Posted on 09/03/2005 5:18:43 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
I've searched but can not find news of Rep Shelia Jackson Lee.
She represents the 18th Congressional District in the city of Houston, TX.
Why isn't Shelia in the Astrodome meeting, greeting and helping the victims from New Orleans, alongside the rest of the Houston volunteers?
A brain is a terrible thing to waste.
Bump!
Bump!
FYI
Are you talking about my brain?
Hurricane Sapphire?
waiting for her limo to pick her up
I paused thinking I should claify but I figured you remember the Dan Quayle episode.
I think you did but were just checking.
LOL
"What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is."
Dan Quayle trying to quote "a mind is a terrible thing to waste."
Ms. Malaprop lends a whole new meaning to butchering the English language :-)
Had it been up to me and ALL the people I know here in Houston, we'd have sent them to Tennessee.What happens 4 months from now when there is still nothing to go back to in N.O. Our Bleeding Heart Liberal Idiot of a Mayor here is the fool who wants to bring 150,000 of these Welfare Recipients to town. They will riot here too when they realize that 3 hots and a cot is the limit of our charity.
According to the Houston Press and The Hill, Jackson Lee has also reportedly been involved in several altercations with airline flight personnel over her requests for a complimentary upgrade to first class based on her celebrity. [4] The Press reports one altercation, which Jackson Lee later denied, she loudly derided a staffer over her travel arrangements:
"You don't understand. I am a queen, and I demand to be treated like a queen"
Another altercation onboard an airplane was reported by The Hill. During a full flight on Continental Airlines Jackson Lee was denied a complimentary upgrade to first class. According to a witness interviewed by the Capitol Hill newpaper, "When she saw that she had to sit with other people, she started shouting that she was in Congress and worked hard. She was really loud. Everybody in the plane could hear." Later in the flight she is reported to have had a "friendly visit" with the displaced passengers. [5]
The Press further reports that Jackson Lee has a reputation on capitol hill as a "high-maintenance" employer and has exhibited one of the largest staff turnover rates for years [6]. Several former employees have cited her demeanor and incidents such as the travel arrangement altercations as a major reason why so many staffers leave her office. The Houston Chronicle reported that one staffer even quit after she threw a cell phone at him.[7]
Adding to her reputation as an elitist, she was criticized after an investigative reporter from the conservative magazine the Weekly Standard photographed her using a chauffeur to travel the distance of approximately one block from her congressional office to the U.S. Capitol Building entrance. The Capitol Hill magazine Roll Call reported a couple weeks later that Jackson Lee was seen pressuring her driver to tailgate Congressman John Dingell (D-MI) through a security checkpoint.[8] Source: Wikipedia: Sheila Jackson-Lee
Sheesh! ;-)
She was on TV - but I changed the channel because I can't even stand to look at these arrogant, lying, sniveling people.
arrrrggggh.... I hope you haven't jinxed us! I have been enjoying the Houston news... especially because of her absence.
"Why isn't Shelia in the Astrodome meeting, greeting and helping the victims from New Orleans, alongside the rest of the Houston volunteers?"
Because the people need help and real support, not hatred and bigotry sprewed by Ms. Lee.
Robert A. Heinlein sucking you in?
I have enjoyed Heinlein since I was a teenager in the 50's.
His later works are senile rambling with no editor in sight, but the early works are good.
I sent Tunnel in the Sky to several units in Iraq.
If you are interested in discussions about the voting system, try reading Nevil Shute's In The Wet.
She ran off with bayourod?
I'm not certain my blood pressure can take much more of this.
She is so stupid! Everyone knows the Astrodome is on Mars.
She does not celebrate success and independent action.
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