Posted on 03/07/2007 7:56:15 AM PST by edcoil
That horrible Washington weather.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid took to the Senate floor this morning to explain why the scheduled 10 a.m. vote on a homeland security measure would have to take place at 1 p.m. instead.
Noting it might seem strange for those outside the Beltway that a little white powder falling from the sky could cripple Senate operations, the Nevada Democrat said Washington is "different from a lot of other places."
He added that some might scratch their head at "an inch or two" of snow creating "all the pause, but it does." He said many senators and their staffers live in Virginia, and added that one mystery senator is "stuck on a train because of the bad weather." (Reid's office promised a call back to identify the commuting lawmaker)
"Make a long story really short, we have essential staff that's not here right now," Reid said, wearing his signature frown. "Those are the facts of life in the bitter winter of an inch of snow in Washington."
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Yes - but the white death is falling again as we sit here. AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
Oh, the horror!!
LoL!
Wow, that's pretty brutal. /s
Here it's minus 20 Celsius.
LOL!
Meanwhile, the rest of America has to get up early enough to give themselves extra time to get to work on time!
Ted had to sleep it off.
"He added that some might scratch their head at "an inch or two" of snow creating "all the pause, but it does.""
Gosh, we generally get more than that in a hour. LOL. He is right about DC being different from other places. DAH it's LA LA Land, Dingy you dolt. Amen.
Without staff, they can't vote?
Oh my, the snow is really piling up, I can see why they postponed the vote, my my, look at all that snow!
50 miles west of DC. Nothing yet.
Al Gore bought too many carbon credits. Now the world is freezing.
Bunch of lilly-livered faggots, them.
"They don't know how to dig out from one inch?? Geesh, maybe they issue rain warnings when the chances of an inch of rain are in the forecast."
You may have posted this as a jest, but it is eerily close to the truth. During my six years in DC/northern VA, it was not uncommon for the traffic report to issue warnings of slow going when it sprinkled, rained hard or snow fluried. There were even warnings when the sun was shining! "Beware crossing the American Legion Bridge, the sun will be directly in your eyes."
That last warning makes sense, because they know people drive like loons whether they can see or not. Ironically, NOW the snow is beginning to pile up (1.30 pm), so the evening commute ought to be lots of fun.
Take a look at Drudge - on the right side
See also: Committee on Energy and Commerce -- Schedule
I love irony.
We had virtually no snow this morning. I have no idea how anybody used that as an excuse not to show up.
Funny, last night my wife was talking to her aunt (a new England resident) who was talking about their recent cold snap and in all seriousness was blaming it on global warming.
What a bunch of John Edwardses, they are.
My mother called me this morning from her trip to DC and she said things were shut down because of snow. I asked her if Al Gore was in town talking about global warming.
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