Do Not Embarrass Us!

It is difficult to expect much from a congressperson these days, so I keep my expectations very low; yet, in this congress, even those lowest hopes are no longer met. My simplest hope was that Congress would not embarrass us!
by Charlie Leck

My post on Facebook this morning was short and sweet. It was a quotation from the poet, e.e. cummings…

“a politician is an arse upon
which everyone has sat except a man”

Know that an arse is defined by dictionary.com as…

arse or ass
   1. the buttocks
   2. the anus
   3. a stupid person; fool
   4. sexual intercourse
   5. effrontery; cheek

“get one’s arse into gear…” …to start to do something seriously and quickly

The same dictionary reference, under its “word origin and history” reminds us also of the expression first attested in the 1530s…

arsy-versy or “backside foremost”

Today’s Congress, I would therefore proclaim, is acting very arsy-versy!

OMG
How can one say any but stupid things about this Congress? It is such an embarrassment.

e pluribus unum
(the Roman poet, Virgil)

“one out of many”

The entire Congress should be formally censured. Under such a procedure all the representatives of Congress would be lined up in front of the entirety of the American people as a formal condem-nation of their actions and behavior is read aloud. Then it should be demanded that, because of this censure, none of the congressional representatives be allowed to run for federal office again.

The Tea Party Congresspersons…
Here’s a list of the representatives and senators in Congress who have, in one way or another, indicated they are members of the Tea Party movement. These are the folks who are mainly responsible for the shutdown of our government.

Representative Sandy Adams, Florida

Representative Robert Aderholt, Alabama

Representative Rodney Alexander, Louisiana

Representative Justin Amash, Michigan

Representative Michele Bachmann, Minnesota

Representative Joe Barton, Texas

Representative Kerry Bentivolio, Michigan

Representative Gus Bilirakis, Florida

Representative Rob Bishop, Utah

Representative Diane Black, Tennessee

Representative Paul Broun, Georgia

Representative Michael Burgess, Texas

Senator Richard Burr, North Carolina

Representative Dan Burton, Indiana

Representative Quico Canseco, Texas

Representative Eric Cantor, Virginia

Representative John Carter, Texas

Representative Bill Cassidy, Louisiana

Representative Jason Chaffetz, Utah

Representative Howard Coble, North Carolina

Senator Tom Coburn, Oklahoma

Representative Ander Crenshaw, Florida

Senator Ted Cruz, Texas

Representative John Culberson, Texas

Representative Jeff Denham, California

Representative Charlie Dent, Pennsylvania

Representative Scott DesJarlais, Tennessee

Representative Jeff Duncan, South Carolina

Representative Blake Farenthold, Texas

Representative Stephen Fincher, Tennessee

Representative John Fleming, Louisiana

Representative Virginia Foxx, North Carolina

Representative Trent Franks, Arizona

Representative Cory Gardner, Colorado

Representative Phil Gingrey, Georgia

Representative Louie Gohmert, Texas

Representative Paul Gosar, Arizona

Representative Trey Gowdy, South Carolina

Representative Ralph Hall, Texas

Representative Andrew Harris, Maryland

Representative Vicky Hartzler, Missouri

Representative Tim Huelskamp, Kansas

Representative Randy Hultgren, Illinois

Representative Lynn Jenkins, Kansas

Representative Mike Kelly, Pennsylvania

Representative Steve King, Iowa

Representative Raúl R. Labrador, Idaho

Representative Doug Lamborn, Colorado

Representative James Lankford, Oklahoma

Senator Mike Lee, Utah

Representative Billy Long, Missouri

Representative Blaine Luetkemeyer, Missouri

Representative Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming

Representative Thomas Massie, Kentucky

Representative Kenny Marchant, Texas

Representative Tom McClintock, California

Representative David McKinley, West Virginia

Representative Patrick Meehan, Pennsylvania

Representative Gary Miller, California

Senator Jerry Moran, Kansas

Representative Mick Mulvaney, South Carolina

Representative Randy Neugebauer, Texas

Representative Rich Nugent, Florida

Representative Steven Palazzo, Mississippi

Senator Rand Paul, Kentucky

Representative Ron Paul, Texas

Representative Ted Poe, Texas

Representative Tom Price, Georgia

Representative Rich Nugent, Florida

Representative Trey Radel, Florida

Representative Phil Roe, Tennessee

Representative Dennis Ross, Florida

Representative Ed Royce, California

Representative Matt Salmon, Arizona

Representative Mark Sanford, South Carolina

Representative Steve Scalise, Louisiana

Representative David Schweikert, Arizona

Senator Tim Scott, South Carolina

Representative Pete Sessions, Texas

Representative Adrian Smith, Nebraska

Representative Lamar Smith, Texas

Representative Steve Southerland, Florida

Representative Cliff Stearns, Florida

Senator Pat Toomey, Pennsylvania

Representative David Vitter, Louisiana

Representative Tim Walberg, Michigan

Representative Lynn Westmoreland, Georgia

Representative Joe Wilson, South Carolina

Representative Ted Yoho, Florida

Representative Todd Young, Indiana

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