A Plea

To all the folks who post videos to YouTube, Google Video, et al........
Buy a freaking tripod and use the damned thing!!!

The Dumbest Representative Sweepstakes

In the past, Utah had a solid lock on having the dumbest representative(s) in the House and Senate. Who can forget the moronic insanity of former rep. Jim Hansen or the current punishingly stupid Chris Cannon? Looks like another state may be giving us a run for the money:

The House passed, 430-1, a package of rules aimed at demonstrating Democrats' commitment to cleaning up Congress. Tomorrow, the House will vote on rules designed to end the anonymous sponsorship of pet projects, or earmarks, that have been quietly tucked into spending measures.

``The culture of the last Congress came to be defined by a phrase now common to Americans throughout the country: it was a culture of corruption,'' said House Rules Committee Chairwoman Louise Slaughter, a New York Democrat. ``The American people stated loud and clear that they were ready for a new culture to take hold in Washington: a culture of commitment.''

As the Democrats won control of the House and Senate for the first time in 12 years, exit polls from the November election showed the issue resonated with voters. In a CNN exit poll, 42 percent of respondents said the issue was ``extremely important.''

``This is legislation I wish we had done,'' said Representative Christopher Shays (news, bio, voting record), a Connecticut Republican. ``I'm sorry it took a Democratic majority to do it.'' Jonathan D. Salant, Bloomberg, http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20070105/pl_bloomberg/adc7z497fqsa

So what idiot was the lone dissenting vote? Republican Dan Burton of Indiana.