(CA State) Senator Pat Wiggins Wigs Out

[crikkett]

Run time: 02:26 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb7pkKc0peQ   Posted on YouTube: August 08, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: August 15, 2008 By DU Member: crikkett Views on DU: 712

 
The fun is at about the 1:50 mark.

What happened?

Gone Viral

By Hank Sims

...The Wiggins video consists of a two-minute excerpt from a legislative hearing last week on the subject of climate change, and the state's response to the crisis. An anonymous Capitol-watcher posted it to YouTube last Thursday. From this perch, it has taken flight. If you haven't yet seen it, you can pick it up on the North Coast Journal Blogthing (ncjournal.wordpress.com). But here's a quick renactment.

The committee recognizes Pastor Robert Jones of the Oak Park United Methodist Church, located in a nearby Sacramento suburb. The pastor launches a respectful speech written in standard bureaucratese. It is in no way out of the ordinary, either in subject matter or length. He thanks the committee for the opportunity to address it, and for the good work it is doing. He ventures that people from his constituency -- poor people, people of color -- have a great stake in climate change. In the first place, environmental degradation is naturally harder on the poor than it is on the wealthy, who have greater means to mitigate or escape from the consequences. On the other hand, he is concerned that measures taken to combat global warming might largely fall on the backs of the poor, who will have a harder time switching to new technologies or paying new fees, and whose jobs might be most at risk. Therefore, he hopes that the committee will include the perspectives of such people as it moves forward. Also, ...

Wiggins comes in from out of nowhere, interrupting from the dais. "Excuse me," she says, words audibly slurring a bit, "but I think your arguments are bullshit."

Local Reaction
But wait, there's more! Read the BS apology and how no-one is accepting it at http://www.northcoastjournal.com/issues/2008/08/14/gone-viral/

:bounce: PLEAAASSSE help make my workday much brighter!! :bounce:
<begging> If anyone can post a tutorial on how to record that snippet into a wav file, I desperately want to tie the soundbyte to one of the function keys on my keyboard...
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From the CA State Senator's web page: http://dist02.casen.govoffice.com/

It is an honor to serve the residents of the 2nd Senate District, which includes portions or all of six counties: Humboldt, Lake, Mendocino, Napa, Solano & Sonoma. This site will help keep you updated on my activities as your Senator and our work for children, working families, seniors, healthcare, the environment, and other important issues.

[Enrique]

1. wow, that was unexpected

the weird thing is how the chairwoman didn't seem surprised. Wiggins' nuttiness must have been known.

[NV Whino]

2. Had I been there

and if the pastor had used the word impact one more time, he would have felt the impact of my fist with his nose.

Let's see, he was talking about the economic (I think) "impact" to his constituents adapting to climate change regulations (although it really was difficult to tell precisely what he was talking about from the short video) and he was wearing what looked to be a very expensive suit and a Rolex? I may be with Pat on this one. BS, pastor.

[caffeen]

3. soundbyte

You can go to: http://www.entertonement.com/clips/14204/Pat-Wiggins/Curse/Cursing-at-a-Preacher/Your-arguments-are-bullshit where they have shortened to soundbyte to just her "bullshit" statement. If you are using Windows...go to Accessories, Sound Recorder and open it. Press the record button then press the play button on the website listed above. When the recording finishes...press stop on the Sound Recorder. You can use any audio editing software to shorten the clip and remove the blank "dead air" at the beginning. I used Creative Wave Studio. I have the sound wave saved if you just want me to email it to you. -caffeen