I’ve been quiet for a while (except on Twitter) because the unbelievable Congressional actions have been fast and furious. Too fast, really, to keep up with and blog about at the same time. It’s been insane.

At least, I thought it was - I realize now we hadn’t hit insanity yet. Probably still haven’t, but this comes damn close.

First, there’s Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee of Texas.
This farce of a representative cares so much about her constituents that while one of them, a cancer patient, was asking her a pointed question regarding Obamacare, she thought it would be proper etiquette to take a phone call.

 

Perhaps it was Michael Jackson’s family calling to ask her if her congressional resolution to have Michael recognized by Congress as a humanitarian had gone through yet.

Then we have Representative Melissa Bean, who thinks that having a Town Hall and talking to constituents means each constituent has to pay $25 per seat and register a week in advance. Hello?
And no, this isn’t a fundraising effort. It clearly says on the event web page that it is a Town Hall.

Town Hall Breakfast meeting with Congresswoman Melissa Bean. Hear her positions on Healthcare, Railroads, Taxes and more. Questions and answers following. Multi-Chamber event.

Includes Full Breakfast. Advance registration required.

Meanwhile, Nancy Pelosi is putting Op-Eds in USA Today calling the people who don’t agree with Obamacare “un-American”.

These disruptions are occurring because opponents are afraid not just of differing views — but of the facts themselves. Drowning out opposing views is simply un-American.

No, Nancy, we’re not afraid of differing views - you are. That’s why you tried to get this bill rushed through before Congress went into recess - so that there couldn’t be any differing viewpoints offered or any feedback from the constituents solicited.

Then we’ve got Senator McCaskill giving the typical (false) talking points about the bill at her town meeting, and when the constituents started shouting out the actual facts (you know, because unlike her, they had actually read the bill) she comes back with a genuinely confused “I don’t understand this rudeness!”

I’ll let you in on a little secret, Senator… and all of you Congressional bureaucrats who seem puzzled by the attitudes and frustration of your constituents:
We’re angry and we’re frustrated because since the day you walked into your offices this Congressional session, you have repeatedly ignored the majorities of your constituents who clearly told you that we did not want more bailouts. We did not want the Cap and Trade bill. We did not want government to enter into a fascist relationship governing over the operations of our auto industry giants. We did not want Czars. We do not want a Supreme Court Justice who rules based on her “empathy” and her diverse racial background rather than blind justice and the facts. We do not want a government-run healthcare bill. We do not want multi-trillions of dollars being pumped into a failing fiat-backed economy that we will have to pay for in the future with higher inflation and higher taxes. We do not want any of the boondoggles that you have saddled this country with and we let you know it through millions of emails, letters, faxes, and phone calls… AND YOU ALL IGNORED US AND DID WHAT YOU WANTED ANYWAY!

Yes, we have a right to be upset. Yes, we have a right to confront you on these issues and speak our minds. Yes, we have a right to assemble peacefully and hold up signs communicating our frustration with the system and with you.

And yes, we have a right to vote your precious behinds out of office in 2010. If the country lasts that long. Which, given the hyperintensive speed with which you’ve all thrown us down the toilet, might be a longshot.