Not Necessarily News
A couple of items caught my attention today, mainly because they are so unnewsworthy, and yet, they have either gotten mentioned or a lot of air time on the news.
In Washington, D.C., earlier this week, the Shame of Georgia Cynthia McKinney allegedly slapped a Capitol Police officer for stopping her at a checkpoint after she attempted to walk through without her identification badge. The policeman is reportedly filing charges of assault against the indistinguised Congressperson. Of course, in her voting district, the constituency is insinuating that the incident would not have happened had McKinney been "white and rich." I wonder what cooperation with a police officer attempting to do his job would have gotten her. Or maybe wearing her badge.
In Philadelphia, the largest skyscraper in the city is slated to be built with waterless urinals. Now one would assume that this might be a good thing, since an astronomical amount of water would be used to flush everyone's morning coffee down. But not according to the pipefitters' union in Philadelphia. No water means less pipes. Less pipes means less work. Less work means less union-negotiated overpaid coffee breaks to flush down the urinals. The mayor of the city is showing some brotherly love by stepping in to mediate. I am sure he will attempt not to "piss off" the union.
Please feel free to post any story that is being reported in the news that is not newsworthy. In that respect, we can all share in the disappointment that the media has to create news to report, considering that they ignore real new stories because they may "offend" someone.
In Washington, D.C., earlier this week, the Shame of Georgia Cynthia McKinney allegedly slapped a Capitol Police officer for stopping her at a checkpoint after she attempted to walk through without her identification badge. The policeman is reportedly filing charges of assault against the indistinguised Congressperson. Of course, in her voting district, the constituency is insinuating that the incident would not have happened had McKinney been "white and rich." I wonder what cooperation with a police officer attempting to do his job would have gotten her. Or maybe wearing her badge.
In Philadelphia, the largest skyscraper in the city is slated to be built with waterless urinals. Now one would assume that this might be a good thing, since an astronomical amount of water would be used to flush everyone's morning coffee down. But not according to the pipefitters' union in Philadelphia. No water means less pipes. Less pipes means less work. Less work means less union-negotiated overpaid coffee breaks to flush down the urinals. The mayor of the city is showing some brotherly love by stepping in to mediate. I am sure he will attempt not to "piss off" the union.
Please feel free to post any story that is being reported in the news that is not newsworthy. In that respect, we can all share in the disappointment that the media has to create news to report, considering that they ignore real new stories because they may "offend" someone.
posted by Badbeans | 12:43 PM
9 Comments:
you may remember her daddy, a state representative for the great state of jawja, pulled a knife on someone and was famous for cussin folks out so -you know, the apple and the tree thing may apply here.
Some sayings just never cease to find their relevance, regardless of the time.
I heard this morning that the Shame is claiming self-defense. Now let me get this straight...Police officer stops her due to security issues and McKinney slaps the officer. I see self-defense.
Maybe she can adopt the mantra, "If the glove don't fit, you must acquit."
/bark bark bark
no ya'll.
she was all about how he was "inappropriately touching her". brother, i ask you, can you imagine ANY man, white, black, uniformed or not wanting to inappropriately touch cynthia mcskanky?
too bad johnny cochrane's dead.
/howl
Who voted for her?
That's exactly the point here. This incident say's more about her constituents who voted her back into office than it does herself.
/bark bark bark
wadical and wayne take a good hard look at the gerrymandered map of Georgia. Find dekalb country. you will see that it, and its neighbor Fulton are defined in such a way so as to allow the broke ass and morally bankrupt southside greater voting power. Courtesy of the ex Gov Roy Barnes, yep, you guessed it a demon-crat. Imagine the frustration of those who successfully got rid of McSkanky only to see her return. its like the night of the living dead. she can't be killed off!
/grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
You are correct K9.
The district map was re-drawn for the sole purpose of geeting the maximum liberal votes possible.
And what did they get......?
Crap in...crap out.
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I wonder if she had to hire a congressional tutor to sit beside her dumb ass. You know, just to explain how the whole thing works.
"Psssst....It's not your turn to talk yet."
"Pssst....You're not on that committee."
"Pssst....Committee....It's like a smaller group."
"Pssst....I know you didn't vote for him but you still must stand when he enters."
"Pssst....It wasn't a racial slur...Negroponte is his real name."
Hey now, ya'll take heart--seems the black caucus done shoved her haid in the bucket--not that her sly "apology" was from the heart, but the Caucus seen the reality--the woman's a LIEabilty for black folk--even the corrupt JJ and minions.
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