Worth A Thousand Words
Archive for 7th August 2008
Today’s Delightful Headline
Hospitals infested with vermin. That’s as in Britain’s NHS hospitals.
Wow, we really need national healthcare!
Pelosi And Crew Still At The Mall
And the GOP are still on the House floor, and according to Boehner, will be right up until the Democrat Convention:
House Republicans are gearing up to continue their revolt of Congress’ adjournment for at least the next two weeks – right up to the start of the Democratic Convention in Denver – according to a memo sent Wednesday to GOP members from Minority Leader John Boehner.
“Republicans will not rest until we have an honest, up-or-down vote on the American Energy Act,” Boehner wrote in the memo written by Republican leaders. “To that end, we request that you contact the Whip’s Office and indicate any time you may have available to come to Capitol in the coming weeks. We specifically request that you indicate your availability for any days during the next two weeks, August 11th through 22nd, as soon as possible.”
Boehner is still blogging the revolt (just scroll).
Some of the Democrats, while at the Mall, are suddenly changing their tunes. Apparently, after Tom Allen (D-Maine) voted to adjourn, a lot of his constituents told him they didn’t want to see him at the Mall. Of course, he could go to DC and join the Republicans in the House (without power or lights). Instead, he’s whining that Bush should call Congress back for a vote.
After he voted to go play at the Mall.
ObamaMorons, No Doubt
911 idiocy abounds this week. First, from Canuckistan Chronicles, we have this mental giant from Florida:
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Jacksonville police say Reginald Peterson needs to learn that 911 is not the appropriate place to complain that Subway left the sauce off a spicy Italian sandwich.
Police said the 42-year-old man dialed 911 twice last week so he could have his sub made correctly. The second call was to complain that officers weren’t arriving fast enough.
Then from Wyatt, we have this idiot:
TAMPA - When Carlos Jose Gutierrez lost money in a slot machine at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino early this morning, deputies say he didn’t just walk away.
He called 911. To report that a slot machine stole his money.
According to an affidavit: Shortly after midnight, Gutierrez was told by dispatchers that the slot machine did not steal his money and that it was a crime to call 911 to report that it did.
After acknowledging that his call to 911 was wrong, Gutierrez left the casino and walked across the street.
Then he called 911 again to report that a slot machine stole his money.
Note that they’re both from Florida. Not surprising. That’s where they were too stupid to know how to punch a ballot next to a name in 2000.
Reconstruction
I recreated two of my text widgets (see the top of the sidebar). The rest I’ll worry about later.