Text 12061, 43 rader
Skriven 2005-04-22 23:12:58 av Ed Hulett (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 12044 av Sean Dennis (1:18/200)
Ärende: Kinda how I feel
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Sean Dennis -> Ed Huelett wrote:
 SD> Ed,

 SD> Something that you might like pertaining to the past few days of topics.
 SD>  I'm on Slashdot, involved in a discussion about privatizing the NWS and
 SD> I received this reply today (the first line quoted is from my previous
 SD> post):

 SD> Which, of course, our elected officials wouldn't know or care about.

 SD> You nailed that on the head. Probably one of the biggest disappointments
 SD> I had that helped wake me up was meeting Represenative Daub (former R,
 SD> Nebraska) a few years ago. I was all hyped up about meeting "such an
 SD> important person who must know so much to deal with such important
 SD> things" - right? Damn, what a disappointment! The best description is
 SD> like when you're watching a movie and some famous actor has to pretend
 SD> he's doing something technical, like conducting an orchestra or
 SD> snowboarding or something. You're totally let down when you discover
 SD> THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL THEY'RE DOING AT ALL.

 SD> Congresspersons are overwhelmingly that way. Perhaps that's why they get
 SD> caught making stuff up so often. Like our Senator Harkin (D, Iowa), who
 SD> was telling people he was a combat pilot in Viet Nam and had lots of
 SD> fierce air battles. Turns out he was an overglorified mechanic shutting
 SD> planes to Japan. Oops. I've met him too and was equally underwhelmed.

 SD> It must take a special sort of person who wants all the attention but in
 SD> reality has to push favors (ala bills and influence) to earn their keep...

 SD> (I don't think I could have said it better myself.)

Among the few politicians I have met, my local state senator, Mike Carroll is
the only one who sounded like he's on the ball. He's a Republican (no surprise)
and a former teacher. Whenever he is in town which is quite often since he
lives here and Olympia is only a short drive south he can often be found at the
local stores. I have stopped and chatted with him often and he knows what he's
talking about and if you mention an issue he isn't that well versed on, he will
tell you and promise to look into it.

Ed

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