Illinois government offices remained open Saturday as the home state of former President Barack Obama commemorated his birthday under a new state law.
The bill marking Aug. 4 as “Barack Obama Day” throughout the state was enacted without making the date a full-scale holiday.
The Illinois House narrowly rejected a plan to make Obama’s birthday a state holiday amid worries that the cash-strapped state could not afford to give state state employees another paid day off.
Obama turned 57.
The law hailed Obama’s efforts to protect the rights of Americans and build “bridges across communities.”
"It's incredibly proud for Illinois that the president came from Illinois. I think it's awesome, and I think we should celebrate it," Gov. Bruce Rauner said in signing the measure into law, according to TheHill. "I don't think it should be a formal holiday with paid, forced time off, but I think it should be a day of acknowledgment and celebration."
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Obama’s former chief of staff, wished Obama a happy birthday on Twitter, saying “57 never looked so good,” according to the publication.
Former first lady Michelle Obama also wished her husband a happy birthday on Twitter, saying, “The view is always better with you.”
Illinois, California and Wisconsin celebrate Ronald Reagan Day every Feb. 6 in honor of the late Republican president’s birthday, USA Today reported.
An Obama spokeswoman said Obama plans to celebrate his birthday with a family dinner in Washington on Saturday night, according to the paper.
Ladies and gentlemen, take my advice - pull down your pants and slide on the ice. ʘ ͜ʖ ʘ
August 04, 2018, 03:52 PM
12131
quote:
Why are we celebrating this turd?
"We" are NOT celebrating the turd. Never before, not now, and never ever. Only the leftists/socialists/communists celebrate him.
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August 04, 2018, 03:55 PM
arcwelder
That's funny, I don't remember a more divisive president. Building bridges my ass.
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August 04, 2018, 03:58 PM
jljones
Bridges across communities?
Apparently, the author and I have way different definitions of bridge building. All that low rent SOB did was weaponize the government against half of the population, and feed his own self interests off of the other half.
Could you imagine if Trump actually did this to the left? I know they think they are being soooooo mistreated right now, but could you imagine if he weaponized just one federal agency against them? The amount of shock and outrage would shut down CNN.
In the cities where he built bridges the strongest, it currently looks like scenes from Blackhawk Down.
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August 04, 2018, 04:01 PM
MikeinNC
it is COAST GUARD DAY!! and has been for 228 years,
Today is NOT BHO day.
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August 04, 2018, 04:33 PM
bobtheelf
quote:
Originally posted by jljones: Bridges across communities?
Apparently, the author and I have way different definitions of bridge building. All that low rent SOB did was weaponize the government against half of the population, and feed his own self interests off of the other half.
Could you imagine if Trump actually did this to the left? I know they think they are being soooooo mistreated right now, but could you imagine if he weaponized just one federal agency against them? The amount of shock and outrage would shut down CNN.
In the cities where he built bridges the strongest, it currently looks like scenes from Blackhawk Down.
No, no, building bridges. Like that bridge in Gaza.
Yet another reason to not ever venture to Illinois. Screw Hussein Obama. Glad that bitch is gone. Regards 18DAI
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August 04, 2018, 05:22 PM
bald1
Would they consider celebrating with a "float test"?
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August 04, 2018, 05:24 PM
cas
The flags should be at half mast.
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August 04, 2018, 06:39 PM
.38supersig
quote:
Originally posted by bald1: Would they consider celebrating with a "float test"?
No. Everybody gets a free nine layer PDF file and are supposed to be too stupid to know if it has been altered.
August 04, 2018, 07:02 PM
spunk639
Maybe it should be Kenyan Pride Day.
August 04, 2018, 07:51 PM
divil
I think I need to go wipe my ass, suddenly I feel unclean.
August 04, 2018, 09:17 PM
wcb6092
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August 04, 2018, 10:49 PM
sgalczyn
Damn - it's not a memorial observation??
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August 05, 2018, 06:38 AM
gearhounds
You mean the guy that did so much to try and curb the violence in his stomping grounds of Chicago? That Obama? What a divisive piece of shit he is. And those hypocrites celebrate him.
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August 05, 2018, 07:05 AM
kz1000
------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Yidn, shreibt un fershreibt"
"The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind." -Bomber Harris
August 05, 2018, 08:15 AM
BamaJeepster
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” - John Adams
August 06, 2018, 09:27 AM
Ricardokid11
FBHO! What a devisive POS!
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