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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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To: All
Illnois is the Land of Lincoln....everyone needs to look at the county map of the 2002 and 2004 elections...it will surprise you.....we are a red state that went blue.
To: RWR8189
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posted on
04/13/2005 5:33:35 AM PDT
by
Edit35
To: Monitor
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posted on
04/13/2005 5:38:28 AM PDT
by
Incorrigible
(If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
To: jocon307
Aw shucks....and I always try to keep a low profile. I should probably trademark my little icon before they try to steal the little guy.
Lando 
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posted on
04/13/2005 6:49:00 AM PDT
by
Lando Lincoln
(How many liberals does it take to win a war?)
To: Monitor
Here in Indiana we call them FIPs f*cking Illinois People. They all come out to shop at our outlet malls and they are rude as he11.
To: hoosierboy
I guess it's better than Wisconsin where we get called FIB's (f'n Illinois bastards) by Cheeseheads with 3 teeth
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posted on
04/13/2005 7:08:52 AM PDT
by
sharkhawk
(I really have to stop surfing at DU.)
To: sharkhawk
...by Cheeseheads with 3 teeth... C'mon, C'mon, C'Mon...
Just because cheeseheads have a lot more teeth than you, doesn't mean you have to be afraid...
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posted on
04/13/2005 10:08:05 AM PDT
by
BlueMondaySkipper
(The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it. - George Orwell)
To: RWR8189
I grew up in a state where the Capital City is called "Lincoln".
(The county where I grew up is named "Douglas")
People in the city of Lincoln used to debate some of us from Douglas County.
Sort of a later-version of the Lincoln-Douglas debates.
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posted on
04/13/2005 10:37:58 AM PDT
by
chs68
To: Hugin
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Well, Illinois does sound rather French."
Not only that, but I am amazed that none of the folks who so strenuously object to certain athletic teams using the name "Redskins" or "Braves" do not also voice strenuous objection to a state using the name of an Indian tribe or nation.
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posted on
04/13/2005 10:41:47 AM PDT
by
chs68
To: bahblahbah
Illinois has nothing BUT Chicago.
To: justshutupandtakeit
Hah, I've lived in Illinois my whole life and have never once gone to Chicago.
To: flying Elvis
I wonder if New York will consider renaming itself, "Hillary"? No, but she is a Cubs fan and The Smartest Woman In The World. Maybe Illinois should consider that name...
Well, not really. But at least they ought to get rid of that annoying and confusing silent "S." Illannoy, that's the ticket.
And don't even start me on "Des Moines."
To: bahblahbah
That is your misfortune it's a great place.
To: RWR8189
I admire Lincoln, but I wouldn't want to ruin Dan Fogelberg's Illinois.
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posted on
04/13/2005 1:25:38 PM PDT
by
ravinson
To: RWR8189
I'd vote for "Chicagoslum" if they insist on changing the name!
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posted on
04/13/2005 1:27:08 PM PDT
by
MortMan
(Quiet reflection does not involve a mirror.)
To: bahblahbah
Hah, I've lived in Illinois my whole life and have never once gone to Chicago. I'll see your one and raise you another.
I have never lived in Illinois and have been to Chicago many times!
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posted on
04/13/2005 5:16:44 PM PDT
by
sausageseller
(Look out for the jackbooted spelling police. There! Everywhere!(revised cause the "man" accosted me!)
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