Quick report from Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren's town hall today

[OffWithTheirHeads]

Lots of folks from Move on. Not one representative from the tea klux klan which was good for them because I went fully prepared to get in their faces.

The following is MY TAKE ON THE MEETING IN MY WORDS, NOT HERS. She was very careful not to directly call out the Repukes or the asshole, corporate Dems for the lying pieces of fetid, runny, dog shit that they are but I have no such qualms.

The meeting was supposed to run for an hour but actually ran for about an hour and a half. Zoe spoke for about seven minutes to open the meeting and then opened the floor for questions. EVERYBODY that got in line to speak was given the opportunity. The questions from the audience were intelligent and respectful. The entire audience was respectful. There was not one outburst. There were a few speakers who did receive applause. The guy that said we could fund single payer for a year with what we are paying for war for a month received the biggest applause. Most of the speakers talked about health care. A few talked about what a waste defense spending is. One talked about immigration from the point of view that so many people who do the work in this country have to live in the shadows with no health care, no unemployment insurance, no social security, etc. You know, the ones who do Glenn Beck's yard work and housework.

The bottom line according to Zoe; The House has passed over THREE HUNDRED PIECES OF LEGISLATION for banking reform, insurance reform, defense spending reform, etc. and almost 100% of it is stalled in the Senate because Harry Reid and Nancy Polosi have not got the balls to do what is necessary. (Again, my words, not hers). She pointed out repeatedly that the rules that the Senate are operating under that are creating this gridlock are NOT IN THE CONSTITUTION! They are decided upon by the Senate and can be changed at anytime by the Senate. If Nancy and Harry weren't such pussies they could put a stop to the bullshit and actually effect the change we so desperately need.

In the end, she told us how grateful she was to represent a district with so many educated, enlightened and informed people and how she felt sorry for some of her fellow Congress critters who had to go back to bumfuck Texas and deal with ignorant hillbillies. (my words again).

As an afterthought, there was maybe one tea klux klan member in the audience. Before the meeting started, someone remarked that they thought they smelled gas. (the meeting was held in a cafeteria and maybe one of the pilot lights was out). This scraggly looking guy opined loudly that that was the smell of government. I think he was the only one because he kept his mouth shut for the entire presentation which was a good thing because his nose was about as far from me as my elbow was to his nose and my elbow seems to have a mind of it's own sometimes.