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I'm a tech fanatic, Mac user, Twitterholic who loves the possibilities of Social Media. I got involved in Twitter a month or so ago, and am impressed by the potential of the service. However, I can't help the feeling that something else is going to unseat it before long. I'm on the hunt for that replacement so I can get in ahead of the curve this time.

I'm an undergrad Computer Science student at University of Phoenix and am anxious to begin the next phase of my life after graduation. However, I've recently realized that I may be more interested in doing something related to writing, like possibly journalism.

I'm married with two teen aged daughters, both of whom are gymnasts. We spend a lot of time on the road, mostly between Reno, where we live, and Northern California.

I'm also a Marine Corps veteran who served in Desert Storm in 1990-1991.

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What happens when you act like a child on the floor of the House of Representatives

Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) felt it necessary to scream "You Lie" (or something like that) to the President during his Joint Session Speech tonight. Does he have the right to do so? I don't know. I guess so. But he also has to expect that he's gonna get called out for acting like a douche bag. Check out this image and read the informational paragraph. I'm sure it's been pulled by now, but a friend was able to grab a screenshot before it got pulled.

Doesn't the President of the United States deserve some respect even if you disagree with his policies? Apparently, the GOP doesn't think so. It's ironic that the adults that President Obama addressed were his audience yesterday. Yes, the school kids. Shame on you, Congressman Wilson.

 

Posted 2 months ago

3 comments

Sep 10, 2009
Mark Fleming said...
haha....love the Wikipedia screenshot!

Funny, I was watching the NBC broadcast of the address last night, and right after he finished, Brian Williams made a comment that at times it sounded more the the British Prime Minister's questions w/ Parliament than a Presidential address to Congress.

Sep 10, 2009
Kevin Arth said...
Yeah, I heard that. I was listening to Barney Frank this morning and he said heckling like that is very common in the British Parliament and they actually have mics in the ceiling to capture all of it. I didn't know that.
Sep 10, 2009
Mark Fleming said...
If you ever get a chance to watch the Prime Ministers questions, you should check it out (I think they show it on CSPAN).  It's actually quite hilarious.  There's all sorts of heckling, booing, cheering...and they have quite a few more political parties than we do, so you get quite a range of opinions.  Definitely a much different decorum.

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