With much unfinished business and amid loud protest from the Republican side of the aisle, Congress adjourned Friday and members were no longer allowed to speak on the record on the House floor. Many lawmakers, including Rep. Ted Poe, Texas Republican, stayed and spoke anyway.
Or was he singing?
"Where, oh where, has Congress gone?" he started. "Where, oh where, can they be? With gas so high and this recess so long, where, oh where, can they be?"
Got that done
The so-called "Do-Nothing 110th Congress" actually did accomplish something before skipping town Friday, designating the U.S. postal facility at 42222 Rancho Las Palmas Drive in Rancho Mirage, Calif., as the "Gerald R. Ford Post Office Building."
Even then, the measure was ordered to a third reading, read a third time, and then passed.
Deficit disorders
Not to make light of attention-deficit (hyperactivity) disorder, but given the latest announcement by the White House that the nation is spiraling out of control towards a record annual budget deficit of $482 billion, we did a double take when spotting Senate Resolution 649, introduced last Friday.
After all, the resolution designates Sept. 18, 2008, as "National Attention-Deficit Disorder Awareness Day."
Rather than President Bush's budget woes, the measure draws attention to the chronic neurobiological disorder that affects both children and adults.
Talking thesaurus
"Bogus, desperate, wrong, misleading, ugly, offensive, reckless and a nasty turn into the gutter."
Or so David Plouffe, campaign manager for Sen. Barack Obama, describes accusations leveled of late at the Democrat by his Republican opponent, Sen. John McCain.