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Obama could be a highway star - but should it be I-55 or I-294? (Freeper help needed)
Chicago Sun-Times ^
| February 22, 2017
| Sam Charles
Posted on 02/23/2017 6:26:20 AM PST by Zakeet
Should it be the Barack Obama Expressway or the Barack Obama Tollway?
Democratic state legislators seem to agree that the hometown state senator made good should take his place alongside Ronald Reagan, John F. Kennedy and others immortalized in Illinois highways.
But they apparently hit a fork in the road over just what stretch of pavement should get the honor.
Two Illinois state representatives have competing plans to rename different Illinois highways after Obama.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: chicago; highway; obama
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Bet you Freepers can help the Rats come up with a good road to name after the Royal Idiot ...
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posted on
02/23/2017 6:26:20 AM PST
by
Zakeet
To: Zakeet
Any dead end road that people leave trash, diapers, and other detritus at.
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posted on
02/23/2017 6:27:24 AM PST
by
Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: Zakeet
What? They don’t have enough dead-end streets?
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posted on
02/23/2017 6:27:30 AM PST
by
Pilgrim's Progress
(http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
To: Pilgrim's Progress
LOL! Maybe they should name a neighborhood after him.
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posted on
02/23/2017 6:28:20 AM PST
by
hsmomx3
To: Zakeet
I’ll pick 294, it exists only in Illinois, near Chicago, getting on and off is generally miserable, and for most people there are better routes.
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posted on
02/23/2017 6:28:36 AM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics.)
To: Zakeet
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posted on
02/23/2017 6:29:16 AM PST
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: Zakeet
All exists would be to the left turns on the Obama Ex-prez way.
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posted on
02/23/2017 6:29:42 AM PST
by
dblshot
(I am John Galt.)
To: Darksheare
"But should it be I-55 or I-294?" I vote for I-666.
:(
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posted on
02/23/2017 6:30:44 AM PST
by
unread
(Joe McCarthy was right.......)
To: Zakeet
Tollway - people hate toll roads.
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posted on
02/23/2017 6:30:58 AM PST
by
Qiviut
(Obama's Legacy in two words: DONALD TRUMP)
To: Zakeet
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posted on
02/23/2017 6:32:55 AM PST
by
1Old Pro
To: Zakeet
My vote would go to the Highway to Hell.
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posted on
02/23/2017 6:33:24 AM PST
by
sport
To: unread
Is it trash strewn, has “Coney Island whitefish”, diapers, stench etc?
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posted on
02/23/2017 6:33:53 AM PST
by
Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: Zakeet
In my view, no public project should be named after a living politician, even if he/she is out of office. It smacks of Third World despotism.
To: Zakeet
Just name one of the rest stops after him.
That way people can say hey I took an obama in Obama’s home state. Probably make money for state selling bumper stickers or T shirts
To: Dr. Sivana
Ill pick 294, it exists only in Illinois, near Chicago, getting on and off is generally miserable, and for most people there are better routes. Sounds like a fitting tribute.
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posted on
02/23/2017 6:37:07 AM PST
by
GCC Catholic
(Trump doesn't suffer fools, but fools will suffer Trump. Make America Great Again!)
To: Zakeet
The most appropriate thing to name after Obama would be the infamous Bridge to Nowhere.
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posted on
02/23/2017 6:37:19 AM PST
by
thoughtomator
(Purple: the color of sedition)
To: Zakeet
Well, they did name I-355, toll road west of Chicago, Blagojevich Parkway, or some such name, only to have to pull the signs and name down after he went to prison.
To: Zakeet
It should be the Barack Obama Memorial Pissoir.
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posted on
02/23/2017 6:45:00 AM PST
by
IronJack
To: IronJack
I-55.
Always in need of repair.
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posted on
02/23/2017 6:46:41 AM PST
by
KC Burke
(If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
To: Steve_Seattle
On the west side of Orlando, Florida, a road was named after Obama during his first term. I figured it was the doing of Buddy Dyer, a very liberal mayor who was in charge when I moved away.
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posted on
02/23/2017 6:54:03 AM PST
by
Berosus
(I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
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