Q. Who can post on The Capitolist?

A. Anyone can post, as long as they have a Capitol Hill IP address.
Congressional staffers who aren't always at a Capitol Hill IP address
can gain access by obtaining a temporary access ticket (these can only be obtained when logged in from a Capitol Hill IP address).

yah right...  give this thing a makeover and make it exclusive to capitol hill peeps.  im not logged on a capitol hill ip address...

im posting on the capitolist.  this thing is a joke.  for all we know, this is just a bunch of hooligans pretending to be staffers.  trust me guys, im not a staffer and i can post on this site.  

but i couldn't do this at the school's computer though.  weird huh?  HEY DREAM BUDDIES!  ONE OF YOURS IS POSTING ON THE CAPITOLIST!

i thought that you need an capitolist ip number...  im not even a staffer and i can post!

oh, stop picking virtual fights with constituents.  my office would never approve of being so confrontational with them.  engaging in dailouge is one thing, but lets not be insulting and resort to name calling especially when you complain about them doing it to you.

Bob Corker is really nice

We all like'a da Cork Soaker

Uch, I can't believe my office didn't close at 5:30 today since there is nothing going on like EVERYONE ELSE

The next time your senator is in town, make a visit to his/her office.
Make them aware of what they are saying on this site...........That
they intentionally place us on hold, that they intentionally hang up on
us, that they do not give them our messages, etc.

Oh, that will work too.  In case you don't realize, there are interns and staff assistants and district managers out in the State offices too that I am sure would love to tell you that the Member isn't in his office or that he is out at some event.  Its all the same, just closer to home.

All it would require is for them to have someone call or send an
email-----and see if it reaches them-----and report how they were
treated when they made their call!!!

Um, Members KNOW that we aren't forwarding calls/emails/letters to their personal attention.  Why do you think they hire staff to answer phones and write letters back to them?  At best, you'll get a member sign off on the content of a form letter form letter you get back.

I think they would be more pissed if you said you sent them something and they actually had gotten it and had to deal with it.  Maybe we should just give you their home addresses and cell numbers too?

Bob Corker is really nice

He is really nice, I have met him very much in passing without handlers.  It was like a "hello" but most wouldn't even give you that.

At the USDA Graduate School's Introduction to Macroeconomics Class:

All students are asked to introduce themselves.

Twenty-something: "My name is [removed], I work for Senator [X], and
we are doing a lot of work on the Farm Bill... so I really look forward
to taking this course."

Fellow student whispers to another classmate, "I'm so happy to hear
that the people working on the Farm Bill are taking Intro to Macro
classes."

Anybody on the Senate side ever met Obama how is he without the cameras?

Barack or Rudy G will be president and I'm willing to bet my year salary on it

"
If the senator is wise and wants to keep the support of his/her
constituents, this will be investigated!! All it would require is for
them to have someone call or send an email-----and see if it reaches
them-----and report how they were treated when they made their call!!!"

Ya, they will take that just about as seriously as the nutjob with the strawhat and sign in front of Union Station that says most politicians have mind control wires in their head.  Anyway, maybe your bosses will investigate you all for using your computers at work and posting racist propoganda on websites.  I am sure your companies would want to be associated with you, especially knowing how companies are pro-immigration reform.

Hillary will not win the presidency. When is the last time a frontrunner in a POTUS race the year before the primary actually won?  I'm thinking only Al Gore and maybe one other person correct?

we're 4 months before the primaries.

Ah, from DCist... why we make fun of interns:

In the lobby of the Ward building, American University:

Four friends sit around a table, killing time before class.

Guy: "...yeah, she really enjoys it. I wouldn't be very interested
in the House administration committee, but for some reason she thinks franking is really interesting."
Girl: [loudly] "Are you kidding?! I LOVE franking!!"

After the jump, real life tampon commercial moments, hippie prevention, and what we don't want to hear after a party.

USPatriot - You're a fuckin' moron. No, you don't get to complain to all 100 Senators. We make sure of that. You comments will only be forwarded on if you call the MoC that was elected to represent YOU. You elect representative from your own district or your own state. You need to get a clue and study the facts regarding the formation of Congress.

don't forget, while staff assistants may be lower on the food chain, they are professional phone answerers (seriously), and they know their shit just as well as you all know about being professional D-bags.

"If you use a calling card it may show the call
is coming from some other state.I know this is true cause I am in Fl.
and my calling card says I am in Arizona,I know this because my friends
have been surprised when I call and ask me why I am calling from
Arizona.

I also agree when dealing with a issue that effects all citizens
then all citizens have the right to complain to all the senators.

The aides seem to be very uneducated,insecure pawns."

Um, most calling cards use the same area code, 404, so staff knows its a calling card and puts a touch more faith in the call.

Um, the only reason Dean was frontrunner and fell from grace was becuse the party was against him and knocked him down and put kerry in by not helping dean and cozying up to kerry.  However, Hillary is the frontrunner by a wider margin than was Dean, and she is the insider.  As we have been talking about with the dreamers, no grassroots can overcome a 30+ point defecit, otherwise we'll be saluting President Paul in 2009.

Hillary will not win the presidency. When is the last time a frontrunner in a POTUS race the year before the primary actually won?  I'm thinking only Al Gore and maybe one other person correct?

Barack in 08'

ooops...this isn't about being...not is

This is about being pro or anti Dream Act. It's about how you handle the situation. The pro's are winning that battle by a wide margin in the eyes of congressional staffers.

Dreamers - One last suggestions...take it easy on your MoC's. I don't think most constituents realize what kind of hours they put in. Just because they aren't voting or are in session..doesn't mean they aren't working. It's a full time gig with serious overtime...you can believe that.

what are the chancing of any immigration legislation passing this year ?

This year? 0.0%.  We haven't even finished up a single approps bill yet.  Immigration is dead until the 111th Congress when D's pick up enough seats to pass something out that Hillary will sign.

what's an earmark?

I love you guys

The funny thing is, that half of the people on this blog are republicans that are probably very opposed to the DREAM act.  Thats not the point though :-P

Ha, i am committee staff, and you know whats best about being committee staff?  We don't have ANY constituents, except for the occaisional letter in our issue area that comes into the Chair/Ranking's office!

Of course not. Who owns a summer and a winter trailer? Rednecks surely do not.

I can look up your zip, your phone number, your address, your name all without missing a bit while someone is babbling on. Lie if you want, but if your info doesn't check out...delete.

Pressure the committe staff on the house

Aw look, we are doing training on how to be a better and more effective constituentcy.  Are you listening ALIPAC?

The AT&T thing was them connecting their people to members to talk about a TELECOMMUNICATIONS issue, had nothing to do with immigration.  This was like 3 or 4 years ago.  Some thing where we were going to put some huge tax on phone cards or something.

MrsMom - No, their lying is fairly obvious. They aren't as smart as they would like to believe.

And call three people at most: both senators and your member of Congress. No one else cares. Honestly.

Tasksgirl - Focus on your own MoC's. It's hard enough to sort through and respond to our own constituents.

So staffers - what CAN we do to make a difference?

Anything?

The best thing you can do is call and register your opinion.  Some sense of it eventually gets moved up.  However, remember that people elect for competence, not for taking polls and voting.  The way our system works, if a Member eventually has feelings so different from the constituents, they will be voted out after the tipping point is reached.  Members are actually very intelligent people and think for themselves with our advice and counsel.  However, no matter how many people call/write/yell/fax/demonstrate, etc, you are never going to get a Barbara Boxer to vote to overturn Roe v. Wade and you are never going to get James Inhofe to agree to carbon caps.

the dream/alipac:  The other thing is that we're smart enough to know that it's a tiny (5% or so) but EXTREMELY VOCAL minority who are viciously opposed to illegal immigrants and want to build the fence and kick 20 million people out.  As much as those folks would like us to believe otherwise, we also know that most Americans are somewhere in between that and full amnesty. 

thedream - No, that won't work either. You're going to have to give a name and an address if you want your comment to get through. If you block your number it will just make me suspect something. 411.com offers a reverse address lookup as well. If it doesn't check out...I will just delete your comment.

asaj? nah.

All offices are different.  While my office doesn't tally, we will say what the trend is.  Its more informational for the LA than opinion forming.  Especially if the member disagrees with the trend, they find what message is being sent so they can efficiently counter it.

We don't have a tally system. We just take name/address from constituents and email them to another staff member at the end of the day. That person sorts them and sends them to the proper LA...who then sends them a form letter.

ok. so according to the staffers (or i guess this person), calling is
absolutely useless. either that or they really want us to stop calling.
lol


only problem is that when CIR came up, they were bombarded with so many calls that I'm sure it changed A LOT of minds.

I will just say, be careful:  In an office i used to work in as an LC, there was some telecom thing that came up about calling cards.  So AT&T puts a thing at the end of every calling card call you make that gives you a message to tell your member and then connects you automatically.  It literally shut our phone system down.  Our LA called up the AT&T gov't affairs person saying that they were crashing the system and upsetting the Member, and they frantically appologized and within 15 minutes it stopped.  

Ultimately, AT&T decided that regardless of where the MoC stood, they were looking REALLY bad in the Member's eyes for shutting down the phones and wasting staff time, and they stopped.  Beware.

thedream - I'm going off of the area code of the caller and sometimes the caller ID. If I'm unsure I will do the reverse lookup of the phone number to see what state they are calling from. I'm a Senate staffer, so I don't have to worry about zip codes and districts. Honestly, it usually fairly obvious anyway. The constituent calls, even the angry ones, tend to have a different tone than the out of state ones. 

Also, one more suggestion. Don't read off of a script or memorize one. If we can tell that you are just saying what some email or postcard told you to say...you don't sound very genuine. If you care enough to call...care enough to form your own opinion. You'd be surprised how many people read something that tell them to call their MoC...so they do...then they tell us that they are calling because the postcard, email, TV ad, newspaper ad told them to...but they then expect us to tell them what it's about. At times we get the impression that the folks who call are uninformed, while the ones who do not bother...are.

Jay-Z has a new album out

Hey, Neighbor over the wall, what time do you want to roll?

beer.  brining douchebags together.

We take tallies and include them in our weekly report. How else would the horse slaughter people have a voice?

Beer o clock!

Now, enough politics, time for a beer.

amen!

edit: I'm not asking about letters/emails. I'm specifically asking about the calls and the tally you guys take.

Um, staffers and interns don't have time to write down phone numbers and take tally's for the most part.  LA's/LD's/Members may ask generally where the opinion seems to be, but in the end its irrelevant in most cases because the member has heard both sides of the argument and decided their stance.  So, i guess the answer is, on the phone, its irrelevant either way, unless you are asking for a written response, in which case out of state won't get one.

Well, we are open to views until pick on the little guy.

Isnt the individual the epitome of the "little guy"? Democrats (and Republicans of late) have never really had much concern for them. Just read anything our future Madame President has said.

The left is open to differing points of view and understand that the world is full of gray and that it is dynamic.  Somethings are flat out wrong, but everyone is entitled to their opinion.  Also, I think that you can see that in how the House is being run lately.  D's are harder to herd because of our dynamic nature, whereas R's are more willing to go in lock step to retain power.  Not trying to be mean, just saying.  D's in the senate were good at that in the minority (not majority) under daschle.

Don't really agree with that, but I will say that Republicans are a much better minority party. Fiscal conservatism and majority status do not seem to be compatible.

Now, enough politics, time for a beer.

Democrats are totally open to differing points of view... unless said
views could somehow be construed as offensive to a small niche group.

Well, we are open to views until pick on the little guy.  Its like the groups are our little brothers and sisters... "Pick on Somone your Own Size"

People post some pretty conservative thigns on here and we never hear from the left.  why is it that one segment of the right is so easily offended?

huh?

Democrats are totally open to differing points of view... unless said views could somehow be construed as offensive to a small niche group.

Yes Dreamers...it really does absolutely no good to call/write to/email a MoC who does not represent you. We will not respond to your comments in writing. If you call...even if we ask for name/address...we really aren't listening. Sorry, you don't count...you're not a constituent.

Now, if you write in requesting assitance with problem you are having with a federal agency or department...we will forward your letter on to your own MoC so that they can then respond and assist you.

The left is open to differing points of view and understand that the world is full of gray and that it is dynamic.  Somethings are flat out wrong, but everyone is entitled to their opinion.  Also, I think that you can see that in how the House is being run lately.  D's are harder to herd because of our dynamic nature, whereas R's are more willing to go in lock step to retain power.  Not trying to be mean, just saying.  D's in the senate were good at that in the minority (not majority) under daschle.

interns will always be butt of jokes on here.  sorry, frosh. 

People post some pretty conservative thigns on here and we never hear from the left.  why is it that one segment of the right is so easily offended?

Ah, my favorite stamp.

Oops, I think we are shattering the out of state letter dreams now with the Dreamers.  Sorry, but its true, Members represent their state/district.  I have heard that some reps will answer all in state, mostly because they have their eye to the future and don't want to piss off out of districters.  There is generally no reason to write back to a total out of stater though unless you are leadership.

Our office (and the one I interned for) kind of felt it taboo to ask interns to fetch coffee. It really is more of a low-level staff thing.

Also a great kiss-ass opportunity when it's for the Member. I mean, come on.

In fact, every MoC as a courtesy
forwards letters/faxes from other states to that home state member.

I dont.

Well, they will do that or throw it away.  Its just a given that most members realize that out of stateers or out of districters shouldn't assume they will get a response, that if they do its a privlidge

To invadersgetout over at alipac....

Get a clue. It's anonymous message board. It's useless information to Rush or anyone else. Next please...

Its not a rule in the gentlemen's club.

It isn't a courtesy, it's a House rule.

Respectfully referred not acknowledged my ass.

In fact, every MoC as a courtesy
forwards letters/faxes from other states to that home state member.

I dont.

Haha, jokes, on you, tough to lose a job when this board is anonymous,
and don't kid yourselves, the people that this board moans about are
those calling up to a large extent that AREN'T constituents.  And no,
MoC's don't represent EVERYONE.  In fact, every MoC as a courtesy
forwards letters/faxes from other states to that home state member.

Right, unless you are the tinfoil hat folks that think a Member is so powerful that they could strongarm the site's creator and subpoena the IP's or something. :-P

I didn't get asked to make coffee until I became staff.

go Rush, go John & Ken, this is perfect show material: senate

staffers

embarrassing themselves and their employers with crude and
inappropriate remarks about concerned constituents in writing on the
internet.

Haha, jokes, on you, tough to lose a job when this board is anonymous, and don't kid yourselves, the people that this board moans about are those calling up to a large extent that AREN'T constituents.  And no, MoC's don't represent EVERYONE.  In fact, every MoC as a courtesy forwards letters/faxes from other states to that home state member.

Hillary worked on Goldwater's campaign methinks.

Saying that, I'm an intern who makes fun of pages. But come to think of it, they get paid and get to do cooler stuff than I do, so the jokes on me.

"Great.  I'll take two lumps of sugar and a dash of milk.  Thanks."

Funny thing is before I started that's what I thought I was going to do so I learned how to make coffee but I have never been asked once to make coffee. I made copies the first two days then I told my CoS I don't want to be a copy making intern. I came to do real work been here ever since loving it. At every committee meeting, meeting with my member with the red intern tag and blackberry

Doesn't your office have the uber-agressive too-excited very-involved-in-college-R's or D's ones that hate to do any real work but love that they're an intern and in spite of everything holy, you just know that they'll run for state legislature someday and win and ultimately rise through the ranks and end up an MoC?

yes.  hell yes.  waht does it take to convince interns of the commonsense principle that hard work = reward, not crappy half-ass work and attitude = reward?

calm down, interns.  we're joking.  yes, a lot of us were interns ourselves at some point.  once you move on to bigger and better things, you'll make fun of your interns too.  It's just like hazing some freshmen.

Nepotism statute—The nepotism statute, 5 U.S.C. 3110, prohibits federal officials, including Members, officers and employees of the Senate, from appointing, employing, promoting, or advancing or recommending for appointment, employment, promotion, or advancement any ‘‘relative’’ of the official to any agency or department over which the official exercises authority or control.

Yes, but isn't "relative" actually defined as an immediate relative? (spouse or child)

Well, Susan Collins was a staffer, so pfst

I'm an intern and wrote a memo to my boss and he decided to write up legislation on
Great.  I'll take two lumps of sugar and a dash of milk.  Thanks.

I know 3 members who have family members on thier staff

I'm an intern, and I see no shame in it. Everyone's got to start somewhere, and with no political connections, here I am. And I'm having a great time, doing anything I can to get involved. Intetrn should not be an insult. Without trying to ber self-agrandising, we work for no money and no respect. Many of us are arrogant asses, but there are also a plurality who are half-decent people.

I think that they usually get help from the member and then placed in another cozy office.  I think it woudl be unethical to have relatives on your payroll.

I know someone who was already staff and then married into the MoC's family...still on staff with no issues.

Bill Clinton was an intern

Nepotism statute—The nepotism statute, 5 U.S.C. 3110, prohibits federal officials, including Members, officers and employees of the Senate, from appointing, employing, promoting, or advancing or recommending for appointment, employment, promotion, or advancement any ‘‘relative’’ of the official to any agency or department over which the official exercises authority or control.

There are some very smart interns and staff assistant. Dan Lungren starts everyone with no experience as an intern.. he had an 32 year old intern once but he came from another sector.

I'm an intern and wrote a memo to my boss and he decided to write up legislation on it. Everyone here has enormous power it depends on how they channel it.

You can be a suck up and just follow in line with the rest of your staff or break from the pack and be exciting, daring.

no, you just have to disclose that you're a relative to the House Admin or Ethics or somebody.

genuine question.  isn't nepotism illegal on the hill?

I love how "intern" gets thrown around like an insult.  Doesn't your office have the uber-agressive too-excited very-involved-in-college-R's or D's ones that hate to do any real work but love that they're an intern and in spite of everything holy, you just know that they'll run for state legislature someday and win and ultimately rise through the ranks and end up an MoC?

OH Great, MSNBC just reported that Grenades were thrown into the Mexican Consulate in NY... asshat alipac'ers

dreamact.info folks:

LA: Legislative Aide

LD: Legislative Director

CoS: Chief of Staff

MoC: Member of Congress

I think that they usually get help from the member and then placed in another cozy office.  I think it woudl be unethical to have relatives on your payroll.

"As an intern or staff asssistant, the sad reality is that you have zero impact on your boss."
Not true...
I agree.  Somebody has to make the Memebr's coffee.

Anyone here know someone who is staff and is related to their MoC by either blood or marriage? I'm fairly certain they might have some "impact" on their boss.

Illegal immigration is a serious problem that undermines our legal
system and our sovereignty while putting a massive drain on public
services.

I think they more than makeup for the 'drain' by helping the economy and pouring billions into the SS/MC Trust funds that will never be taken out by them later.

By the way, i saw on the other site, i was misquoted cuz i forgot to italicize.  I was quoting someone's assertion that immigrants are bad, and i was defending the other side saying they do help the economy, not being sarcastic.

Exactly.  That's because you're an intern.

happy target adjournment day everyone.

Word.

no. i still don't get it.

Um, the secret is not mixing in the "I'm an LA" with the crazy funny postings.
Bingo.   We're all interns. 

I haven't gotten a work email for like 2.5 hours, TIME TO GO!

"As an intern or staff asssistant, the sad reality is that you have zero impact on your boss."

Not true...

Well, you pick up more chicks too there because they go there and let their guards down because they feel comfy amongst the other sausage chasers.  And less competition, straight girls at gay bars also love a guy who is secure enough to come into one and hang

OK.  Let's say you're a constituent who reads this blog.  Why?  Because despite the abudnace of fart jokes on here, you think this site gives you an peek into the inner workings of Capitol Hill.  You monitor it, repost its post on blogs, never realizing that staff is hired to serve thier member regardless of thier personal opinions.  You beleive staffers are hired for thier political views and allegiances, therefore anything that appears on the board reflects the secret desires of Members.  As an intern or staff asssistant, the sad reality is that you have zero impact on your boss.  Why play into the public's misconceptions by advertising your an LA who posts here?  In fact, as an LA, the first think you learn is that your opinions are you own, and that you have a job to do, which means serving your boss' agenda.   But wait, how would I know, since I'm just an intern.  GET IT???

I'm betting you're the only one who gives a shit.

Um, the secret is not mixing in the "I'm an LA" with the crazy funny postings.  

yeah i wish i was gay so i could go to gay bars, they do have better drink specials

Tea-bagging an elderly man...a favorite pastime among Senate Pages.

happy target adjournment day everyone.

I still don't get it.  What?
OK.  Let's say you're a constituent who reads this blog.  Why?  Because despite the abudnace of fart jokes on here, you think this site gives you an peek into the inner workings of Capitol Hill.  You monitor it, repost its post on blogs, never realizing that staff is hired to serve thier member regardless of thier personal opinions.  You beleive staffers are hired for thier political views and allegiances, therefore anything that appears on the board reflects the secret desires of Members.  As an intern or staff asssistant, the sad reality is that you have zero impact on your boss.  Why play into the public's misconceptions by advertising your an LA who posts here?  In fact, as an LA, the first think you learn is that your opinions are you own, and that you have a job to do, which means serving your boss' agenda.   But wait, how would I know, since I'm just an intern.  GET IT???

EWWWWW, I love it!

To the angry Alipac guy using very large bold font,

I hope you get fucked up the ass by a Mexican and then tea-bagged by his elderly father.

Have a nice day,

Your Congressional Staffer

F Bullfeathers, JR's buy one get one free..  woot woot, pull up a stool, its gonna be a long weekend

Go gay, our drinks are better

The walk to Bullfeathers is going to suck in the rain... but someone's got to do it.

What they also don't realize...........Rush Limbaugh, Terry Anderson,
Laura Ingram, etc.-- take calls from their listeners. We can all make
sure to call their shows......Tell them to go to the site, and see for
themselves what is being said about us!!!!  [ramble] 
What the staffers
also don't realize..........The majority of forums that are started,
have some people who have very good relationships with some of the
senators and our representatives in the House. That is how they are
able to get the information and pass it on to us!!!

Wow, this one is just too good... First, you think that there is just some open phone line straight to rush, and that no one is screening those?  I don't think the screeners are going to be too impressed that a bunch of low level staff are using potty mouths on some website.

Second, oooooooh, some bloggers with an in with a congressman... guess WHAT, we interact with them on a daily basis and overhear things all the time.  I think thats a bit more inside access than your friend ralphs great aunt roberta that is second cousin to Tom Tancredo

Lucky number 36096, blue.

Oh my...I laughed and almost wet myself.

Damn. I almost made the "bed-wetting liberal" insult literal.

Except for the bed part.. 

Some of them won thier positions in a raffle.

Nancy?

Reagan's confused and posthumously posting on the internet again..

Oh my...I laughed and almost wet myself. :)

Aren't like 99% of LAs and LDs former staff asses and interns? It's not like they're hired from a totally different candidate pool or something.
No.  It doesnt work that way.  Not always from the same office either.

Nancy?

Reagan's confused and posthumously posting on the internet again..

Illegal immigration is a serious problem that undermines our legal
system and our sovereignty while putting a massive drain on public
services.

I think they more than makeup for the 'drain' by helping the economy and pouring billions into the SS/MC Trust funds that will never be taken out by them later.

Becasue people outside the beltway tend to think staffers are hired for thier political beliefs or allegiences.  By posting out musing here, people might assume that our opinions reflect our boss'.  Why play into that misconception by claiming to be an LA or LD?  I refuse to beleive any LA would fail to realize this. 

I still don't get it.  What?

Larry?

Becasue people outside the beltway tend to think staffers are hired for thier political beliefs or allegiences.  By posting out musing here, people might assume that our opinions reflect our boss'.  Why play into that misconception by claiming to be an LA or LD?  I refuse to beleive any LA would fail to realize this. 

I refuse to believe that anyone but you would give a shit.

Aren't like 99% of LAs and LDs former staff asses and interns? It's not like they're hired from a totally different candidate pool or something.

Becasue people outside the beltway tend to think staffers are hired for thier political beliefs or allegiences.  By posting out musing here, people might assume that our opinions reflect our boss'.  Why play into that misconception by claiming to be an LA or LD?  I refuse to beleive any LA would fail to realize this. 

Nancy?

Ron Paul also has plenty of time to post on here. I mean, it's not like he does any legislating.

But we give him a free pass because he's "running for president." (Also because America is better off with him away from the House floor)

Congressman Foley, you know what happened last time you were chatting on the internet...

hey there, MoC,

just so we're clear, staffers are good multitaskers.  we're doing work AND meaninglessly blogging.

signed,

staff

Ron Paul? He loves the internets.

No, I'm an LA. I know other LA's and LD's who post on here.
I don't believe you.  No LA could be so dumb to advertise that LA's (who aren't high level either) actually post here. 

....why would it be "dumb to advertise that LA's actually post here" when it's anonymous? It would be no more dumb to advertise that than it would be for interns, staff assistants, etc.

I wonder if Cynthia McKinney's IP request to use this site is still valid.

Nah, some freshman who's trying to get all in touch with the Hill.

I'm obviously not from the west coast or I'd be off by now.

Has to be Anthony Weiner.

If it's us (the educated) .vs the unemployed Alipac forum members....the safe bet is on us.

No, I'm an LA. I know other LA's and LD's who post on here.
I don't believe you.  No LA could be so dumb to advertise that LA's (who aren't high level either) actually post here. 

No. You have 19 more guesses.

Ms. Jackson-Lee? Is that you?

Illegal immigration is a serious problem that undermines our legal system and our sovereignty while putting a massive drain on public services.

The North American Union is a crazy conspiracy theory. No one is actually proposing this. Stop smoking crack.

I'm an MoC. Seriously.

We don't care what the Alipac people say.  They are simply enterainment.

Will Stevens be indicted before the year is out? I wonder.

If you're Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK), this is not what you want to read your lawyer saying to the press:

“By the time somebody comes to me, they are pretty far up the creek. The good thing is they will pay almost anything."

--Brendan Sullivan, quoted by the Washingtonian

Why do people care what Alipac think or say? They are racist losers who want America to be white. Get over it! You will be in the minority in 2030 and illegal immigrants will still be moving over here. Move back to Europe.

No, I'm an LA.
Whatever, intern.  ;)

i am very low level

i am very low level

Hot, wanna date?

I'll admit, I am a bit higher level, just sophomoric :)

me too

everyone should just relax.  nobody on here is exactly "high level."  we're all interns and staff assistant, i think.  anyone who knows anything about Washington would know that our random silly thoughts are irrelevant. 

No, I'm an LA. I know other LA's and LD's who post on here. So...nope...not just all interns and staff assitants.

As previously announced, there will be NO VOTES in the House the Weeks of November 19 and November 26, 2007.  In the event the House has not completed its business for the session by November 16, 2007, Members are advised that the House will meet again in December as follows:

December 4, 5, 6, 2007; and December 11,12,13, 2007 – IF NEEDED.  Voting days may be added after December 13th, if needed, to complete the year’s legislative business.

Touce to the ALIPACer who tried to link the Capitolist to FISA. Beautiful segue.

I'll admit, I am a bit higher level, just sophomoric :)

everyone should just relax.  nobody on here is exactly "high level."  we're all interns and staff assistant, i think.  anyone who knows anything about Washington would know that our random silly thoughts are irrelevant. 

* The updated bill to
renew and improve the Children’s Health Insurance Program does even more
of what opponents say it should.

Limits coverage more
strictly to low-income American children.

·        
The updated bill caps CHIP coverage at 300 percent of
the Federal poverty level.  There will be no federally funded coverage for
children in families above 300 percent of poverty.  In fact, States must request
Administration waivers for any coverage above 200 percent of poverty, limited up
to 300 percent. 

·        
The only state currently covering children above 300
percent of poverty, New
Jersey, can continue under its current Department of
Health and Human Services waiver.  But New Jersey must be among the top states in the
country for lower-income coverage by 2010, or lose funding for coverage above
300 percent of poverty. 

·      New
York, the only state that asked to cover children up to 400
percent of poverty, will be just like all other states – no federally funded
coverage of children above 300 percent of the federal poverty level.  Note: The original bill would not have required
approval of New
York’s application.

·        
States will only receive enrollment bonus payments for
covering the lowest-income kids – Medicaid kids below 200 percent of the Federal
poverty level.

Cuts off CHIP coverage
for childless adults – sooner.

·        
States will have only one year to transition out of CHIP
coverage for childless adults currently covered through Administration waivers. 

·        
The extension of current law proposed by some House
members would let adult coverage continue as is, and likely increase it.   CBO
estimated that total spending on adults (other than pregnant women) under a
continuation of current law would be $1.1 billion higher for 2008 – 2012 than
would have been spent under the original CHIP Reauthorization Act, even
before this change further curbing childless adult
coverage.

Contains stronger
measures to make sure CHIP coverage won’t replace private coverage that may be
available.

·        
Every state – not just those seeking to cover kids
between 200 percent and 300 percent of poverty – will have to develop a plan to
cover first the lowest-income kids who are most likely to be uninsured, and
implement recommendations to prevent substitution of CHIP coverage for private
coverage.

·        
Offering premium assistance, which helps families buy
available private coverage for kids instead of enrolling them in CHIP, will be
one way states can qualify for bonus payments.

Contains stronger
requirements for verifying the American citizenship of CHIP
kids.

·        
The original bill included a requirement – for the first
time – that CHIP applicants’ American citizenship be verified prior to approval
for coverage.  The updated bill says additionally that states choosing to check
Social Security Administration (SSA) records must require additional
documentation to confirm the citizenship of any applicant whose citizenship is
not indicated by SSA records.

·        
States are still prohibited from receiving a single
dollar in Federal funds for covering a Medicaid or CHIP applicant who is not a
citizen.

Rush, Laura, Al, Glenn and Lou all have staffers that parse through the drivel emails they get, and ignore 99.9% of them just like us, wake up and get wise!  These people don't see your comments anymore than MoC's do!

Anyone else agree that Rahm Emanuel should be majority leader

Oh my oh my...to the person who just blew a gasket on the alipac forum:

Send screencaps to Rush, Laura, Al, etc.? Ummm...ok. Considering the fact that it's an anonymous message board...I could care less. Also, you seem to have missed the part where you can post from a different IP if you first request access from a Hill IP....so not everyone is posting while at work. So Mr. tough guy...who probably gets belligerent with staff and yells when he calls....suck a dick.

DO
THEIR BOSSES KNOW THEY AREN'T ATTENDING TO OFFICE BUSINESS BUT PLAYING
ON THE INTERNET. CAPTURE THOSE PAGES AND GET THEM TO RUSH, LAURA, AL,
GLENN, LOU. LET THEM KNOW WHAT THE SENATORS OFFICES ARE UP TO. LET THEM
KNOW IF THEY ARE SO CONCERNED ABOUT THE PUBLIC'S PRIVACY (WIRE TAPPING)
ISN'T THAT CLOSE TO WHAT THEIR OFFICES ARE DOING? THIS CONSTITUENT WILL
BE AT A TOWNHALL MEETING NEXT TIME THEY ARE HOME AND LET THEM KNOW
THEIR ATTITUDE TOWARD THEIR CONSTITUENTS.

Hm, so I see two possibilities here: 1) the alipac people are also playing around on this and their blog at work and wasting their employer's money, or 2) Their spouse works while they sit on their ass at home and on top of it i support them with the great marriage penalty elimination on their taxes.

House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) acknowledged Thursday that
Congress will most likely have to pass another stopgap funding measure
to keep the federal government running, but neither he nor the
president has any desire to shutter the federal bureaucracy as part of
their standoff over government spending.

i hate the red sox

Presidential election is a joke http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003663830

I want amnesty

Thanks to the genius who gave the ALIPAC a timetable for withdrawl... you said we had a plan and now they will just wait us out

Dude, how long did he rehearse for that?

Not all of them are liberal in doling out to other offices though.  Hence why i am sharing the information on who i have dealt with before in exchanging products. 

Rangel Tax Plan: "Dead on Arrival" in Senate

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYjjNQZ0x5M

Every Georgia member gets coke dummies others get peanuts and peaches..

PBS sent a copy of the documentary to all of the Senate offices, not sure about you Housers.

Why does is matter you will be leaving soon to go on K street

Haha.. naw I'm actually still on "I can change the world" mode.

I know Pitts gets hershey chocolate.  Marshall is pretty good on the coke products as well. 

Boxer has a hot press sec..

In a letter from Texas (not my Senator's state) today:

With Congress' poll ratings at 11%, maybe its time for Americans to demand A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT to limit their terms

Perhaps he's not aware of the process involved in amending the Constitution...

"Free copy of Ken Burns' War!! Woot!"

Where?

I dont know much about the internets, but is this really anonymous, or is some hacker going to eventually totally give me a bad day?

Why does is matter you will be leaving soon to go on K street

Free copy of Ken Burns' War!! Woot!

I dont know much about the internets, but is this really anonymous, or is some hacker going to eventually totally give me a bad day?

Son of a.... where was this alleged free candy?

confectioners reception dude rayburn last night

If it gets to the point of radio shows commenting on this, i reccomend the site go down at once.  MOC's hate this kind of stuff, and will have everyones head for this

I agree.

I'm happy too.

waht good freebies does your office get from your district? I know Gingrey gets free coke (georgia). My boss gets free beer (has a prominent brewery in his district).

Thank you greentea with the dreamact.info folks. Now...if only the tools over at the alipac forum would read it as well.

Yeah, if Limbaugh so much as mentions this, I'm gone

Ya know, I miss the days of Capitol Hill bar segregation. Way back when, a Democrat wouldn't think of setting foot in Bullfeathers, and I believe the Dems had the Hawk and Dove all to themselves.

If it gets to the point of radio shows commenting on this, i reccomend the site go down at once.  MOC's hate this kind of stuff, and will have everyones head for this

im kind of a hipster redneck.

Mmmm... PBR: uniting hipsters and rednecks everywhere.

I'll take a Skyy from now on, 2 PBR's at the bar out of a can last night = hangover

You do that. And I'll continue annoying the Democrat party.

But seriously, even though I disagree with you insufferable liberal pinko commies, at the end of the day I'll still have a beer with you.

haha.. chill out dude. just having a little fun on a friday.
Oh I know.  I'm faking outrage. 

at least you aren't the guy who discounts any argument by responding with "stupid interns"

From now on i'm spelling inhofe with 18 f's and maybe an z every now and then to shake things up.

the internet.  bringing douchebags together

haha.. chill out dude. just having a little fun on a friday.

Son of a.... where was this alleged free candy?

"Who wants to bring me candy?  Or, for that matter, who has an office cool enough to get free candy from some provider in their district that wants to share?"

You didn't get all the free candy in Rayburn last night? I have a toothache

I love being pedantic.  Yeah.. I thought it was the right that had no sense of humor.
the internet.  bringing douchebags together.

I love that picture of Pink Floyd one of the dreamers has as his signature. It is way better than a picture of Los Lobos.

where is the LNS party at tonight?

There are no votes. Why are we here today. Can't people run the country by themselves, just for one day a week? Is that too much to ask?

Who wants to bring me candy?  Or, for that matter, who has an office cool enough to get free candy from some provider in their district that wants to share?

Ok, so the alipac freaks are commenting on a post I had about using 411 reverse lookup to know who they are where they are calling from. They think I'm so stupid because, "ever heard of people being "out of town" and calling from somewhere else? " Well, actually when I check your number I am able to see your name, your mailing address, whether it is a land line or a cell, and the name of your telephone service provider. So...no...I don't think you are out of town. Unless that many of you are visiting someone in a residence with a listed phone number and taking time out of your visit to call all 100 Senators to bitch about something you've been severely misinformed on. Let's just say...the odds are in my favor. It's far more likely that you are calling from you own home...in a state which is not represented by the Senator you are calling.

Also, alipac freaks...please pass this along to your friends. No matter what you say or what you may believe...no, a U.S. Senator does not represent you if you are not a resident of their state. No, we are not a direct democracy and when you elect someone they don't first have to ask you how they should vote. We're a representative republic...look it up. Oh, and shut the fuck up and get a day job.

Yeah.. I thought it was the right that had no sense of humor.

I love being pedantic.

it's friday folks, let's attempt to have a sense of humor.

Its more than one person, I am the Democratic blogger, somone else is the Inhofffffffe blogger

By the way people, it's Inhofe. One "f."
who is this douchebag?    I'll put as many f's as I like.  Inhofffffe.  Inhofffffffffffffffffffffe.   Inhoffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffe. 

Eat a dick.

Reagan started it, pretty douchic if you ask me...

Does anyone ever call their Member of Congress (assuming you don't work for them) or your representatives in the other body? I was bored and feeling a little malicious a little while ago, and I gave this intern a whole lecture on SCHIP.

I'm happy.

We do it on purpose just to irk you Dems. ;-)

He's serious.

you republicans are that sad

By the way people, it's Inhofe. One "f."

We do it on purpose just to irk you Dems. ;-)

Like... "Republicantic office?"

What part of speech is "douchebag"?

Democrat offices

Er, I think you mean Democratic offices ;)

Democrat is a Noun, Democratic is an Adjective, whereas Republican is both a noun and an adjective (really its in the dictionary)

I love the alipac people who assume all Hill staffers are liberal.

Yes, the ones in Democrat offices are liberal. The ones in Republican offices, however, are conservative. I find this to be the case approximately 100% of the time.

Shit, this must be the upped screening people were mentioning on here:

NEW YORK (CBS News) ―
The joint FBI-Homeland Security bulletin, obtained by CBS News today,
bluntly warns that terrorists are still working to use "modified
footwear as a concealment method for explosive devices," CBS News
correspondent Bob Orr reports.

The
alert follows the discovery of bomb detonators - expertly hidden in the
hollowed-out soles of this pair of shoes - found aboard a European bus
last month.

Intelligence officials say the shoes were not
being worn at the time, but instead were being used, as the document
says, "to smuggle electric blasting caps across international borders
for use in a terrorist attack."

When is happy hour?  I am still hung over from last night and need some hair of the dog.  Oh, thats the other reason hillrats are all moody, we are hungover and you are yelling at us!

"If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy."

We had some lefty nut bitching us out on the phone yesterday about everything from Iraq to wiretapping to potholes on his street. And I was just waiting WAITING for him to mention SCHIP (my boss was one of the 45). As soon as he said "And the Congresswoman can fund Bush's illegal occupation but not healthcare for poor kids," I cut him off and in the most polite way I could just said "FUCK YOU, she voted for the fucking schip bill. You obviously don't know shit about fuck!" (Of course, cleaned it up for the constituent). Still, that made for a nice moral victory.

Something I've noticed...

The folks who call about illegal immigration, while they might often times to misinformed, seem to have a genuine interest in the subject.

While the folks who call about the Law of the Sea....are totally uninformed. They have not interest in what the treaty itself would actually do. They are only concerned with their want to be isolated from the rest of world and not trust anyone. The are the ultra-paranoid New World Order, Illuminati are going to take over the world and kill us all crowd.

James Madison is the shizznit.
http://www.constitution.org/jm/jm_quotes.htm

Is anyone worried that PerezHilton.com hasn't updated in like 4 hours?

brizaysol     Joined: 16 Jul 2007     Posts: 272

we should start a staffer dating service (strictly for sex of
course).....cuz i think some of you staffers have sexy voices.  

Hey, how you doin'?

        Potato Head              Charles Rangel

Does Inhoffe own property in the path of the NAFTA Superhighway? Maybe he is afraid of eminent domain.

Let's send his office some ameros.

Inhoffe is now yapping about Law of the Sea.  He's on a crazy roll!  Says the Law of the Sea Treaty and the Global Warming "hoax" of being a UN interests to tax the world!  This guy belongs in the House. ;)

Inhoffe is a douce

Inhoffe:  Climate Loon and Polar Bear Lover

Fetish?

America to Capitolist Posters: Welcome to Costco. I love you. It's got electrolytes.

Capitolist Posters to America: Go 'way. Baitin'!

Inhoffe:  Climate Loon and Polar Bear Lover

Anyone ever make the mistake of doing something on their office computer and got caught? I did...sort of. A long time ago I stubbled upon a blog that had an entry that was critical and also false regarding my MoC. So...I couldn't resist. I responded in the comments (anoymously I thought) and debunked the whold thing. Next thing I know there is a response to my comment, but it's from the person who runs and posted the blog entry. He noticed the origin of my IP address and the name of another staff member who name was for some reason associated with it.  He mentioned that he wasn't going to say anything and he didn't really care...he just didn't want me chasing away his regulars. I have to admit though...I felt a knot in the pit of my stomach when he posted that IP info in his response. Shit...

Hey ALIPAC: I am eating some tastee MacDougals right now so no teeth when you blow me, k?

Hey Snapped Shot: I am in your tubes doing nothing. Did you get my internets? I sent it yesterday.

LOLZ.

They are a bit slower though... haven't updated in over an hour-- Must take them that long to put even illogical and wrongminded arguments together

http://www.alipac.us/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=87946&post...

http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-87946-staffers.html

Hey asshats: bite me on Teh Capitolists!

U R paying mucho dineros for me to wank at work.

Thanks!

Link to the ALIPAC forum comments?

think of how it reflects on the boss when you get that "throw it back in their faces" feeling.  wait for them to swear at you and then politely say goodbye. 

No, I'm not talking about wanting to piss them off while speaking with them, meeting with them, etc. I'm just saying in general...for instance the Dream Act. Regardless of whether or not I actually agree with it...I found myself hoping it would pass soley to piss off the more belligerent constituents.

OMG, so our buddy blogs will love this-

I was just riding up the Hart elevators and there were these three SMOKIN hot latino boys in there speaking spanish of course. Hopefully here to lobby on the DREAM Act.

Yes Rednecks, we are gay and we love us some illegal ass in DC

think of how it reflects on the boss when you get that "throw it back in their faces" feeling.  wait for them to swear at you and then politely say goodbye. 

I must admit that I tend to care just a little less now. These days, from time to time I find myself just wanting to piss the constituents off a bit.

that warms my little leftist brainwashed heart.

link for these quotes?

oops...think not thing

Message to Immigration bloggers/commentators following this blog:  Capitol Hill staffers aren't elite Washington-born brats with daddies who are Senators, trust funds, and cushy lifestyles.  Most of us come from the state we represents (whether ohio or texas or florida or alaska or vermont) and many of us have lived in the little towns you'd like us to visit that are stuggling with poor economies or an influx of immigrants or high cost of living or whatever.  Most of us are working our asses off for what amounts to less than minimum wage given the hours we put in because we love this country, we believe it can be better and stronger, and we want to be part of that process.  (And also, because witnessing history firsthand is fucking cool).  So, anyway, forgive us if we have little respect for those who don't respect us.

Gogo
ALIPAC Hero Elite

Joined: May 18, 2007
Posts: 2014
Location: Sonoma County, CA

Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 11:14 am    Post subject:

We call them the McDonald's generation. NO propriety anymore. Every thing is a play ground. You go eat it's a play ground, you go to a NICE restaurant its a play ground. You go to a funeral you let your kids play. You go to a business meeting and take your kids, they play.

I have a friend who children have been taught etiquette. She said you never know where we will go, who they will marry, and what situations they will be in and they need to know propriety for the situation. What is acceptable at McDonalds or the park or your back yard isn't acceptable in the department store.
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oops...think not thing

The crazies always thing it's everyone else in the world that is nuts. There are over 300 million Americans and let's say a few thousand of them believe in the NAU conspiracy....now which group is more likely to be a loon?

BrightNail
ALIPAC Titan

Joined: Jun 19, 2007
Posts: 509

Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:08 pm    Post subject:

These "kids" are the silver spoon in the mouth, leftist brainwashed.. special interest driven "helpers" the senators love. They of course, are the very same supporters of those who support open borders, special interests and this idea that "they know what is best for us......"

Also, when someone says the "NAU" is a conspiracy theory - tells me all I need to know about these goons. Uneducated and all drinking the same Kool-Aid.
_________________
'Seperation of Business & State!' Business controls America, not you! Lets wise up, or America as we know it will be no more. A 'once upon a time' story waiting to happen..
google video "freedom to fascism" by Aaron Russo

yay, and we are back to house/senate infighting!

Must be nice to be on the Senate side and have a mailroom.  Over here
on the House side, it's every LA for themselves.  Even with two LCs, we
all have to chip in to respond to the 100,000+ incoming a year.

Gimme a break... Try over 500K  year in the Senate for a moderately big sized office.  Over here, data entry clerks enter stuff and LCs respond.  Though as an LA, I have to say, sometimes LC's can write some really crappy stuff that we have to clean up!  But its all about a good correspondence management system.  75% of volume is faxes/notecards that can be replied to in one fell swoop.

"The way to get ahead on the hill is to know the pecking order and suck up!"

thats also the way to give head on the hill.

Must be nice to be on the Senate side and have a mailroom.  Over here on the House side, it's every LA for themselves.  Even with two LCs, we all have to chip in to respond to the 100,000+ incoming a year.

Civic lesson number 1: If you are from Texas don't call a New York representative because he doesn't represent you.

Also don't hound a office that has already co sponsored the legislation

Does anyone else get the Doobie Brothers stuck in your head every time someone mentions Blackwater?

I will just say that I did the LC/Mailroom thing for 3 years.  It gets better-  Keep on goin but don't get too cocky up there.  Otherwise, you are no better than an paid intern.  The way to get ahead on the hill is to know the pecking order and suck up!

http://www.dreamact.info/forum/about2937-0-asc-90.html

http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-87946-staffers.html

Did anyone else notice how the 3rd to last page of CongressDailyAM has an ad

"ExxonMobil is donating this week's op-ed space to Ford's Theater."

Doesn't that just make you warm up to our REAL overlords?

"Oh right, staffers, dont forget that the Anti-Defamation League considers Alipac a Hate Group"

The ADL thinks that the Telletubbies are a hate group.

Okay, so we talk all the time about people that call.  can i get an amen for how much it sucks actually responding to the mail and calls? 

Argh, good thing.

can you post the links to those blogs?

overwhelmed? no. but there's definitely something meta about it.

Yeah, that's mostly all I meant.  But it's also a lot to keep with.  Good think I'm a lazy overpaid Hill staffer with nothing to do all day but read internet forums (fora?) and shop for my yacht...

"lmao. This is seriously some kind of seven way conversation between Capitolist, DAP, Alipac, Numbers, and other blogs going on. The last site to quote another WINS!"

What do I win? Don't say amnesty..

not soon enougheth

Wow. These people done the impossible. They have created agreement among staffers across the aisles.

Happy hour approacheth.

overwhelmed? no. but there's definitely something meta about it.

btw, loved the apple comment

Yeah they pay our exorbitant capitol hill salaries. I was trying to choose between buying a yacht or a helicopter when I realized, "I'm a staff ass... I can afford both!"

By the way, to all of the asshats on these other blogs that are complaining about how we "must represent the views of our Members" with such attitude, wake up... We don't reflect anything... we are just venting our frustrations with having to be the polite front liners after listening to ill informed drivel from the minority of ill-informed often non-constituents of Members.  I am sure that Members would get frustrated at your tactics (note not 'views') ...  If you would just call up, politely state your case and not argue with staffers, then everyone would be happier up here.

Oh and as for the constant argument that 'we pay your salary', wake up!  Its an interconnected world!  If you build cars for a living, and I work on the hill for a living, and then I buy a car, then I am paying your salary.  If you are a farmer, I eat and I pay for you... If you are an unemployed layabout complaining that immigrants are taking your jobs (which is a strawman), then You aren't paying jacksh^t for me, and I am paying your unemployment benefits.

How's about them apples (that you wouldn't go out on a farm and pick for $10 bucks an hour).  Oh, and one final note, since we now have scarred them and can't find enough illegals to work on our nation's farms, food rots in the field and we have to rely increasingly on IMPORTED produce!

Overwhelmed? How so?

Is anyone else really overwhelmed by this big crazy circle of linking back and forth that's going on here?

My favorite comment by the pissed off Snapped Shot guy can be found after an obviously facetious caption of a picture of a smiling Ahmadinejad. Snapped Shot:

Personally, I'm hoping that was "sarcasm."

I love that he puts sarcasm in quotations. It's that foreign of a concept. BTW Snapped Shot dude, I'm a red-stater and my boss is a Republican... chill out. I'm sure you've never wanted to vent about work. We aren't machines.

Inhoffe is insane

If you work for Rep. Virgil Goode....aren't you embarrassed? 

"
Hey staffers!  Since you have found this thread about you

  this
is my official THANK YOU to doing the shitty phone call answering you
have to do every day.. I thank god most of these crazy loons on the
you-know-what site are only speaking to me through a COMPUTER and not a
PHONE.. I don't know what I would do !!  It's nice to see that (most)
of you guys do realize that these racist loons have NEVER read the
bills etc etc.  

And thanks for putting up with our pro-dream calls!  I'm sure we
bugged the hell out of you too!  Evidenced by the number times when the
"Thank you I'll let the senator know bye" occurred even before we got
to the "Act" in "Dream Act."  Hope we didn't take up too much time from
your posts on the Capitalist =P

(If your senator supports Dream you likely never heard from us -
just those loons again screaming about "sneaking" in an amnesty.. even
though the vote occurs in broad daylight and um.. broadcasted on TV..
and the web!!!)

So thank you, for the awesome-yet-shitty job that you do every
day!  I probably met some of you in D.C... Thanks if you ever actually
attended a Dream Act briefing or meeting, and actually met some of us
face-to-face.."

Well, the at Dream Act might have been amused by us, but the folks at Snapped Shot seem less so.

and for one interest rate - you can't change it every time you wanna give the nasdaq a booster up the rooster

It's doesn't help much when member propose legislation such as:

H.CON.RES.40 [110th]

Title: Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should not engage in the construction of a

NorthAmerican

Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Superhighway System or enter into a

NorthAmericanUnion

with Mexico and Canada.

Sponsor: Rep Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5]
(introduced 1/22/2007)

Yea, get ready to exchange your dollars for Euros.

we could tell them we're joining the EU. That'll scare 'em.

Limitless paper for a paperless world.

What is your best response to callers who claim that the North American Union is real?

Kelly: Hai-ya!

Dwight: Good, now watch, let me take you from behind…

Kelly: What?

Lott's staff. Daaaaaaamn.

I got a keyboard from the Senate IT department and there was a hottie in there. The last thing I was expecting was a smoking hot brunette. A rousing game of Magic the Gathering would have been more of what I was expecting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qcypRnDcCo

I think the girl in the Senate Sgt. of Arms office is pretty hot.  Anyone else got some hotties?

slow day.

Dream Act supporters are motivated by hope. Those against it are motivated by anger. That would explain the attitudes.

And I'm not saying the anger isn't justified. The anti-immigration folks do have the law on their side, and I can see how that frustration can lead to anger. I would have voted against the Dream Act and I believe the border should be much stronger, but I also think that we need to show some compassion to the illegals that are here.

after reading both the pro dream act and anti-dream chats i would have to say teh pro dream act people appear to be happier, more understanding and have a better sense of humor.   My office voted against the dream-act and I think that was probably right, but if i had to kick it with one group I would hang out with the dreamers.  

Hello Indystar...

Why did someone say hello indystar?  I went to their website, nothing earth-shattering. 

Wow, that didn't work. Today is a full moon

Expect great calls today. I've already had 2.

2007 Phases of the MoonUniversal Time NEW MOON FIRST QUARTER FULL MOON LAST QUARTER

d h m d h m d h m d h m

JAN. 3 13 57 JAN. 11 12 45
JAN. 19 4 01 JAN. 25 23 01 FEB. 2 5 45 FEB. 10 9 51
FEB. 17 16 14 FEB. 24 7 56 MAR. 3 23 17 MAR. 12 3 54
MAR. 19 2 43 MAR. 25 18 16 APR. 2 17 15 APR. 10 18 04
APR. 17 11 36 APR. 24 6 36 MAY 2 10 09 MAY 10 4 27
MAY 16 19 27 MAY 23 21 03 JUNE 1 1 04 JUNE 8 11 43
JUNE 15 3 13 JUNE 22 13 15 JUNE 30 13 49 JULY 7 16 54
JULY 14 12 04 JULY 22 6 29 JULY 30 0 48 AUG. 5 21 20
AUG. 12 23 03 AUG. 20 23 54 AUG. 28 10 35 SEPT. 4 2 32
SEPT. 11 12 44 SEPT. 19 16 48 SEPT. 26 19 45 OCT. 3 10 06
OCT. 11 5 01 OCT. 19 8 33 OCT. 26 4 52 NOV. 1 21 18
NOV. 9 23 03 NOV. 17 22 33 NOV. 24 14 30 DEC. 1 12 44
DEC. 9 17 40 DEC. 17 10 18 DEC. 24 1 16 DEC. 31 7 51

What a waste of my time today

This shit with SCHIP is never going to end.

Rep. Michael McNulty is retiring. Is he first Dem to announce?

I'm dressing up as Rudy Giuliani this year.

Hello Indystar...

I think I'm going to be a code Pink lady for Halloween. It will be my first public appearance in drag.

Which is not to say I've made any private appearances...

Haha....sure....

Frist!

I think I'm going to be a code Pink lady for Halloween. It will be my first public appearance in drag.

Which is not to say I've made any private appearances...