http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3471993Oh my.
spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue Jun-17-08 05:17 PM
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turned C-SPAN and the House is talking about.....
TIM RUSSERT
RIP
You know, this irritated me, too.
Last weekend, there was a major earthquake in Japan.
But all weekend long, the
Drudge Report reported on the death of Tim Russert, ignoring this eart--er, planet--shaking news entirely. In fact, unless it happened those stray hours I wasn't checking the
Drudge Report made no mention of the planetquake in Japan at all.
Maybe I don't understand the news business, but it seems to me a sudden major planetquake trumps a by-then day-old story about the death of a television celebrity.
Anyway.
AndyA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue Jun-17-08 05:21 PM
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1. Well what else do you expect them to do with their free time?
It's not like there's a war going on.
Or an out of control criminal in the White House.
Gas prices are low, as is unemployment and inflation.
Things are good in America. Did you expect them to spend the time impeaching the President or something?
spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue Jun-17-08 05:22 PM
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2. e x a c t l y
sfexpat2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue Jun-17-08 05:22 PM
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3. Earlier, they were debating a monkey bite bill.
Count yourself lucky!
spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue Jun-17-08 05:24 PM
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4. bwahahahaa , jeez, if they all speak they'll do nothing for days...business as usual
sfexpat2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue Jun-17-08 05:25 PM
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5. I could not BELIEVE IT.
I may still have to go shut myself in the shower and SCREAM.
One suspects Doug's ex-wife does this a lot.
kenny blankenship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue Jun-17-08 05:28 PM
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6. Be reasonable please: it will take a Joint Session of Congress to expedite the details and financing for the Russert Memorial and Mausoleum Complex at the center of the Sea of Tranquility on the Moon. Not to be crass but a dead body is a dead body so time is of the essence here. You surely don't expect General Electric to front all the money do you? They'll be laying the groundworks for the G.E. Potato Wold and City of Tomorrow theme park a tactful distance away and will need all their own capital for that. In fact this session would be an excellent time to throw in some tax incentives to G.E. for their bold lunar theme park proposal. They may not finish it for a long time, but it will provide excellent and stable jobs for dozens whenever they do.
Why do you have to be hating?
spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue Jun-17-08 05:30 PM
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7. i wanna kill my less than russert father and move to buffalo...love, love, love
chill_wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Tue Jun-17-08 05:38 PM
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8. Help!!
Well, geezuz, it's the primitives' Congress after all. What are they bellyaching about?