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water_watcher
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Congress at Work
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12/4/2009 5:42:32 AM
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You have to look at this picture. Just so you know who is in the picture.
Standing and talking is House Minority Leader Lawrence F. Cafero Jr., R-Norwalk, playing games is Barbara Lambert, D-Milford and Rep. Jack F. Hennessy, D-Bridgeport, play solitaire. This was a session where the House convened to vote on a new budget.
The guy sitting in the row in front of these two... he's on Facebook, and the guy behind Hennessy is checking out the baseball scores.
This budget was the largest expansion of government in history, with deficits that triple the national debt ... and these people are paid with our tax dollars and they are playing games when they are suppose to be working and making important decisions that impact our future. Seriously!!!
URL: Congress at Work
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MAJ USA RET
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Congress at Work
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12/4/2009 10:18:47 AM
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They already know how they are going to vote. Why should they pay attention? It's not their money... it's not even REAL money. It's... it's... MONOPOLY!
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Summer Lover
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Government at Work
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12/4/2009 10:36:57 AM
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I believe this is the Connecticut General Assembly. You can tell it is not the Congress because there are far too many people in attendance.
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MAJ USA RET
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Government at Work
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12/4/2009 11:18:31 AM
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The American people would be much better off if nobody showed up.
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Talullahhound
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Congress at Work
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12/4/2009 3:58:08 PM
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It's probably like most meetings -- gone on too long and too many windbags talking.
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MartiniMan
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Congress at Work
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12/4/2009 4:30:21 PM
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That describes Congress in general and specifically.
I once worked at a company that was famous for long internal meetings with large numbers of senior people pontificating on and on. One day I suggested to the CEO and a board member that they remove all the conference room chairs so meetings would be shorter and people would get back to something productive. They both looked at me like I had lost my mind. I almost burst out laughing thinking that their immediate thought was probably, "If we did that what would I do all day?".
We have a saying at our company that if an internal meeting lasts more than one hour we are wasting time. When I find out about long meetings I try to find the most senior person that attended and tell them I am going to take away their conference room chairs if they keep it up. They get the message.
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Talullahhound
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Congress at Work
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12/4/2009 4:49:33 PM
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Amen to that. My personal idea of Hell would be to have to sit in a stuffy conference room all day and listen to people drone on.
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MAJ USA RET
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Geeks at Work
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12/4/2009 5:07:53 PM
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Hmmmm... you should attend ONE forum of geophysicists. We are all blowhards! It's the evening social events and hospitality suites that keep us going back for more.
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Talullahhound
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Geeks at Work
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12/4/2009 6:24:50 PM
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No thanks. I suspect it is much like forums of engineers...which I have attended.
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Yankee06
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Geeks at Work
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12/4/2009 10:25:34 PM
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Is the subject conferences, forums, etc? ...me, I preferred Tailhook!
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MAJ USA RET
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Geeks at Work
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12/4/2009 11:04:08 PM
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And what, pray tell, would geeks get a piece of at a tailhook convention? I once delivered a target package to NAS Oceana. When I was finished with my briefing, I was invited to the Officers' Club. Bar full of poopy suits. I was identified for what I am the minute I entered the room.
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MAJ USA RET
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Congress at Work
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12/5/2009 10:43:24 AM
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Congress: A life form lower than shoe clerk.
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Talullahhound
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I hate to ask
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12/5/2009 12:05:12 PM
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but what is a "poopy suit"?
Hell might also be attending a lecture by an engineer who is working on some obscure piece of science and he has over 100 charts and an hour to talk.
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MAJ USA RET
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Huh?
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12/5/2009 5:55:05 PM
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That's what the pilots call them. I don't know any "ground pounders" who envy pilots.
My brother was a pilot... I just wasn't ever interested. Not enough ego, I suppose.
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