Comments on: My congressperson embarrasses me, as does my neighbor https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/30/my-congressperson-embarrasses/ Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:40:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Snakey https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/30/my-congressperson-embarrasses/#comment-521189 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:40:48 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/30/my-congressperson-embarrasses/#comment-521189 You are not alone.
The legislature in Australia makes the Yanks look good.
Lies are deceit are the order of the day.
We do reptile parties, reptile shows, school incursions using surgically devenomized snakes, having removed the venom glands by surgery. Now you don’t have to be a genius the realise that once removed they never grow back (yes we know this after a decade with these snakes).
Notwithstanding this obvious truth, the government here is legislating to ban these snakes on the basis that the venomoid snakes regenerate venom glands“, which is a total lie.
We have since got letters from the people working in the government on this admitting they know they are lying, but this hasn’t stopped the new “laws” going through.
Now before someone gets on this blog and says, “but this is trivial” compared with other issues, it is symptomatic of a government bureucrats and the like who will lie about everything, including even the smallest of things.
In summary it gives us little hope for the future.
ALL THE BEST

]]> By: Susan https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/30/my-congressperson-embarrasses/#comment-521188 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:37:15 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/30/my-congressperson-embarrasses/#comment-521188 @HP, Greg:

My favorite headline from the Weiner rant was on Reddit (but may have been on CNN at one point, not sure): “Weiner pissed on House floor”

]]> By: Pierce R. Butler https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/30/my-congressperson-embarrasses/#comment-521187 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:54:54 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/30/my-congressperson-embarrasses/#comment-521187 We agree at last…

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/30/my-congressperson-embarrasses/#comment-521186 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:27:57 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/30/my-congressperson-embarrasses/#comment-521186 The Senate is an embarrassment! Period!!!!

]]> By: Pierce R. Butler https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/30/my-congressperson-embarrasses/#comment-521185 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:15:16 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/30/my-congressperson-embarrasses/#comment-521185 Greg Laden @ # 2: It is not sufficient to paint all of congress with the same brush if one of them is Michelle Bachmann.

The body of Congress as a whole is an embarrassment to the nation, to put it more precisely.

At least the Senate acted today to protect us from pot brownies!

]]> By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/30/my-congressperson-embarrasses/#comment-521184 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:13:20 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/30/my-congressperson-embarrasses/#comment-521184 HP: Nice. Blogged.

I’m going to try that next time I’m in a big argument.

“The Gentleman Will Not Yield” and “The Gentleman is Right to SIT DOWN”

]]> By: HP https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/30/my-congressperson-embarrasses/#comment-521183 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:26:56 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/30/my-congressperson-embarrasses/#comment-521183 I just caught Anthony Weiner (D-Brooklyn) ripping into these cowards on the floor of the House. I thought for a second I’d died and gone to a parliamentary democracy.

]]> By: chris https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/30/my-congressperson-embarrasses/#comment-521182 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:09:30 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/30/my-congressperson-embarrasses/#comment-521182 Just FYI it’s H.R. 847, not 84. As a resident of MN6, I have to stay on top of these things. Here’s a link to the bill summary.

]]> By: Nemo https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/30/my-congressperson-embarrasses/#comment-521181 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:55:43 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/30/my-congressperson-embarrasses/#comment-521181 Walter, yes, you’re paranoid. I don’t think the Yahoo commenters are much more representative of the general population than Sb’s. You’ve got to remember, first and foremost, that the vast majority of people don’t even care enough to comment. That’s the biggest bloc. Of course, they probably don’t vote, either.

]]> By: Walter https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/30/my-congressperson-embarrasses/#comment-521180 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 23:26:26 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/30/my-congressperson-embarrasses/#comment-521180 I usually get my news from the BBC or sciencblogs, but today I came across the 9/11 workers story on the yahoo page. What shocked me the most were the comments following the article. I guess my mind has been perverted by the lefty scienceblog writers because reading the yahoo comments got me really depressed. I understand politicians playing their usual games, but the comments posted were from citizens, and they were hateful. Every single comment defended republicans. They blamed undocumented immigrants, liberals, politicians, but all defended the vote against the 9/11 workers. I do not mean that there were a few hateful comments, they all were hateful. Some even called for violent action. Reading at scienceblogs has kind of insulated me from the hate out there. We here are a tiny, tiny powerless minority. The rest of the country is against us, and they hate us. I fear November, I really do. I think there some very dark days ahead. If 9/11 rescue workers are not deserving of our compassion then what is left for the rest of us? Am I paranoid?

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