Don't Tug on Superman's Cape - Barney Frank Edition

[Ian David]

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Don't Tug on Superman's Cape - Barney Frank Edition

by: tblade
Fri Jan 12, 2007 at 14:17:15 PM EST

(As they say at the Kennedy School: "Make sure your question ends with a question mark." Too funny. - promoted by Charley on the MTA)

"Point of orders rarely end in with a question mark. I've never heard one that did!"

Could our humble rep be Washington's new Leroy Brown, "the baddest man in the whole damn town"?

Not since the discovery of the Prime Minister's Questions have I been so enthralled by parlimentary procedure. Below is a C-Span clip of Rep. Frank serving notice - the Dems are now in charge. It's well worth watching to the end and I challenge you to not laugh out loud.

More:
http://www.bluemassgroup.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=5953


See prior DU Thread:

I LOVE ME SOME BARNEY FRANK! AHAHAHAHAHA!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x3096682

[billybob537]

1. That's just the Boston coming out in him.

Go barney kick his whinning ass

[tsuki]

2. I loved him telling them that the chair's previous behavior

was not relevant. :rofl:

[RethugAssKicker]

3. Kick Ass Barney !!!

Take no Rethug prisoner

[La_Fourmi_Rouge]

4. An' a tip o' the Hatlo hat to...

Barney Franks!

[Broken_Hero]

5. What am I missing?

Whats the big deal about USA Somoa? Was that just a dumb RW ploy to get air time, or ?

on edit: I like your subject line, btw....:D

[Hav]

7. .

Check out this thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x3107081


"By Paul

January 12, 2007 01:40 PM | Link to this

Still no justification of Pelosi’s exploiting American Samoa workers to increase the profitabililty of a large corporation located in her district?

And the difference between a Pelosi and a big business Republican is what, exactly? That the Republican admits it?"



Explanation provided by Bornaginhooligan

"In a statement in response today, Faleomavaega (American Samoa delegate) said "despite recent claims made by the Washington Post which suggest that American Samoa is exempt from the federal minimum wage process, I wish to set the record straight."
He says since 1956, the Wage and Hour Division of the US Department of Labor has conducted Special Industry Committees every two years in American Samoa to determine minimum wage increases.

"While these Industry Committees have been phased out in other US Territories due to their more diversified economies, American Samoa continues to be a single industry economy. In fact, more than 80% of our private sector economy is dependent either directly, or indirectly, on two U.S. tuna processors, Chicken of the Sea and StarKist. As has been repeatedly stated at our Special Industry Committees, a decrease in production or departure of one or both of the two canneries in American Samoa could devastate the local economy resulting in massive layoffs and insurmountable financial difficulties," the Congressman says.

"For this very reason, I do not support efforts to apply mainland minimums to American Samoa at this time. The truth is the global tuna industry is so competitive that it is no longer possible for the federal government to demand mainland minimum wage rates for American Samoa without causing the collapse of our economy and making us welfare wards of the federal government."

[Broken_Hero]

9. thanks for the link....

:hi:

[Hav]

6. .

Hahahah...owned I guess.
It's one thing to not be smart enough, it's another issue when one doesn't know the rules. That's just pitiful then and Barney Frank has an easy time.

I liked the description on YouTube lol: "Welcome to the minority, assholes!"
BAHAHAHAA

[Captain Hilts]

8. Ain't he just grand? I'd like to buy him an ice cream sundae. nt

[durrrty libby]

10. He's the best

[WorseBeforeBetter]

11. "Read the bill."

What a novel idea!

[pinto]

15. No shite, huh?

[David Zephyr]

12. Barney Frank: The Brainiest Member of Congress

In 2004 and again in 2006, a survey of Capitol Hill staffers published in Washingtonian magazine gave Frank the title of the "brainiest" member of the House of Representatives. In the same survey he was also listed as the "funniest" member and the "most eloquent" member of the House.
http://www.answers.com/topic/barney-frank-1

[zanne]

13. The Republicans are acting like high school kids...

With a substitute teacher.

[pinto]

14. You go Mr. Frank. Great snip. And I laughed out loud. Thanks.

[wryter2000]

16. LMAO

I'll bet he's been waiting 12 years to do that. Or at least, 6. :applause: