‘Lamest of lame-duck sessions.’
By on Dec 3rd, 2006 at 11:11 am
‘Lamest of lame-duck sessions.’
“Contrary to popular belief, members of Congress are human beings. … We’re tired,” said Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN), trying to excuse the 109th Congress’s lameness. As the Washington Post noted today, “Rather than a final surge of legislative activity, Congress will probably wrap up things after a single, short week of work.”
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I am tired too. Maybe I will stop teaching until after the christmas break so I can get some rest!
December 3rd, 2006 at 11:15 amMike Pence is from Indiana, not Illinois
December 3rd, 2006 at 11:15 amQuitcherbitchin’ Pence.
If I had my way the lot of you would be so f*cking fired.
December 3rd, 2006 at 11:22 amLamest ducks ever!
-GSD
December 3rd, 2006 at 11:24 amTired from only working 97 days this year?
Wah!
December 3rd, 2006 at 11:27 amMaybe I will stop teaching until after the christmas break so I can get some rest!
Comment by Jules — December 3, 2006 @ 11:15 am
Yeah, that’ll go over well with the neocon trolls : )
Though, in our defense, we’ve already put in all the hours we’re getting paid for anyway… ; )
I noticed this about Corporate America. People in positions of authority who were making huge salaries would crack the whip on low paid employees while hypocritically goofing off. It was they who were costing the company the most money with their laziness.
And at $165,000 minimum salary each, the 109th Congress is just as hypocritical. No wonder we fired them.
December 3rd, 2006 at 11:30 ammaybe it’d be best if they just go home now… call it off… just go…
December 3rd, 2006 at 11:32 amWhy did the lameducks even bother to have a lameduck session? They accomplished nothing. I guess if a bill does not include something about abortion and gays, they do not want to deal with it.
December 3rd, 2006 at 11:34 amObviouslly they’ve decided to create a mess then let the Dem’s take responsibility for not “fixing it.” So why would be let keep control in 2008 if they can’t fix simple problems? Well, it is simple . . .let’s see how many major problem ((financial and human resource [deaths] their actions creat over that is happening now? Let’s see how cooperative the repubs want to be to hold hearing on corruption…. the next two years will prove interesing. How knows? Perhaps some thing better will happen, obvioulsy it couldn’t continue the way the repubs wanted to do it!
December 3rd, 2006 at 11:34 amHow about the GOP forgetting about next week? They will just try to pass more sludge bills for Bush, so they need to go on Christmas vacation early!
December 3rd, 2006 at 11:37 amYes, I too find it SOOOOO exhausting to work from Tuesday afternoon through Thursday afternoon…when I show up at all. This year, the Congress was scheduled to spend a whole 71 days in session. For this, they are paid $165K per year. Here’s an interesting article from last May. Of special note is the sloppy and ineffective legislation that results.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=1955256&page=1&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
December 3rd, 2006 at 11:39 amTired? I’m REtired and I put in more days than this congress. I would have been ashamed to say it. If the few days they put in tired out Pence, how many days would they have put in if he were a leader?Honest to God, its a good thing they are. We would have to listen to homosexual marriage arguments again. This Congress , House and Senate, is a disgrace.
December 3rd, 2006 at 11:41 amWell…you all have fun. I am going to watch “Happy Feet.” There is nothing like a dancing penguin to wash those neocon blues away.
December 3rd, 2006 at 11:42 ambut jules… you’ll be brainwashed into thinking about ecology and global warning and taking care of the planet…
December 3rd, 2006 at 11:46 amplease take care!
How long until we find out Pence is a pedophile too?
December 3rd, 2006 at 11:49 amI have to go plant daffodil bulbs before the cold hits Georgia > bye all and take care. Maybe Bush will gag on another pretzel today > lol.
December 3rd, 2006 at 11:49 amAll that dishonesty, manipulation, wasting of time and money, knowing nothing is getting done…..yeah that would be tiring on a person with a shred of conscience.
December 3rd, 2006 at 12:00 pmJust in from fashioning meat-helmets and dissecting owl pellets on this fine Sunday morning.
December 3rd, 2006 at 12:02 pmJust in from fashioning meat-helmets and dissecting owl pellets on this fine Sunday morning.
Comment by ForTruth
WTF?
December 3rd, 2006 at 12:12 pmHi Zooey,
Glad to see you like today’s activities. Later all the children are going to visit the water treatment plant and the morgue, it’ll be fun!
December 3rd, 2006 at 12:15 pmHi Truth,
You sure know how to show the kids a good time. Try not to lose any of them.
December 3rd, 2006 at 12:19 pmActually I’m just weird, I take pride in it.
December 3rd, 2006 at 12:24 pmI’ve never dissected or eaten a lame-duck. That’s good since they are likely lame.
December 3rd, 2006 at 12:25 pmno, really – for truth = WTF???
December 3rd, 2006 at 12:27 pmI’ve never dissected or eaten a lame-duck. That’s good since they are likely lame.
Comment by ForTruth
And easy to catch — like a spam lamb.
December 3rd, 2006 at 12:30 pmAlright, in the first Austin Powers movie, Dr. Evil recalls summers at his grandmother’s where one of the activities was making meat-helmets. OK, fine, I like weird humor.
Carry on…
December 3rd, 2006 at 12:31 pmIs it just me, or isn’t that the famous punch line of Lilly vonSchtupp?
December 3rd, 2006 at 12:34 pmTruth,
You are weird.
December 3rd, 2006 at 12:36 pmZooey,
Thanks for confirming that. Occasionally I need some reminder of the reality outside my head…
December 3rd, 2006 at 12:39 pmAlright, in the first Austin Powers movie, Dr. Evil recalls summers at his grandmother’s where one of the activities was making meat-helmets.
ok… “now i see, said the blind man”… i missed that part…
OK, fine, I like weird humor.
Comment by ForTruth — December 3, 2006 @ 12:31 pm
nothing wrong with that… i just didn’t “get it”, that one…
December 3rd, 2006 at 12:40 pm.
nothing wrong with that… i just didn’t “get itâ€, that one…
Comment by katy
Don’t try, katy. I’m pretty sure if we think about it too much, we’ll pop a vein. Not worth the risk.
December 3rd, 2006 at 12:45 pmok zooey… i’ll take your word for it…
December 3rd, 2006 at 12:51 pmdefinitely not into popping a vein!
“It’s hard work being a congressman!”
Well if you are too tired to do your job, then quit and let a Democrat with more energy do it for you! Geez! What a whiny bastard!
Last, and this one fits. “Fatigue makes cowards of us all.” – Vince Lombardi
December 3rd, 2006 at 1:12 pmmeat helmets
December 3rd, 2006 at 1:50 pmWOW! GOSH GEE WHILLIKERS!
The poor widdle Congress is tired after a year of working less than 100 days on the job? POOR BABIES!
Yeah, right. I ‘ve worked 6 months on a 40 hour a week job and I’m just frickin’ grateful to even be working again and these fat old men with nothing to do than to be crooks, liars, pedophiles, adulterers and future prison inmates are whining about WORKING???
Thank God Pelosi will come in a month and set a new agenda: HARD WORK AND MORE DAYS OF WORK MAKE FOR A BETTER COUNTRY.
Of course, Chrissy Matthews and Luke Russert’s dad will sympathize with those who can’t handle the new Pelosi Rules. They’d rather be on their boats, fishing for seafood that they no doubt contaminated with their own love for oil. To these sleasy petroleum loving bastards, seeing oil in other sacred placeson Earth is like getting an orgasm and they just like to take that oil and rub themselves with it. PS, Of course, O’Rielly does it with felafels, but that’s another story.
I can’t wait for 2007. This should be fun.
December 3rd, 2006 at 1:51 pmStonehinge thats hilarious. Hats of meat.
December 3rd, 2006 at 2:06 pmhilarious or grotesque — it could go either way
I’m waiting for Zooey to see it, she’ll know what’s right. :=[)
December 3rd, 2006 at 2:18 pmOMFG, hats of meat.
What? No pigs feet wedding veil, with tripe trimming?
stonehinge, I love you.
December 3rd, 2006 at 2:28 pm“We’re tired.”
December 3rd, 2006 at 4:48 pmWe’re tired?! IS he looking for pity?
Pence sure has balls — how about the American public who are tired of him, his party and his president? Tired of their policies, tired of their lies, tired of their goddam war? Tired of their abandoning their constituencies and bowing to the president instead.
Pence = POS.
You barely spend a quarter of the year in session, get nothing done, and you’re tired? Try working two jobs for barely above minimum wage and no benefits for 51 weeks (50 if you’re lucky) a year, Mr. Pence. Shalemess puke.
December 3rd, 2006 at 7:57 pmOh there is a God!!! Look at these pukes squirm and moan.
I love watching this!! Now this is entertainment at it`s best.After all the shameless smuggity coming from that side of the aisle all this time,it is great to see my fantasy realized.
Republican congressman and senators crawfishing there ass right back to the backbenches where they belong.I now have my Christmas gift.
December 3rd, 2006 at 11:43 pmSusan Schwab,commerce secretary gave a similarly approached speech on cspan in mid Nov I think.Her message basically was,we will work with you,but you haven`t worked with us much.
Same shit different day.I cannot wait until mid January of 08.
December 3rd, 2006 at 11:46 pm[...] The 109th is “tired” and will focus on only the most important things, like running out the clock. It must be hard doing nothing but making a mess for someone else to clean up. [...]
December 4th, 2006 at 2:18 amThey are TIRED? From what? Working less than 100 days this year? At $165,000/year salary, that means more those punks were paid more than $1,650/day.
I’m going to run for Congress. The pay is good, and the hours are even better.
December 4th, 2006 at 11:43 am