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Re: Question of the day

Rich Miller — Fri, 04 May 2007 10:23:55 -0000

"Way Northsider" ===Wrigley Field has atmosphere===

You mean it stinks? lol

Re: Question of the day

Way Northsider — Wed, 02 May 2007 21:56:33 -0000

Guy Montag - the 9 sided "dome" is not really a dome. Imagine 9 pointed leaf or petal shaped sides coming together at the top.

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Anonymous — Wed, 02 May 2007 21:34:30 -0000

Besides Chicago, Galena is beautiful with lots of history. A wonderful weekend vacation. I'm also fascinated with the I and M Canal. Great for hiking and biking with many small town to visit along the trail.
I know this Governor has gutted DNR but what few employees that are left do a great job with our state parks. A few come to mind near Chicago. Kankakee River State Park, Silver Springs FWA, Moraine Hills, Volo Bog and Goose Lake Prairie.

Re: Question of the day

Rayne of Terror — Wed, 02 May 2007 21:26:42 -0000

Allerton really is a wonder. We live near by and visit many times every year and it always fills me with wonder and awe. When I go on a weekday I often have the place all to myself which is magical.

Re: Question of the day

Disgusted — Wed, 02 May 2007 19:26:51 -0000

The state capitol building as the biggest repository of empty, talking heads.

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Gregor — Wed, 02 May 2007 19:08:41 -0000

My seven wonders:

1> Blago's hair: never out of place, never grays, deflects meteors and FOIA requests.

2> The wait for indictments: everyone feels they're inevitable, yet the administration acts like they extrude almond bark, as scandal afer scandal erupts.

3> A budget. A REAL budget.

4> Emil Jones: dancing the funky chicken on the third rails of politics like he's Nureyev, with his blatant nepotism and electric utility shilling.

5> "Bill": His unflagging devotion to Blags in the face of reality puts Molly Brown and Polyanna to shame. He could start a religion.

6> Chicago hot dogs; made just like our legislation.

7> The Cap fax for being the one-stop source for getting a handle on what's being done to us or for us by state government.

Re: Question of the day

Decatur Dave — Wed, 02 May 2007 18:38:26 -0000

What a crock! This is the safe, geographically-balanced, offend no one (except Sox fans) list. It would be interesting to see what the votes really were. I imagine that this list was put together before any votes were recorded.

Re: Question of the day

Guy Montag — Wed, 02 May 2007 18:25:29 -0000

Kind of a technicality, especially coming late to the game, but regarding the Baha'i House: How is it possible to have a nine-sided dome? I'm no math major, but I was under the impression that a true dome was just half of a sphere?
Discuss/enlighten, if you please.

Re: Question of the day

NIEVA — Wed, 02 May 2007 18:02:47 -0000

Rend Lake? A big muddy water hole. Try Garden of the Gods!!!!

Re: Question of the day

pickles!! — Wed, 02 May 2007 17:31:14 -0000

How about the Boyhood homes of Lincoln, Reagan and Obama? Oh, and the grave of Illinois most famous resident, Al Capone, at Mt. Carmel in Hillside.

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Jeff — Wed, 02 May 2007 17:09:03 -0000

There was a huge push by students to get Rend Lake as a "Wonder" in hopes that it could bring a water park to the region/lake area. The group even showed ways to vote more than once per day, so it may have been a bit rigged. 59 members to this group.

The link (hope you can open it): http://uis.facebook.com/gro...

Description:

If you live in Southern Illinois you have gotten used to driving for two hours to do anything exciting. Why should we have to drive that far when Rend Lake has so many natural resources that we have not tapped. Rend Lake has a chance to bring in a water park excluding the factor of money and a bogus board member.
Go to

http://www.enjoyillinois.co...

Scroll down and vote for Rend Lake. The winner receives grant money, and Rend Lake could finally get a Water Park!!!

To Vote more than once a day, clear all your history and go back to the site and vote again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again, and again,

You get the point VOTE NOW....

We may not beable to change to mind of the board members but we can change the money situation for Rend Lake by bringing in this grant money.

Re: Question of the day

Taylor Street — Wed, 02 May 2007 15:58:24 -0000

And they don't mention "Mario's Italian Lemonade in Chicago's Little Italy"...tsk.tsk.tsk...

Re: Question of the day

Little Egypt — Wed, 02 May 2007 15:33:38 -0000

Giant City State Park in Makanda (that's near Carbondale for you northerners), Mississippi River Bridge at Alton, Frank Lloyd Wright's Dana Thomas Home in Springfield, and Lincoln's New Salem State Park in Petersburg. I agree completely with Allerton. It's a gorgeous place and hard to believe it is a crown jewel of Illinois that Blago has not tried to sell.

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Shelbyville — Wed, 02 May 2007 15:13:20 -0000

How about the Old State Capitol?

I suppose I have visited most of the sites mentioned, but I was expecting a bit more of the list.

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ArchPundit — Wed, 02 May 2007 14:58:07 -0000

Cahokia Mounds is one of the most important archaeological sites in the Western Hemisphere. Unfortunately,the state continues to allow development encroachment on it and has done little to preserve the site.

Of course, the new find of the underground petrified forest should also be one,but hardly anyone knows of it yet.

===Dickson Mounds - It was much better before the PC police took it over - but still a wonder of how life was here in central Illinois many years ago.

Yeah, it's like when we don't display Lincoln's bones in his tomb. What's wrong with these PC people who think the dead deserve respect.

Re: Question of the day

yinn — Wed, 02 May 2007 14:55:54 -0000

I found Lincoln's tomb to be awesome in the old-fashioned sense of the word. My first instinct would be to replace Wrigley Field with that.

Re: Question of the day

Doug Dobmeyer — Wed, 02 May 2007 14:35:19 -0000

The list is average. I would put the state capitol building on the list - a wonderful and beautiful building to work in. Several people have mentioned Lincoln sites - certainly his burial place.

Illinois has so many, so the ther seven picked qill automatically call attention to those not chosen.

I think the list is fair, but doesn't include all of the best sites.

Doug Dobmeyer
dobmeyer.com

Re: Question of the day

Way Northsider — Wed, 02 May 2007 14:25:57 -0000

Wrigley Field has atmosphere. Sears tower is sterile. Not sure about all these natural areas and how they would really compare to states with a lot more natural beauty. The idea is to promote tourism and pc dictates they get one site per region so this is the outcome. I think Wrigley Field deserves to be on the list but so does the Chicago lakefront. However, heaven forbid Chicago gets TWO things on the list!!

Re: Question of the day

Carl Nyberg — Wed, 02 May 2007 14:21:35 -0000

I would nix Wrigley Field for Sears Tower, Robie Home or Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio on architectural merits.

And you could replace Wrigley Field with the Michael Jordan statue on athletic achievement merits.

Re: Question of the day

Objective Dem — Wed, 02 May 2007 13:29:21 -0000

I'm surprised that Rend Lake beat out the Shawnee National Forest's Garden of the Gods.

I'm also amazed that Cahokia Mounds didn't make the list. They're a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Wrigley field is a bit stupid. It is an old ballpark and nothing more. One quick alternative is Sears Tower, the world's tallest building for a significant time period.

Re: Question of the day

Team Sleep — Wed, 02 May 2007 13:04:03 -0000

I think southern Illinois has all of the natural beauty (save for Starved Rock and parts of the northwestern corner, such as Dixon's Rock River bypass and Galena). Areas such as Rend Lake, the Garden of the Gods, Monk's Mound, the bluffs along the Mississippi, the convergence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, Cave-in-Rock State Park...it's all beautiful. I would add all of those items to the list.

Re: Question of the day

True Observer — Wed, 02 May 2007 12:57:26 -0000

For its location and design, Lincoln Park Zoo merits being on the list.

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what — Wed, 02 May 2007 12:16:26 -0000

No Lincoln. Then we should take land of Lincoln off the licensce plates. Give the Presidential Library to the Feds.
To overlook Lincoln to honor a ballpark that has not hosted a world series winner.

Re: Question of the day

anon — Wed, 02 May 2007 11:55:58 -0000

Wow. I just had a huge flashback. When I was at U of I back in the late 70's we must have gone to Allerton Park. I have always kind of remembered going to some huge estate type park out in the boonies, with statues all over the place. We were really, really, high and drunk so my memory has always been fuzzy. Everyone once in a great while, when I thought I remembered going to this place, I wasn't even sure it existed or if I was just remembering some funky 70's movie. I hadn't realized I was traveling through one of Illinois's Wonders at the time. It has my vote.

Re: Question of the day

mother nature — Wed, 02 May 2007 11:44:41 -0000

Interesting how so many are natural sites with recreational opportunities -- while the state is gutting DNR's budget and this gov has repeatedly sought to raid the funds dedicated to acquisition and preservation of open space. IL ranks near the bottom in funding to preserve and protect natural areas.