We plan on it, just waiting to see where our youngest goes to college. Archived Message Posted by PapaDels on May 20, 2022, 13:08:46, in reply to "My stance has been and will always be" Until then, I'll count the days and continue to bitch about Illinois. Previous Message If you don’t like living in Illinois then f#%@$!@ leave. Quit bitching about it and move. Drives me nuts listening to people constantly pissing and moaning about how bad the state is, just go already. Message Thread: | This response ↓ Major update: Illinois says “ hello, me not dead - Chilango May 20, 2022, 9:09:22 Generally, red states undercounted & blue states overcounted? - EffinIllini May 20, 2022, 12:42:12 I have little doubt that this recent census was a castastrophe - Sounder May 20, 2022, 14:00:22 own goal by the right to forment distrust in the government during that time* - ECEIllinois May 20, 2022, 13:33:42 One of the longterm implications of the pandemic - Sounder May 20, 2022, 14:03:17 I think we can apply Hanlon's Razor to this one - ATL May 20, 2022, 12:45:12 My stance has been and will always be - Buttcrack May 20, 2022, 12:13:08 Your stance is if you don't like high taxes, poor services, or crime to just leave? - bigbop85 May 20, 2022, 13:17:41 We plan on it, just waiting to see where our youngest goes to college. - PapaDels May 20, 2022, 13:08:46 Peace* - Buttcrack May 20, 2022, 13:22:59 I feel like everyone complains about where they live - Sounder May 20, 2022, 12:34:54 LOL at the recruiting angle* - Carl Spackler May 20, 2022, 12:47:49 You really don't see that being a factor? - Sounder May 20, 2022, 14:01:45 Those states have something in common football-wise. Decades of consistent success* - bjl63 May 20, 2022, 14:19:28 “Roderick Pierce, why did you choose Wisconsin?” - snipes824 May 20, 2022, 13:10:13 I wasn't referring to the politicians, I was referring to a concept of state pride* - Sounder May 20, 2022, 14:02:21 My top two choices are Illinois, and any other state school with a more pro business climate. * - illiniranger May 20, 2022, 13:57:13 While I don't think that the folks below are arguing in good faith - IlliniRunner May 20, 2022, 12:29:12 State vs. country argument is much different in my opinion - Buttcrack May 20, 2022, 13:06:07 Wait I can't change my city? Huh? - bigbop85 May 20, 2022, 13:23:46 Literally no clue what you are talking about - Buttcrack May 20, 2022, 13:34:51 I think a lot of people (myself included) have some version of... - haighter May 20, 2022, 13:32:37 Thing is, I think Bop is doing something to change his general surroundings... - haighter May 20, 2022, 13:09:52 My comment had nothing to do with bigbop for the record* - Buttcrack May 20, 2022, 13:24:20 Did you see the sign at the Wallingford gas station? - Sounder May 20, 2022, 12:35:55 No, but I love that sign* - IlliniRunner May 20, 2022, 12:37:58 Exactly. I'm not one for "love it or leave it" as an argument, per se - Taz May 20, 2022, 12:23:14 You should move to Seattle, you're not allowed to complain about the weather here - Sounder May 20, 2022, 12:37:51 Because the weather here is actually pretty great, all things considered* - IlliniRunner May 20, 2022, 12:38:51 About as believable as last minute votes coming in 100% Biden* - CubsWonWorldSeries May 20, 2022, 11:55:50 ***marks post as helpful*** - JFG May 20, 2022, 13:30:48 Jesus* - uofi1998 May 20, 2022, 13:09:56 holy shit* - biclops May 20, 2022, 12:38:22 So butthurt* - illini21 May 20, 2022, 12:31:46 Weird. I pegged you as a conservative, not a complete ####ing idiot* - GMAW May 20, 2022, 12:04:53 There have been unpromising signs on that point lately* - IlliniRunner May 20, 2022, 12:29:53 oOo - KingTalkyTiki May 20, 2022, 12:14:21 Sadly, that Venn diagram is narrowing* - Sounder May 20, 2022, 12:07:41 Didn't have you pegged for a mypillow type, maybe I haven't been paying attention* - Chilango May 20, 2022, 12:00:31 You'd almost think that Trump actively encouraged his people to not vote by mail* - Sounder May 20, 2022, 11:58:59 link?* - ATL May 20, 2022, 11:58:32 Linky - Chilango May 20, 2022, 12:03:00 Lie, Damned Lies and Statistics* - Savoy May 20, 2022, 10:49:28 The US grew by 9.5% from 2010 to 2020, Illinois grew by 2% - bigbop85 May 20, 2022, 10:25:57 classic GOP: let's redefine "mass shooting" because the politics of the conventional meaning suck... - suburbanmyth May 20, 2022, 10:40:49 Like the opponents of legal medical euthanasia discounting gun death numbers b/c many are suicides* - ATL May 20, 2022, 12:55:33 Moving those goalposts and a rando haymaker - Chilango May 20, 2022, 10:40:20 "By state" lol - bigbop85 May 20, 2022, 10:44:13 payton gendron is a dem voter now? i get that the facts are crushing your feelings but.... - suburbanmyth May 20, 2022, 11:20:36 Why does Republican leadership lead to opioid and meth overdoses? - Chilango May 20, 2022, 11:17:28 See this is your problem, not recognizing when your party is at fault - bigbop85 May 20, 2022, 13:28:54 That's pretty much in line with other Midwest states like OH and MI. - ihpsdm May 20, 2022, 10:39:27 Yet come next year, red tsunami or not... - KingTalkyTiki May 20, 2022, 10:36:13 And we'll probably have 800 homicides in Chicago and the 7th highest unemployment rate - bigbop85 May 20, 2022, 10:39:09 oOo - KingTalkyTiki May 20, 2022, 10:46:40 Look it's easy when you have no one to leave this city and state to after you die - bigbop85 May 20, 2022, 11:06:26 So you, a professed Christian, don't think there's any reason to care about the state of our - Taz May 20, 2022, 12:31:23 No, I just think you are less devoted and committed to the future - bigbop85 May 20, 2022, 13:16:30 Please direct me to the post where I said I don't care about this shooting or any violence? - KingTalkyTiki May 20, 2022, 13:23:26 You responded to my 800 murders and mass shooting post with a meme* - bigbop85 May 20, 2022, 13:24:45 Shockingly you had the wrong takeaway yet again.* - KingTalkyTiki May 20, 2022, 13:26:32 Ridiculous * - Jackie May 20, 2022, 11:35:56 "leave this city" - oh, I have an idea why Rs don't even run candidates in the places you cite* - RangerDanger May 20, 2022, 11:17:49 since ####ing when?* - VIV May 20, 2022, 11:07:21 Oh, this is his new thing. If you're childless, your existence must be miserable... - KingTalkyTiki May 20, 2022, 11:13:05 no if you don't have kids, you're opinions don't matter; it's the only way he can win arguments* - suburbanmyth May 20, 2022, 11:27:47 I mean yeah, that too....but he's explicitly said the other stuff - KingTalkyTiki May 20, 2022, 11:31:13 yes, he has; usually people grow out of that stuff but when you haven't had to earn much on.... - suburbanmyth May 20, 2022, 11:34:31 I see this so much with my friends who have kids - Sounder May 20, 2022, 12:07:13 Agreed - bigbop85 May 20, 2022, 13:15:09 POTD* - Chilango May 20, 2022, 11:57:48 The party of environmental deregulation suddenly wants to leave the world a better place * - VIV May 20, 2022, 11:24:55 I guessing he just means financially. - KingTalkyTiki May 20, 2022, 11:53:39 Trust fund kids gonna trust fund* - Chilango May 20, 2022, 12:26:47 That is amazing* - Tooldresser May 20, 2022, 10:16:35 I’m very interested in how they a) ####ed up that bad and b) ‘corrected it’ - John Coctostan May 20, 2022, 10:15:33 it was obvious it wasn't going to be right in real time* - assassin May 20, 2022, 10:31:05 At least it seems like mere incompetence and not some grand conspiracy. * - doubledown May 20, 2022, 10:04:12 it's like if you want something to be really true, encourage the bopper to take the opposite side... - suburbanmyth May 20, 2022, 10:02:02 Universe....not letting old white men win since the dawn of time. - WhitmansFolly May 20, 2022, 10:12:37 That is good news * - illiniranger May 20, 2022, 9:16:03   Searching