8189
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Wow, what a great idea!
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posted on
04/12/2005 11:08:35 PM PDT
by
RWR8189
To: RWR8189
So what city in Chicago are you from? /sarcasm
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posted on
04/12/2005 11:11:31 PM PDT
by
coconutt2000
(NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
To: RWR8189
Good. At least if they don't know where Illinois is then they won't associate it with Chicago.
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To: RWR8189
Well, Illinois does sound rather French.
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posted on
04/12/2005 11:17:11 PM PDT
by
Hugin
To: GABaptist
We produced Ronald Reagan, and you produced Jimmy Carter...
So there!
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posted on
04/12/2005 11:18:50 PM PDT
by
RWR8189
(Its Morning in America Again!)
To: RWR8189
If that will maintain Illinois as a RED STATE, I support it.
So, I should say, Chicago of Lincoln?
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posted on
04/12/2005 11:22:54 PM PDT
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: RWR8189
In contrast, our citizens have never really resonated to "Illinois," the name of a feckless confederation of tribes of so-called superior men, who in fact fled time and again--and indeed out of our state--before smaller bands of raiding Iroquois. Well befits the state which has the most chicken attitude toward guns out of the whole 50.
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posted on
04/12/2005 11:26:44 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(No wonder the Southern Baptist Church threw Greer out: Only one god per church! [Ann Coulter])
To: RWR8189
Consulting the index of the Atlas, Lincoln and Washington seem to be fairly evenly represented as names of municipalities ( although Lincoln has a noticeable representation overseas. )
There is a Lincoln, Washington, and a Washington, Illinois. To change this to Washington, Lincoln would verge to closely upon the comical, and I cannot recommend it.
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posted on
04/12/2005 11:29:01 PM PDT
by
dr_lew
To: RWR8189
I propose Illinois be renamed FIBs (which could stand for "Friendly Illinois Buddies").
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posted on
04/12/2005 11:35:18 PM PDT
by
Monitor
(Gun control isn't about guns; it's about control.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
Well befits the state which has the most chicken attitude toward guns out of the whole 50Times have certainly changed. When I was a teenager in central IL, country seat town, we used to go downtown to buy bullets at the hardware store carrying our rifles and pistols. It was as natural as carrying a sack of groceries. Our dads, who were WWII vets, taught us gun handling, safety and maintenance. I still remember my dad showing me how to cock an army 45 one-handed.
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posted on
04/12/2005 11:44:05 PM PDT
by
pt17
(who left Illinois a long time ago)
To: GABaptist
Yeah...yeah...
I played my one card...
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posted on
04/12/2005 11:44:37 PM PDT
by
RWR8189
(Its Morning in America Again!)
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To: RWR8189
No offense to you Freepers from Illinois, but this thread is too rich of a target to resist. lol Honest Abe was probably the last major politician from Illinois who had honesty associated with his name. ;)
He's not even native to that state, he was born in Kentucky (Jeff Davis's birth state), and did not move to Illinois until he was around 21 years old.
To: flying Elvis
Oops, I forgot about Reagan. My apologies.
To: flying Elvis
Yup, like the Maine-iac GW Bush, "from Texas"
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posted on
04/13/2005 12:02:27 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(No wonder the Southern Baptist Church threw Greer out: Only one god per church! [Ann Coulter])
To: HiTech RedNeck
The difference being W came to Texas when he was two. hehe, I wonder if New York will consider renaming itself, "Hillary"?
To: Lando Lincoln
Hey Lando, they want to name a state after you!
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posted on
04/13/2005 1:58:03 AM PDT
by
jocon307
(Irish grandmother rolls in grave, yet again!)
To: flying Elvis
He received his "smarts" while in Indiana! http://www.nps.gov/libo/
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posted on
04/13/2005 5:27:25 AM PDT
by
sausageseller
(Look out for the jackbooted spelling police. There! Everywhere!(revised cause the "man" accosted me!)
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