telerib: (captain)
telerib ([personal profile] telerib) wrote2009-09-11 09:30 am

Wearing pig faces?

Standards of decorum in other worldwide legislatures. (WaPo, registration required)

Not saying Rep. Wilson wasn't rude; by our standards (current ones, not the ones that saw lawmakers calling each other out for duels and assaulting each other with hickory sticks) he was.

But tell me some of you don't secretly wish that our legislators brought chainsaws to work, too.

[identity profile] m-streight.livejournal.com 2009-09-11 01:42 pm (UTC)(link)
It would increase ratings on C-SPAN

[identity profile] cmccurry.livejournal.com 2009-09-11 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Dueling should be back in fashion, but there is a lot to be said for hickory sticks.