Video: California Democrat Tirelessly Serves Constituents
**Written by Doug Powers
This past June, Rep. Lynn Woolsey, a California Democrat, announced that she’ll retire when her current term expires at the end of 2012. Obviously she’s already started practicing:
What’s a five-letter word for neglecting a responsibility?
From The Blaze:
This truly is one of those “gotcha” moments that will leave people shaking their heads in dismay, and disapproval. Democrat Lynn Woolsey, who reportedly earns $174,000 a year serving her constituents in the U.S. House of Representatives, can be seen below in the following C-SPAN clip, doing a crossword puzzle on the House floor while fellow California Democrat George Miller spoke addressed the topic of union rights on Wednesday.
The backdrop provided by Woolsey offered a fitting symbolic compliment to Miller’s speech on worker productivity, wouldn’t you say?
(h/t The Blaze and Andrew Malcolm)
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At least she was there. That is more than can be said about all the others. Of course it is likely she was to speak next and was learning a few new words to make herself seem a bit brighter than the left wing dolt she really is.
Probably best not to find out what the ones who were not there were doing.
Looks like she is working about as hard as bho does with the dc bunch?
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As long as she is willing to stand with Israel, nothing else matters.
Yawn. Apparently you haven’t seen the Youtube videos of Republicans, Mr. Powers. Someone was making a speech, it wasn’t a vote. It’s amazing to me that MM continues to allow you to post inane articles, which tend to be the opposite of her posts which tend to be usually well-thought out. Of course, this is coming from someone like yourself who posted that Obama’s India trip was $200 million a day – which was later found to be FALSE.
1.6 trillion dollar deficit divided by 365 days in a year = approximatelly 4.4 billion per day.
Mr. Powers was being kind. Obama’s presidency costs 22 times what his trip to India supposedly cost.
I’d rather have her play games on her laptop than typing up another Marxist bill to ask the donkeys to shove down the American people’s throat.
In fact, I want all the legislators to just play games on their laptops. That way nothing gets passed.
No tax increased.
No enforcement of Obamacare.
No budget.
Remember, liberty, propery, life and limb are always in danger when the legislature is in session.
Wait, do we really need a federal government?
Yes! For border enforcement! Oh wait they’re not doing that….
Hmmm….Yes! For the post office! Oh wait, they’re cutting service….
Wait! We need it for all those government agencies…which sit around trying to hurt people….
Can someone please tell me what the Feds are good for besides taking?
Doing favours for other politicians and supporters, as well as providing a brand for said supporters to cheerlead.
That’s sounds like an extension of professional sports, right down to the overpriced ticket sales to just participate as a cheerleader…
Choose your side R or D, you’ll get the same thing……
i am not very good at crossword puzzles, but pay me 174 grand a year, with all the extras, and i will happily learn.
peteee #11,
On-line Thesaurus is your friend !
http://thesaurus.com/
And it’s amazing to the rest of us that parasitical vermin, such as yourself, is aloud to keep posting your leftist whines.
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At least this “representative” of the people was awake. And she is smart enough to brush up on her English and vocabulary skills. And she knows that it’s just more preaching to the choir going on–they are 100 percent in the tank already.
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Far better than Sheriff Joe Biden’s high treason of snoozing through a truly inspiring and insightful Comrade Obama speech.
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Count your (few!) blessings with this crew of Corruptocrats. It could (and will) be far worse.
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John Bibb
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OK-L The trolls all have the same disorder: its called attention deficiency disorder. They would probably go away if everyone just ignored their whining.
And they claim the Republican’s are a “do-nothing” bunch of legislators? I would “gleen” this clip and use it prodigiously in campaign ads next year;
“Is this what you expect from YOUR member of Congress?”
The putz at the podium is also a piece of work. I met someone who went to school with him and his brother, and he said his classmates generally hated them, because they were bullies…and this guy telling me this was a Democrat.
I don’t care for Miller for other reasons. Besides being a “smart ass,” he is the one who suggested at the end of 2008, that the brilliance of the Democrats would show if they were to pass legislation that would enable Congress to “take possession” of private 401k’s, and manage them. These Democrats have no shame. They will try to identify everything that is not currently taxed, and place a tax on it…for their own spending benefit. Don’t believe me? How about the current attempt to tax internet purchases?
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“I hates dese
honkeyelitist peckerheads…every one of dem I hates…” Shaka (something or other) abu Boom-Boom Sha-dizzleMe too, my Afro-centric foe, me too!
/sarc
Voting “present”.
Doing crosswords.
Same thing.
Yeah, right!
No such thing! Every liberal I know of, masks their true identifying principles using modifiers. No real moderate would have anything to do with the Democrat Party, since it has gone 99% radical.
There are also no such thing as a moderate Republicans. These are RINO’s, that at least have the sense to avoid the fellowship of the radical liberals, although they usually vote with them. True moderates are independents that don’t feel secure with one foot in either camp at the same time.
My point is, if liberals lie/hide/deceive once, they lie/hide/deceive always.
You are NOT a moderate.
Exactly,
To say that MSD is moderate, is to say Jerry Sandusky is good with kids.
It will be easier to find a chicken with lips than to find a GOP/RNC political ad with scenes like this.
Doing favours for other politicians and supporters, as well as providing a brand for said supporters to cheerlead.
Moderate is a relative term. Cater was/is a moderate compared to Obama. But does that mean Carter is balanced toward the centre? Definitely not!
Our California town had its’ annual Christmas parade yesterday.
2 1/2 hours of military units, marching bands, Christian floats, thousands of people lining the streets to watch and cheer.
I propose splitting California into two states. The New California would be composed of all the counties, except Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Mateo, Alameda, Santa Clara, Contra Costa and Sacramento.
I suspect even the liberal 1%ers in Marin County would go for it if you promised to cut their state income taxes in half (Jerry Brown wants to raise their taxes.)
Here is a county map of the state:
http://www.digital-topo-maps.com/county-map/california.shtml
Here is the map of the election results for 2010 from the New York Times:
http://elections.nytimes.com/2010/results/california
I chose the New York Times map so you can click on the governors race and then click on the bubble map. It shows you how Los Angeles and the Bay Area dominate the will of the rest of the state.
Old California can have the ports, the film industry, the tourism in Los Angeles and the Bay Area.
New California would get the coasts, the mountains, the forests, the engery resources and….the water.
New California Now.
If most of the Dimocrats in the Congress would just do crossword puzzles, and nothing else, wouldn’t we all be better off?
I prefer they pick their navel fluff instead. Doing crossword puzzles might increase their intelligence.
On December 4th, 2011 at 1:57 pm, OK_Loyalist said:
I didn’t see any remarks from this zombie for a few months, I was in hopes he gone the way of Dodo Bird.
Speaking of missing Zombies, what happened to Craponatour, was he banished, haven’t seen any of his droppings for quite awhile, not nearly long enough to be sure.
OT, but not really. I’m just struck by a contrast between these overpaid over-indulged useless politi-cretin and real Americans.
Went to the annual Christmas open house at Chick-fil-A Corporate HQ in S Atlanta today. I shook hands again with Truett Cathay, the founder and CEO. (was stunned he remembered my name) 90 years young and still an active CEO, creating new product lines and motivating people.
When you drive up for the open house the corporate officers and managers are out in the parking garage to park you, manning the reception tables to welcome you and make your personal name tag, and all over the facility to help the guests – while the employees, customers, venders and walk in guests are treated like royalty. String quartets and a brass ensemble (with my son playing trumpet
) in the atrium and lobbies.
Cathy opened his first diner in ’46 after serving with distinction in WWII. First day of business he and his brother grossed $68.57. This year the (still private) corporation cleared $3.5 billion. That’s 64 consecutive years of growth – including almost a billion in annual growth through this recession.
The corporate mission statement is on a brass plaque at the entrance…“to glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to us and to have a positive influence on all who come in contact with Chick-fil-A.”
Mr. Cathy and his family, and the kids I’m seeing in our churches are why I still believe in the USA, and why we will survive the present Washingtoon cretin like Ms Woolsey – and will thrive again. Bank on it!
He is kentroyale now. You can tell by the syntax of the postings, the same type of snarky remarks and kents habit of always remarking in chats where rule of law is discussed, just like chappy. kent is chap.
frontierguy #28,
But Kent never talks cheese with his whine !
“What’s a five-letter word for laziness?”
S L O T H
(saved a click on a link for you lazy readers)
So you’re saying that they are paid to not listen to speeches? Then what’s the point of the speeches, besides to make it look like they are actually working?
I’d make a horrible politician, apparently. If I’m going to make a speech, I want someone other than my inner self to hear what I have to say.
Of course, if the point is for them to talk and have nobody else hear, that’s also known as talking to oneself. Most of us assume when we see someone talking to him/herself on the street that there’s some form of mental illness or deficiency at play. Probably true here, too.
Freedom of speech is apparently ok with you, only when it agrees with your viewpoint. How fascist of you. But let me guess, you’re a protector of the Constitution against “evil” liberals, right?
By the way, you might want to learn the difference between “aloud” and “allowed” – I know it’s hard to understand but words can sound alike, but be spelled differently.
The spelling queen is here! Oh my.
Who cares? Does this actually reveal anything we didn’t know about these people?
Get a life. We already know how bad they are – we don’t need these fauz victory laps.
Funny talk about the downsides of moderation coming from a right-wing radical extremist (a.k.a. Tea Party activist) such as yourself. Anyone even slightly less conservative than you must be a “libruhl”.
By the way, how are Sharron Angle, Christine O’Donnell, and Joe Miller doing? Why are your Tea Party candidates for the GOP nomination for President not doing well in polling? Funny how now that Americans know the Tea Party agenda (as exemplified by Ryan’s plan) are running away from the GOP and the Tea Party as fast as they can.
When asked why, Woolsey responded, “Because Soduko is too frickin hard!”
That’s your retort? You just proved my point. You are not a moderate. LOL.
Oh, and by the way, I an not a member of any TEA Party, nor am I affiliated with them. But, if the alternative was them, or the socialist scum you align yourself with, I woudl choose them in a heartbeat! They, at least, don’t try to hide their agenda, try to subvert the Constitution, or make a mockery of truth and justice.
I guess we’ll see who the “American” people support next November. Until then, keep deluding yourself.
#27 Swede
I’m in Atlanta also.
When I make my deliveries, there are only two places I get called “sir”. Home schoolers and at Chick-fil-a.
Don’t think CFA has ever closed a store.
Just think how further we could be if we were not fighting the Ds?
WaterBoyz #38,
The only store CFA ever closed that I know of was in a mall. They built a stand alone store w/ dbl drive thrus across the road.
Southpaw where in California are you?
In reply to post 23 there is a rep in the IE that proposed something just like you said. Herd this on John and Ken a while back.
Split this state and let’s see just how well these loser libs could do without us. I already know how it would work and would welcome it.
I’m in Kern county all red here for sure, LA county not so much.
Now here is a map
It looks like time well spent. She doesn’t have to listen to his blather to know that he is a lying sack of dog excrement.
My wife was doing a crossword puzzle and asked me “What do you call an old female goat?”, and I said “Ewe”.
That’s when the fight started.
Being a Democrat you don’t have to pay attention. Just do what Nancy Piglosi tells you to do.
Interesting maps Southpaw. Pretty much what I would’ve expected (I’m in Riverside Co.) except that Kern Co. went for Boxer by a huge margin! Only the bay area counties had higher percentages, pretty weird. And yes I agree, it gets frustrating that those handful of counties seem to control the outcome of every election.
PD…Not sure where you got your info, but this is from the website of the Kern County Elections office of the November 2010 results…
CARLY FIORINA 106448 61.87%
BARBARA BOXER 51364 29.85%
BTW, I’m from Madera County, and I am in favor of splitting the state. If we could free ourselves of the influence of the radical environmentalists who are likely concentrated in the urban areas of Cali, I believe that we’d be able to grow more crops (and not be held hostage by the Delta Smelt).
Answer from Joe Biden: S L O W
Apparently, like me, she is paid for what she knows, not what she does.
San Jacinto valley, in Riverside County.
The problem with that state senators’ proposal to split up the state was that it wasn’t well thought out. He proposed just Southern California, excludng LA.
New California comprising most of the state is more viable economically and politically.
A new state could be divided up into regional groups, with much autonimous local control:
Northern coast & mountains, central valley, Sierra Nevadas, southern coast and Inland Empire. The state government would be fairly small and limited in it’s influence. Contrast to that cesspool of greed, special interests and corruption in Sacramento.
A divided CA might be good for the citizens of CA, but maybe not for the country as a whole. It would undoubtedly be divided by the leftist politicians who currently control the state, and gerrymandered such that the number of senate seats would be skewed to the left.
We San Diego folks might also fit the “southern coastal” description, but pretty much avoid the Los Angeles area whenever possible. Generally speaking, we tend to be more conservative, despite our urban demography.
I love driving down the 15 into San Diego.
I despise driving the 10 into Los Angeles.
In 2010, Barbara Boxer won the Senate seat by 1 million votes. That difference wa made up entirely by Los Angeles, San Francisco and Alameda counties. The rest of the state was a draw.
An example of how the rest of the state is messed up by the Old California:
Ontario Airport. It is close, convenient, clean and easy. It is owned by the city of Los Angeles !!??!! and being destroyed at the expense of LAX.
I can fly out of Ontario and be in Vegas in a little over two hours, including security. In that amount of time I would barely make it to the ticket counter at LAX.
I never fly out of LAX.
Take not of the blowhard speaking. It’s (unfortunately) my representative George Miller who inherited his seat from his father and is grooming his kid to take over. Representing Contra Costa County is a family business which has made the Millers very wealthy. No wonder Baba was playing solitare on her laptop, don’t blame her