Is this any way to run a town hall meeting? You bet it is!

[markw]

Nothing says "we care about you" more than talking on a cell phone when a constituent is sharing her concerns with you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L3FnWNkIzU

 

[Davemcc]

What did you expect when there's no election around the corner?

 

[darien87]

That's pretty lame.

 

[Rickster71]

Sheila Jackson Lee, the congresswoman from Houston, Texas, has done it again.
You do remember what this woman did several years ago, don't you?

NASA was having a press conference to discuss an unmanned vehicle that was on its way to the planet Mars. Ms. Sheila Jackson Lee astounded every third-grader in her district by asking if that Mars explorer would be able to get a picture of that American flag that the astronauts left up there. Your government schools at work, I guess.

Well .. here's more from the Shame of Texas. Sheila Jackson Lee is upset with all of the white names they're giving Hurricanes. She really is upset about all of those white names, and she wants some black names stuck in there. Uh oh. Am I being insensitive here? Well ... good! I'm trying to be. A stupid idea such as this should only be met by derision.


The sad truth here is that the people who live in Sheila Jackson Lees district might as well be unrepresented in Washington. How is any serious policy maker going to listen to anything this woman proposes without saying to themselves, "Yeah, this is the same woman who thinks that astronauts visited Mars and who wants black names on hurricanes.

EDIT:An interesting aside: Sheila Jackson's Wikipedia page has been edited
All info that is mentioned in this thread has been removed.
I just saw the mention of the cell phone incident yesterday, and today it's not there.

 

[jamie2112]

Too much. but she is only the one who got caught..........this week.

 

[penpitt]

This if from a few weeks ago. Seems Ms. Jackson said that the US could learn a few things about womens rights from China and Afghanistan.

http://cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=51368

 

[tcarcio]

I don't know hurricane OJ might make sense........

 

[bandphan]

and a NJ teacher gets fined 22k for making a personal phone call during class.
http://wcbstv.com/cbs2crew/new.jersey.teacher.2.1126563.html

 

[markw]

and a NJ teacher gets fined 22k for making a personal phone call during class.
http://wcbstv.com/cbs2crew/new.jersey.teacher.2.1126563.html

With some schools in some cities here, he could have been calling 911.

 

[rnatalli]

This just shows how the news twist things and have gotten lazy as it doesn't mention who was at the other end of the line. Granted, it was still rude even if she was getting information related to the question.

 

[Adam]

American flag on Mars? Wow. That's ignorant. Everybody knows that it's on Venus.

 

[penpitt]

American flag on Mars? Wow. That's ignorant. Everybody knows that it's on Venus.

That goes to show you how ignorant you are! Venus is covered in a cloud of sulfuric acid that would destroy the flag. They landed on Mercury since it would be like visiting Bullhead City in the summer time.

 

[Adam]

Venus is covered in a cloud of sulfuric acid...

Geese, was your textbook from the 1500s? Sulfuric acid? Please. There's no such thing. Next you're going to try to tell us that the Moon really isn't made out of cheese.

Mmmm. Cheese. We should go to the Moon sometime and find out what kind it is.

 

[markw]

This just shows how the news twist things and have gotten lazy as it doesn't mention who was at the other end of the line. Granted, it was still rude even if she was getting information related to the question.

Actually, that was just a wise-*** remark, but entirely possible. I doubt it was to 911, but I still think the penalty is excessive. The schools in Asbury Park are jokes to begin with, and it's not the teacher's fault. It's more baby sitting and crowd control than teaching.