Comments on: Renaming the Sears Tower and Other Signs of the Apocalypse http://pjmedia.com/blog/renaming-the-sears-tower-and-other-signs-of-the-apocalypse/ Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:44:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jeff http://pjmedia.com/blog/renaming-the-sears-tower-and-other-signs-of-the-apocalypse/#comment-226153 Jeff Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:29:46 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=50271#comment-226153 I am a Chicagoan, loved Royko, and I don't care about the Sears Tower or Willis Tower. Nelson Algren another Chicago writer wrote the book "City on the Make", and probably would have loved this. Things go to the highest bidder. Sears got sick of lining the pockets of the machine, let the foreigners do it. They can be the chumbalones. Illinois is so corrupt, they call politics, "The Combine" the way Dems and Reps feed at the public trough. I am a Chicagoan, loved Royko, and I don’t care about the Sears Tower or Willis Tower. Nelson Algren another Chicago writer wrote the book “City on the Make”, and probably would have loved this. Things go to the highest bidder.

Sears got sick of lining the pockets of the machine, let the foreigners do it. They can be the chumbalones.

Illinois is so corrupt, they call politics, “The Combine” the way Dems and Reps feed at the public trough.

]]> By: cackcon http://pjmedia.com/blog/renaming-the-sears-tower-and-other-signs-of-the-apocalypse/#comment-225854 cackcon Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:05:21 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=50271#comment-225854 So wait, Chicagoans are upset that the name of one corporation replaces the name of another corporation on the building? Perhaps Sears & Roebuck should have purchased rights further out than 2003. Oh well, capitalism is a b#$%# ain't it? So wait, Chicagoans are upset that the name of one corporation replaces the name of another corporation on the building? Perhaps Sears & Roebuck should have purchased rights further out than 2003. Oh well, capitalism is a b#$%# ain’t it?

]]> By: venividivici http://pjmedia.com/blog/renaming-the-sears-tower-and-other-signs-of-the-apocalypse/#comment-224705 venividivici Fri, 20 Mar 2009 02:31:46 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=50271#comment-224705 Just another weigh station in the ongoing decline: http://www.newgeography.com/content/0040-the-decline-chicago-the-city-doesnt-work Just another weigh station in the ongoing decline:

http://www.newgeography.com/content/0040-the-decline-chicago-the-city-doesnt-work

]]> By: LeighB http://pjmedia.com/blog/renaming-the-sears-tower-and-other-signs-of-the-apocalypse/#comment-224657 LeighB Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:21:46 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=50271#comment-224657 Renaming it after Obama might make sense, how about: - Teleprompter Towers - Sky High DEbT - U4 (uh...uh...um...uh) - Towering Ego - Social Izzzum - The One - M00bs - The Precedent Renaming it after Obama might make sense, how about:

- Teleprompter Towers
- Sky High DEbT
- U4 (uh…uh…um…uh)
- Towering Ego
- Social Izzzum
- The One
- M00bs
- The Precedent

]]> By: Will http://pjmedia.com/blog/renaming-the-sears-tower-and-other-signs-of-the-apocalypse/#comment-224640 Will Thu, 19 Mar 2009 23:34:42 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=50271#comment-224640 Folks,we're losing our identification by standing by and not objecting like bunch of whipped pups or a herd of sheep. Folks,we’re losing our identification by standing by and not objecting like bunch of whipped pups or a herd of sheep.

]]> By: malclave http://pjmedia.com/blog/renaming-the-sears-tower-and-other-signs-of-the-apocalypse/#comment-224619 malclave Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:13:11 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=50271#comment-224619 Willis Tower? Must be just a second-rate building. Otherwise it would be named after Obama. Willis Tower?

Must be just a second-rate building. Otherwise it would be named after Obama.

]]> By: Mr Wolf http://pjmedia.com/blog/renaming-the-sears-tower-and-other-signs-of-the-apocalypse/#comment-224542 Mr Wolf Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:46:00 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=50271#comment-224542 Whaddaya mean, ''used to be associated with gangsters'' ??? STILL IS! Just ask Rahm... Mr Wolf Whaddaya mean, ”used to be associated with gangsters” ???

STILL IS!

Just ask Rahm…

Mr Wolf

]]> By: LawhawkSF http://pjmedia.com/blog/renaming-the-sears-tower-and-other-signs-of-the-apocalypse/#comment-224534 LawhawkSF Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:33:40 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=50271#comment-224534 Poor Chicago (my place of birth). I understand the angst. I live in San Francisco now, and years after it happened, I haven't recovered from them renaming Candlestick Park. Maybe they could compromise and call it the Bruce Willis Tower so it would still retain some of its City of the Big Shoulders image. Poor Chicago (my place of birth). I understand the angst. I live in San Francisco now, and years after it happened, I haven’t recovered from them renaming Candlestick Park. Maybe they could compromise and call it the Bruce Willis Tower so it would still retain some of its City of the Big Shoulders image.

]]> By: Cletus http://pjmedia.com/blog/renaming-the-sears-tower-and-other-signs-of-the-apocalypse/#comment-224518 Cletus Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:16:05 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=50271#comment-224518 The same thing happened in my native Toronto. A media company called Rogers Communications bought up the Sky Dome (which was an awesome sports arena with an awesome name) and renamed it the "Rogers Center", a lame ass name that in turn makes the dome lame. Needless to say, people are still pissed about it years later, and there's not a damn thing we can do. The same thing happened in my native Toronto. A media company called Rogers Communications bought up the Sky Dome (which was an awesome sports arena with an awesome name) and renamed it the “Rogers Center”, a lame ass name that in turn makes the dome lame. Needless to say, people are still pissed about it years later, and there’s not a damn thing we can do.

]]> By: MackDaddy http://pjmedia.com/blog/renaming-the-sears-tower-and-other-signs-of-the-apocalypse/#comment-224508 MackDaddy Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:55:48 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/?p=50271#comment-224508 I move to name it the Wesley Willis Tower. Rock over London, Rock on Chicago! I move to name it the Wesley Willis Tower.

Rock over London, Rock on Chicago!

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