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‘Let My People Go!’: Illinois State Rep. Goes Absolutely Ballistic During Screaming Speech Over Pension Vote

This might be the craziest political speech you’ve seen. This is Illinois State Rep. Mike Bost absolutely losing it during a floor speech yesterday. And while he does go ballistic — throwing papers, screaming, and flailing his arms — he does have a good reason: earlier in the day a committee voted on a pension reform bill that then put it up for a vote for the entire House; but Bost was furious since the hundred-plus-page bill wouldn’t be properly vetted.

That led to this:

Illinois Representative Mike Bost Goes Crazy During Speech

Illinois Representative Mike Bost Goes Crazy During Speech

Illinois Representative Mike Bost Goes Crazy During Speech

Illinois Representative Mike Bost Goes Crazy During Speech

The local CBS station describes why some are upset with the bill. But I think it’s safe to say that Bost is most upset with the tactics and how supporters tried to force a vote. In short, he didn’t want to pass the bill to find out what was in it. And he had enough. Here’s how it sounded (you might want to turn the volume up if you’ve had it with politics as usual — Bost is your champion):

“Total power in one person’s hands – not the American way!” Bost began.

“These damn bills that come out here all the damn time, come out here at the last second!” Bost added as he threw papers. “I’ve got to figure out how to vote for my people!”

“You should be ashamed of yourselves! I’m sick of it!” he went on. “Every year! We give power to one person! It was not made that way in the Constitution! He was around when it was written! Now we give him – we’ve passed rules that stop each one of us! Enough! I feel like somebody trying to be released from Egypt! Let my people go!”

This story has been updated.

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  • Steve28
    Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:46am

    And this is where Obama learned how to be a politician

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    • WakingSheep
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 11:33am

      No worries! Romney will fix it!
      He is Constitutionally sound!

      BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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    • GETLIFE
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 11:41am

      And what’s with all those cowardly lumps in the green leather la-z-boy armchairs around him?
      No one reacting either way? Looks like the whole place needs to be cleaned out –except Rep.Bost.

      I suggest folding chairs–straight backs, no armrests.

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    • GETLIFE
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 11:54am

      And get rid of the laptops and phones–maybe they would have to listen to EACH OTHER.
      What a slobby, corrupt atmosphere. Obviously the deal making is done somewhere else, and all of those “representatives” are just fine with slumping in their leather chairs– digesting (free) lunch.

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    • skinnydipinacid
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 12:49pm

      Big comfy chairs = easier to fall asleep only to wake up and tow the party line when called.

      It’s the Illinois way. It won’t balance a budget worth a damn, but boy is it relaxing.

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 1:49pm

      And get rid of the damn PRESENT button! You vote either yes or no!

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 2:04pm

      Wow! Words you will never hear a progressive say….

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    • ICEDRAGONNITE
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 2:34pm

      He did have them squirming a bit, I say he hit the nail on the head. People this is not just a problem with Illinois but all across the country. This guy has my vote.

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    • MAMMY_NUNN
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 3:07pm

      With a lineup like this what could go wrong ?
      http://illinoisteaparty.net/congress?party=All&title=All&state=IL&gender=All

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    • abbygirl1994
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 3:40pm

      He never learned to be a politician.. if he had we wouldn’t be where we are!

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    • SONOFNANYE-HI
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 4:03pm

      It appears the Youtube counter has been stuck on 315 all day long. Mustn’t have the appearance of a viral video or anything like that. Nice work Google.

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    • smllms
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 6:34pm

      Youtube is still suppressing the count–still 315.

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    • thecrow2123
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:51pm

      @ WAKINGSHEEP

      With the constitution the econemy and the rule of law so severely dammaged by Bobama, Peeloshe, da reid and their wanna be‘s it’s likely no one may be able “fix it” as you mockingly suggest but one things for sure, the odds that Mr. Romney will try to are a million times higher than they are Bobama will.

      It’s pretty clear Obama has nothing but contempt for the constitution and America in general and every move he has made, has been made, with the intent to destroy both.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 12:11am

      He can move to Florida and replace Debbie Wasserman Shultz…

      Hey Mike Bost, no snow to shovel in Florida. : )

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    • pattybbb1
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:29am

      Woo Hoo! Well said, well said to that Rep!

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    • West Coast Patriot
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 3:22am

      Thecrow, Yeah, Romney is so in tune with the Constitution. That is why he has a D- (Dee Minus) with Gun Owners of America. Get real. Romney cannot defeat Obama, he does not have a big enough base to do so. Research it. Look at the pictures and videos of his rallies. There isn’t hardly anyone there at any of them! He is having a very hard time getting the actual delegates at the conventions. Nobody is enthused enough to do the leg work. This is a big problem for a potential POTUS. If he cannot get his supporters fired up during an election, how is he going to get his administration and anyone else fired up as POTUS? Quit listening to the lying media.

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    • lordjosh
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 9:48am

      There’s that thrill up my leg again.

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    • Gold Coin & Economic News
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 10:11am

      He must be a regular commenter on HuffPo. Only those loonies think like that.

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    • soybomb315
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 10:32am

      We could use a few more guys like him. Government is out of control and this guy is doing everything he can to represent his people. He is a hero

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    • wdittgasn
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 12:12pm

      I agree with anonymous, PRESENT isn’t a vote…..

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    • GatorSkin
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 2:25pm

      Wakingmoron, you had better wake up and soon before the good ole USA is gone!!!!!!!!!

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    • Bluebonnet
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 5:32pm

      He’s right! We’ve had enough of the Nancy Palosi crap of “you can find out what’s in it after you vote for it.” That woman doesn’t have a brain, so she has an excuse.
      I love the passion this Rep. showed and more power to him.
      Enough of that voting present, like Obama always did, and be a real man/woman and vote up or down.
      That voting present shows what wimps you people are. It’s never for the best of the people, it’s for the best of what you can get out of it for yourselves, selling your souls. I know your games.

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    • West Coast Patriot
      Posted on June 1, 2012 at 2:39am

      Gatorskin, Wakingsheep is one of the good guys, maybe you just do not understand his humor.

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  • Inlightofthings
    Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:44am

    It isn’t ironic that Mr. Bost popped a vessel with pension spending bill in Illinois. I believe that a full 20% of the Illinois state budget is allocated to funding pensions….imagine that…20%!!!! Union workers make up on average 13% of the workforce and 20% of the states budget is dedicated to paying for their retirement.

    Go Scott Walker…

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    • Inlightofthings
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:54am

      BTW:
      Private sector union workforce is @ 7%
      Municipality union workforce is @ 36%

      For a net average of 13%.

      The government dole is a great gig – you can work 25 years for the government, retire at 50 and collect 80% pay and benefits. He!! you can pick up a job and make a bundle. That scenario plus 49% of households collecting a government handout….Mr. Schiff will not seem like the genius he will appear to be in a few years.

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    • lossfactor
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:56am

      Mike Bost for President!

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    • CLG 4
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:56am

      Why is anyone surprised at the way the democrat socialists in illinois are running their government. We all should know our candidates but the real problem in America today is the bureaucracy of government. The Governor is a figurehead, the congressmen (either party) when elected become employees of the Government (Wages and benefits). The bureaucracy dictates what happens in Illinois. We are all Americans not different sides of a wrestling match. We need to downsize the bureaucracy of the government.
      We need to have our tax money go for programs that help all not to over compensate the bureaucracy.

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    • SANE_I think
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 11:11am

      Inlightofthings,…..I work for the Rhode Island DOT. I can NEVER get %80, not if I worked 50 years. By the time I am allowed to retire I will have 40 years in. They will have taken $256,000.00 in cash out of MY paycheck. I will be 69 years old and get 30K per year. ( system just revamped, I can not get out of it, it is forced on me.) So IF? I live to 80 I break even. We now have a system of retirement where the rules say give me %10 of your gross earnings and die. What retirement? Has to be a middle ground, its not right, its not fair. I will never be able to retire! Best part is since I am no longer married and my daughter will be older than 18, THEY WILL KEEP THE MONEY!! Yes, they fixed it so that people caught in the middle (years of servive) will be robbed! Thats how they fixed it in RI. It is as wrong as wrong can be. Legal ,state sponsored robbery! PMO

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    • Matrix22
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 11:46am

      Sane, you have every right to be pissed, but frankly, you should be pissed at the Democrats who refuse to allow your “pension” to be privatized. Imagine how much money would be in your 401K or other retirement tool if you got to keep that 10% for yourself! Then it wouldn’t matter when you quit! It would be up to you and your family to determine how and when you want to retire. I’m in the military, and they’ve proposed doing that with our pensions, and people freaked out, so it will probably never happen. It’s only because the Unions and Dems have convinced everyone that privatization is somehow the most evil thing on the planet.

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    • I support God's Israel!
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 12:31pm

      SANE_I think: Matrix 22 IS CORRECT and yes, you should be pissed. I would be.
      You can thank the Democrats for what you are feeling. THEY ARE YOUR THIEVES.
      How would you like to control your own retirement? You would?
      Then, vote CONSERVATIVE, and not Democrat. Contrary to what the Dems say about the
      Republicans. the conservatives WANT you to control your own money. THEY WANT SMALLER
      GOVERNMENT (not the rhinos – hint, hint).

      GET INVOLVED IN YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND FOR GOODNESS SAKES, FIND OUT WHO YOUR UNION LEADERS ARE AND MAKE A LEGAL ATTEMPT TO GET RID OF THEM. They are shaking hands with the real enemies.

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    • Inlightofthings
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 2:34pm

      SANE:
      You have likely never met the NY sanitation worker I saw interviewed that makes over $100,000 per year and plans to do as outlined. Or the many teachers in that same vein, while they make less $ than the sanitation worker have the golden parachute; or the bus drivers that have the same benefit package due to their associations to the schools. The question you need to ask is where the dues are going…how much ends up in the hands of union leadership and how much is allocated to electing progressives. Unions spent $6,000,000 to campaign against Christie. Your questions might help you understand right-to-work states and why Walker is vilified by the unions in Wisconsin, but is being hailed as a hero by creating a SURPLUS in the state budget and using the $ to create jobs. The scenario presented is not typical…but certainly atypical compared to most.

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    • chazmo
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 3:01pm

      that’s not quite true.. In order to get 80% you would have to work 40 years. We only get 2.0 x years of service.. Still pretty darn good if I say so myself. Here is the rub. I started working for the State of Calif at a early age. Didn’t realize the ramifications of my Sin. But, I can’t possibly take back those 25 years of service and all of a sudden start a retirement plan at 50 years old.

      We were duped. :( I’m struggling now to make amends.. I’m saving in Gold and Silver and a measly 401k(yea right). I realize my service to the State will not come with the promised pension. I understand that now. Gonna be a tough end of life life for me and my wife. But, we will work it out.

      By the way, my wife and I lost over 50% of our 401k in the 2008 crash. A new one is coming soon. We now only contribute the minimum and the rest goes to Physical Gold and Silver, paying down our debts, buying long term food, and getting ready for the SHTF that is coming. We’ve scaled down our life to the basics to prepare for the worst.

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    • bdsconserv
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 4:00pm

      hear,hear!

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    • chrisden
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 7:15pm

      It looks like Illinois needs their own Scott Walker. The pensions of the public sector are a mess all across this nation. I don‘t know what this man’s party affiliation is. All I know is I like his spunk and I like the fact that he shows disgust for how this naiton is being revaged by our elected officials. Did you look at the rest of the bunch around him. They looked like bumps on a log and one woman was laughing when he talked about Egypt and letting his people go. Shame on her. Ravaging the taxpayer is no laughing matter. I wish more politicians had this much passion for doing what is right.

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    • Alessandre
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 8:16pm

      @ Sane_I Think: many of us will never retire w/ $30,000 or any $$ at all. I will never retire & have never expected to do so. When I began working @ 14, I realized SS & all the other forced deductions were a scam. Union pensions are just another way to steal. They’re all Ponzi schemes & fantasies. But now the money has run out & we’re faced w/ reality.

      I wish they’d just let us have our own money to invest – how much might you have made investing 1/4 mil? But were you ever taught to invest? I wasn’t. And I have an amazing education, went to a small academic high school w/ college level classes taught by PhDs & 2 Ivy league schools/universities. We were taught to have great careers (but not jobs). There was never 1 class in investing $$ earned from the great careers. Social Security & pensions would cover retirement. They didn‘t want us to invest because we’d be able to care for ourselves.

      The truth is, we’ve been robbed. Social Security, pensions, taxes – all schemes to steal our $$. There’s probably no way to get it back, ever. We’ve got to clean house, try to recover what we can & use our ingenuity to make $$ for ourselves. But 1st we must understand what has happened & is happening so that we stop asking those who are robbing us to return what they’ve stolen. They won’t. Thieves don’t return their plunder unless they have a change of heart so praying for them is necessary. But don’t expect too much. We’ll have to fix this ourselves.

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    • wdittgasn
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 12:28pm

      You know, this thing called retirement in not a thing our creator would have…..People way back when did not retire, they worked till they died, or became unable to…..Then their FAMILIES took care of them……All of God’s servants worked till death…… In toil you shall eat of it, ALL THE DAYS OF YOUR LIFE, By the sweat of your brow shall you eat your bread, TILL YOU RETURN TO THE GROUND…….The fact that we are having trouble sustaining retirement is only proof of what I have just written.

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  • LeQuoix
    Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:39am

    People make fun of this. They make fun of Taiwan and the eastern European state house fights. They get offended when Cheng told Reid to go f….. himself………. I personally love it. It shows they are human. Not this politically correct thou shall not raise your voice, show any aggression, general status quo.
    Fact of life people……… SOMETIMES SOMEONE NEEDS AN ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT!!!!! And I don’t care if its a kid with a good spanking or a few COLORFUL WORDS, Or a treasonous ***** like Obama getting pile driven into the floor……. reality is, It can’t always be fixed with civilized words and hugs…….. That gentleman deserves praise, not lip service ,

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    • grand slam grandam
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 10:17am

      At last! A man who isn‘t afraid to speak out with great gusto and he didn’t even have to use the F-word! Congratulations, sir! You can throw an air punch for me too!

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    • VRW Conspirator
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 10:24am

      reminds me of Daniel Webster on the House floor…
      We need more “politicians” that act human and get F’ing mad at the crap being pulled in DC and on the State levels….
      No more Ivory Tower mentality….take away their perks, their retirement, their 401k, their Medical/Dental unless every American can get it too for the same cost…their cars, travel, and housing allowances…
      they get paid 4-5 times what the average US family makes total and most of them have “consultant” jobs or law practices they still get paid for as well.. Biden and McCain were the two “poorest” Senators in terms of IRS tax filing numbers and they both took in over 450,000 in 2008…
      Why are we paying Congress 185,000/year when they only work 4 days a week, most of the time the House Chamber is empty unless they have to run in for a photo op, speech they are giving, or to vote on a bill they never read which takes 30 seconds…add in benefits and medical and they are taking 250K minimum from the US taxpayers…
      We don’t need term limits…we need a Congressional pay limit…tie their pay to the average US household..same for ALL Federal workers…
      economy goes down, our income goes down…so does their pay…see how many jump ship to the private sector in the first year…would be like rats leaving a sinking ship….then use the money we reclaim from the leeches to increase the base pay of Active Duty personnel to at least the poverty line..22k/yr at a E1

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    • I support God's Israel!
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 12:33pm

      Actually, I would have never read this entire article had not this guy went nuts. HE brought attention to the problem to people like me. FOR THIS, I THANK HIM.

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    • pavnvet
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 1:49pm

      @VRW Pay limits wouldn’t mean a thing. These guys spend millions to get elected and often, although to you and me it is a lot of money per year, the salary and perks are nothing more than pocket change to them. I do not begrudge their personal wealth, but I abhor their lust for power. What we need is term limits, limits on spending in campaigns and laws making professional lobbying a crime.

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    • wdittgasn
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 12:57pm

      VRW….. The people in congress make their money not by what we pay them, this is just for show……. They make their money by investing in companies ( lets say the company that makes airport scanners ); Then they pass laws which benefit these companies greatly, ( forcing their use in airports ), then they reap vast profits from their investments……. They invest in companies that produce military hardware, then they warmonger all over the place, making huge profits for themselves and the people that help keep them in power……. It is time for the stupid people that put jerks in office to wake up and no longer be stupid anymore……. But there really is not much of a hope for curing the mental disorder of liberalism, nor can stupidity really be fixed.

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  • BlackCrow
    Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:36am

    The state of Illinois has been a political suburb of Chicago since the nineteen thirties. Like California and the North East the place is well past redemption. I grew up there, I know. It was so bad that back in the seventies a number of down state counties attempted to secede from the state and things have done nothing but go downhill since.

    They made their bed when they made a deal with the devil Communist/Democrats, let them lie in it!

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    • VRW Conspirator
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 10:41am

      don’t count CA out…until the 1990′s, CA was well balanced and actually looked out for the residents of the State. Reagan won CA in 1980 and 1984 and was governor for two terms…things really got bad in the late 1990′s under Davis, a liberal Democrat that made horrible decisions with CA energy policy, telecommunications, and education. That being coupled with the Clinton slash and burn on the military policy (which closed all of CA’s bases save San Diego Coronado Naval yard and Camp Pendelton Marine amphibious base and Fort Irwin Army desert/mountain training facility). There used to be 32 military based in CA before the Clinton cuts, now there are a dozen if you count the specialized bases like Vandenberg, and research bases like China Lake.
      CA was the 5th largest economy in the WORLD, produced 1/4 of the US food supply, and was the tech center of the nation and World for nearly 3 decades.
      CA is largely conservative and moderate Republican in all but the major population centers of LA county and SF/Oakland Bay area, unfortunately, those make up about 12 million of the 30 million residents. On a county map of elections the State is all red with just a handful of blue counties.
      Political gerrymandering has kept the Dems in control of the Legislature for 30 years destroying CA as the once great Golden State and jewel of the USA.
      only State were you can surf in the morning, 4×4 at noon, and ski at night year round..almost

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    • angelcat
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 1:23pm

      I lived in the suburbs of Chicago and I agree with you completely. I grew up thinking dead people were supposed to vote and that it was a given that unions would threaten the jobs of those who dared to vote against their candidates.

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  • Fonz777
    Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:36am

    we need to get our engines revved to get out of this grand canyon we’re in!

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  • Philo Beddoe
    Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:35am

    When you have a Illinois Attorney General (Madigan) the daughter of The Speaker of the House Madigan) unwilling to hold her father and fellow criminals legislators accountable, this is the outcome when someone wants a legitimate govt.

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    • EqualJustice
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:44am

      The STATE trying to shove the huge cost of PENSIONS onto the local municipalities? So wrong. No wonder they handed them the “bill” so late in the game.

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    • teamarcheson
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:52am

      YOU HAVE TO PASS THE LAW TO FIND OUT WHAT IS IN THE LAW

      He is absolutely right. We are today two nations divided, one Communist and one Free. The Communists have control of the courts and news media and are slowly strangling the American people. We will soon see an out brake of fist fights in our legislatures because the communists have been able to sabotage our republic form of government. Its time to break off negotiations with the Democrat Communist Party, there isn’t anything to negotiate anymore we are now two distinct nations and have a right to be separate from each other. Lets start to split up our county as was done in the USSR. We are crippled by our division.

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    • lukerw
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 10:32am

      @TEA…
      You must do a Lewis Black… for people to pay attention!

      The Founders created our form of Government to be Slow & Contentious… because they wanted a Small Government that did not pass many laws! The Libs want the opposite… to Regulate & Law everything… alike the Fascists that they are… so they introduce Speed, Efficiencey, Cooperation, Trust into the procedures!

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    • Inlightofthings
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 3:33pm

      I’d like to see a referendum on law passing in 2014…let the legislators spend a full year determining how they will ensure the laws already on the books are properly funded and administered. i.e. Make them read all 2800 pages of the ACA and interpret the law as it affects every citizen…

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  • 65Mustang
    Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:35am

    Mr. Bost is trying to find something that makes sense in a state that is so mired down by corrupt policies from Democrats that he finally has lost it..it also appears that he is standing alone in a sea of indifferent fellow representatives.

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    • Trapped_In_Illinois
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:41am

      Can anyone identify the people surrounding him? I’d like to take names.

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    • hayesstephen
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:43am

      Bravo!!! An honest man talking from his heart to a nest of crooks. I’ll pray for you sir. An honest man surrounded by thieves and lairs. God Bless.

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    • EqualJustice
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:45am

      NO, I saw a few applaud at one point. I’m sure they all feel the same way on his side of the aisle.

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    • RushEcho2
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:57am

      In case you wondered, Yes, he is a Republican.

      http://www.bost.ilhousegop.org/

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    • VRW Conspirator
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 10:49am

      I didn’t see applause…I saw a lot of faces that said “oh my gawd what is this loser doing” and “i am so embarrassed to be near this guy” and “what is going on, I was dreaming of prostitutes and kickbacks from the Dem/Rahm/Obama machine, not in that order”…
      again…the chamber is empty…people are just lounging in their chairs…nobody even seems to take notice of this guy until he starts throwing stuff…nor do they seem to care other than he is disrupting their nap or text or whatever…
      i bet if you research…he probably has done this before which is why everyone was just “no big deal”

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    • BIgWheeler
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 11:21am

      I wish we had some one that brave in the U.S. house when they forced a vote on obamacare.

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    • joxercat
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 4:50pm

      Go to the Illinois house or representatives site and all of them are listed with photos. Wont take long to figure them out.

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    • Bum thrower
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 6:48pm

      Got rope? there are losts of trees in ‘The Land of Lincolin”……

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  • alpha2omega47
    Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:34am

    We need to see more such political passion in support of honor, dignity, character, morals and upholding the Constitution. I’d like to see this guy; or some politician like him, give Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid a knuckle sandwich.

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  • Dinky Byne
    Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:33am

    How do you spell Illinois? C-O-R-R-U-P-T-I-O-N

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    • poster
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:59am

      no, no, no… that’s how you spell Detroit.

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    • lukerw
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 10:22am

      Al Capone… was afraid of the Detroit – Purple Gang!

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  • BeingThere
    Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:28am

    If I were in congress I doubt that there is ANYTHING that I could vote for. There is probably an unconstitutional aspect to everything they do. I would vote no on everything!!!

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  • Trapped_In_Illinois
    Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:28am

    For those of you who think ‘they’ are coming unglued, please take the time to educate yourself on Illinois politics. We tried to send it to Washington but only managed to spread the mess to the entire country. Corruption, deficits, rigged elections, it’s all here.

    Until the Mike Madigan/Chicago/CookCounty stranglehold on Illinois is broken, we are doomed.

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    • scrudge
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:46am

      As said before AMERICA will destroy it self from within this is regretful

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    • W.Bear
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 10:37am

      As a fellow trapped citizen, I sounded the alarm with you, and was laughed at. There are large pockets of sanity Downstate, but we will forever be shouted down and shut out by the Chicago machine.

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    • I support God's Israel!
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 12:34pm

      Take a look at the corrupt men that came out of Illinois and are now in leadership positions.
      ILLINOIS DOES NOT STAND A CHANCE, UNTIL YOU, THE PEOPLE, take over.

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  • Zuma Beach
    Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:27am

    We have to pass the bill before we can see what’s in it………

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  • Baerlin
    Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:26am

    Maybe it is time to read the fine print before the bill is signed. Alot of people are angry and I can imagine the calls and emails that some of the reps get day in and out. Check out the young lady who starts laughing behind him. Too bad she doesn’t take it seriously………

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  • piper60
    Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:25am

    If I lived in Illinois, this guy would have my vote.

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    • hatchetjob
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 12:39pm

      He’d have my vote too, and I’d take him out to lunch.

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    • Slice_Of_Life
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 2:02pm

      I agree Piper. But, we could always adopt the Chicago-style-voting-fraud-political corruption tactics and vote anyway. Even though I live in Florida one could always find an address, or addresses, in this gentlemans district and vote…and vote…and vote…often.

      It is the Chicago-way afterall, but alas, for the most part, we are Conservative Christians who won’t violate the law, taint our integrity, will continue to value our morals and won’t participate in misdeeds which further tarnish the process ~ for in the end we shall ultimately savor victory.

      OMG 2012

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  • Cherbear
    Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:25am

    I feel he’s echoing how I feel…..enough already; totally sick and tired and frustrated with how things are done. God help us.

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  • FeliciaJewel
    Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:22am

    Wonderful!!!!

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  • TIME_2_END_THE_GOP_IN_12
    Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:22am

    What do we have here? A Republican trying to do his job? Hey!! Allen West, Bachmann, Eric Cantor, Bonener, Marco Rubio, Mike Rogers…… take note, stop giving our liberties and power to one man.

    National Defense Authorization Act
    Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act
    Federal Aviation Administration Act
    Department of Homeland Security
    Patriot Act
    TSA

    Romney 2012
    For Amerika or Amercia (take your pick)

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    • EqualJustice
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:40am

      Why don’t you STOP continuously posting the SAME DAM THING? It’s getting annoying! ROMNEY 2012 no matter HOW you spell AMERICA or WHO tries to sabotage his campaign. We are sick of Obama and Co and all the corruption!

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    • Fubared
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:55am

      Like unions, your boy’s welfare state, and the entitlement mantra, these have all lived beyond their shelf life and will hopefully be dealt with once some sanity has been reestablished. Weak, weak, weak. Much like the left, weak, limp wristed attempts to get power into the hands of a few. Socialism sucks dude. Don’t be a sucker for life.

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    • Re-Founding Sons
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 12:00pm

      @TIME
      You know who is most against, voted against, and wants to repeal all those Acts you listed?…Ron & Rand Paul. See you‘re a Paul fan and don’t even realize it.

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    • progressiveslayer
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 1:36pm

      RE-FOUNDING SONS That time2 isn’t the one who routinely bashes RP,look at his name.

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    • Icnivad
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:18pm

      RONGUY PAULBOT 2012!!!!

      Romneycult! U Mainstream!

      Oh yeah, I forgot. ;)

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    • Re-Founding Sons
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 12:32pm

      @TIME
      My sincere apology for mixing you up with the other TIME, I didn’t read the name all the way through.
      Thanks for the clarification PROGRESSIVESLAYER

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    • Hoser
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 12:33pm

      @TIME – You’re apparently so obtuse about politics that a scale has yet to have been improvised to weigh your lack of understanding about what happened in 2010. Sorry to be so blunt but after the 2010 election results (from senate to local dog catcher) — and if you still can’t get it — then the problem is on your end.

      The milquetoast “Ike-Nixon-Bush41/43″ Republican Party created the Tea Party, not BHO. After the disaster of W’s last four years we strong Constitutionalist had nowhere to turn.

      The Tea Party movement was born. It was COMPLETELY grassroots. There was nothing coordinated. In my case, I just got off my ass and showed up at a capitol rally on April 15, 2009 because I was pissed! And I learned there were others who are just as pissed as I was. This is how it all began. We went to work; became politically active (my family thought I went off the deep end); became a substantial political force to be reckoned with, and now we hold Rino feet to the proverbial flames of a burning constitution they set fire to. I was told by conservative friends that I was wasting my time. “You may feel better about yourself but it doesn’t matter.“ ”Bull—t,” I responded. In 2010 it worked. (Those same friends are damned quiet now.)

      Ultimately, we ARE removing the treasonous Rinos. But it’s going to take time. Ron Paul can’t pull a rabbit from his bum and save the country. It’s too late. Voting for anyone but Mitt now will do nothing but reelect BHO.

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    • TIME_2_END_THE_GOP_IN_12
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 9:40pm

      Re-Founding Sons
      NP LOL!

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    • TIME_2_END_THE_GOP_IN_12
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 9:45pm

      Hoser
      Just telling the truth. Nothing more or less.

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  • Loi
    Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:18am

    Keep fighting brother! keep yelling..maybe someone will hear. Dear God please hear us!!!!! Our current Pres doesn’t!!!!!

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  • EqualJustice
    Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:13am

    I saw him explain and I would feel the SAME way. The Democrats handed them a 209 page bill at 7:40am for a vote debate at 8am. That’s what they ALWAYS do and he had just had enough! They want tons more money for pensions and expenses that they DO NOT HAVE! Just shove it at the other side and force a vote without even READING what’s in the bill? I thought we were DONE with that? GOOD FOR HIM for caling them out!

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    • deerfawn
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:34am

      I think any bill coming in at the last minute should get an automatic no vote.

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:09am

    Outstanding, if the opposition was trying to ramrod it through then there must be some reason in the pages; something they want ot keep hidden.

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  • pwatkins
    Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:09am

    Kind of wish all representatives would stand up and go a little crazy over some of the mess around the country. I feel sort of like Bost does…ready to lose it.

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  • moussiagilda
    Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:08am

    Thank you. Nobody is coming unglued except those on the wrong side.

    They don’t deserve huge pensions, and you know it. Because, how necessary are their jobs, and who pays for them? Consider how this feels not only for yourself, but for all. All.

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    • huey6367
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 10:04am

      And I guess you feel it would be OK ram a bill through without being read by anyone. That is a problem (Obamacare)

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  • Grace1798
    Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:05am

    Thank God someone is in there fighting for what’s right for Americans and our country and not going along with the HERD (Socialist/Marxist) mentality!

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    • CatB
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:16am

      They need to send him over to the U.S. Senate .. Harry Reid could use a good “talking to” … he won’t even let anything come up for a vote. I agree with Bost .. they are too LAZY to read and discuss bills .. they just want a quick vote .. and go on with living the good life at taxpayer expense They are NOT working for us.

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  • wingedwolf
    Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:04am

    Holy Mother of God, they are REALLY coming unglued!

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    • CatB
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:18am

      For good reason . they don’t want to do their jobs and read and discuss anything .. just RAM things through.

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  • Darla_K
    Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:02am

    lol……Maybe he needs a vacation.

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    • readytostand
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:29am

      @darla k — What do you mean (lol). You find this to be humorous ? This guy is frustated with the same disgusting tactics , that bury us further in debt as a taxpaying citizen ! Ha ha , yup he needs a vacation! And your a moron !!!!!

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    • coachsmac
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 9:57am

      Nothing funny about this and I don’t live in that God forsaken state, but at some point some one has to have some sort of fiscal common sense! He at least seems to understand you can’t intelligently vote on a 240 page bill you get 20 minutes earlier!! Seems some would have learned from Obamacare!

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    • abbygirl1994
      Posted on May 30, 2012 at 3:47pm

      Lol?????????????? You do realize that this country is about to go down the tubes.. we are about to see the SHTF. People like you just walk around thinking nothing is wrong with America!! Get your head out of the sand and wake up! You want a dictator.. move to a country like Syria.. where they are slaughtering men, women and children! Mr. Boat is a rare breed, we nned more of these outbursts, from more GOP… stand up and scream your bloody heads off.. and stop the destroying of America.. stop giving Obama all the power! God help us!

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    • Hoser
      Posted on May 31, 2012 at 1:55pm

      Bost has read both the state and federal constitution. He knows what it means, knows what it says, understands the founder’s intent and can quote the founders. (Can you, Darla?)

      We are witnessing PASSION for The Rule of Law. Day in — day out; day after day; week after week; month after month; and year after year the Democratic Socialist in Illinois have destroyed The Great State of the Land of Abe Lincoln. Illinois is no longer a Representative Republic but oppressive strong armed tactics that we have seen throughout history in every totalitarian government since Genesis.

      Mike Bost recognizes that our Representative Republic as created, instituted, designed – and defended by the death and maiming of millions of patriots and veterans – is being subverted before our very eyes at the hands of Communist who call themselves The Democratic Party.

      It is a slow death for what once was a proud state and likely irreparable given the socialist voting block within Cook County. Patriot Mike Bost knows it. This is why we hear grief, pain, anguish, torment, and agony in his voice.

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