Posted on 08/06/2018 4:06:38 PM PDT by detective
Illinois residents celebrated their first annual “Barack Obama Day” on Saturday after the state legislature voted in 2017 to make the day honoring former President Barack Obama a state holiday.
The bill establishing Obama’s birthday as a state holiday unanimously passed the Illinois state legislature last year, and Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner signed the measure into law on August 6, 2017.
The legislation declared August 4 “Barack Obama Day” in the state of Illinois, but did not make the holiday an official legal holiday over concerns the state could not afford the cost of giving state employees a paid holiday.
Some legislators also balked at the idea that Obama—who made Illinois his permanent residence in 1995 and only lived in the state for ten years full time—got his own holiday while former President Ronald Reagan—who was born in the state and lived there for 21 years—never had a day in his honor.
#ObamaDay became the top trending topic on Twitter Saturday afternoon, with celebrities and left-wing personalities—many of whom do not live in Illinois—celebrating Obama Day by tweeting the former president a happy birthday while bashing President Trump:
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**John Wayne too, I think.**
Winterset, IA
Illinois was a nice place to grow up but I’m sure glad I don’t live there anymore.
“Bring out your dead!”
San Fran has Zero Day every day as people crap on the sidewalks!
To some, it is a “Barrack Obama” day. (With the double-r)
Basil An Misfit?
“I’m not dead yet!”
I would like to have seen the carnival games at the Obama Day Fair.
Ring toss onto Jughead’s ears?
Moochelle’s arm wrestling machine?
Drone water gun strikes on civilians?
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And they all give out food stamps, Obamaphones, and Dreamer cards as prizes!
Barack 0bama day on Saturday was followed by Murder Day on Sunday.
To complete the lunacy circle, it should be noted that the second monday in November is a national holiday for Øbama.
In Kenya.
Illinois should secede from Chicago.
I had the runs...
OH YUCK!! This is gross.
Grew up in a south side suburb til we moved to corn field in Indiana. (Which much to my surprise I ended up loving)
Everybody knew Daley was corrupt but he kept the city sane. (Or at least as a kidlet I thought so!)
Good memories of Chicago. Went downtown several times a year. Marshall Fields every Christmas and Easter.(They sold the best 1000 isle dressing EVER. And wonderful Christmas windows.) Lincoln Park and Brookfield zoos. Riverview park. The museums. CUB’s game. Seeing the ticker tape parade for the Apollo 11 men! (Saw my dad cry 3 time. Death of Olde Yearer, his mom’s death and the moon landing.)
Love this city, hate their politics.
Sad the libs in Chicago have destroyed the whole state. Can the rest Illinois put an end to this?
Dear Freepers, let us cause dhimmicrats heads to explode nation wide.
On the back of each 20 dollar bill is a nice drawing of the white house.
I propose that on every bill you get your hands on that you take a few seconds with a sharpie and write
“Donald Trump Lives Here”
So now we have a Second Black Holiday, to go with the first one which is September 6th, the Day the New Cadillac comes out!
So now we have a Second Black Holiday, to go with the first one which is September 6th, the Day the New Cadillac comes out!
Thank you for posting this! It graphically shows dramatically the effect of large. RAT-run cities. This is the future! So, if the rest of us sane people have any hope of keeping the city $hit from taking over, we must isolate these $hit hole enclaves and remove their ability to affect our lives so adversely.
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