Well, isn't it always?
“The House of Representatives is currently experiencing an extraordinarily high amount of e-mail traffic. The Write Your Representative function is therefore intermittently available. While we realize communicating to your Members of Congress is critical, we suggest attempting to do so at a later time, when demand is not so high. System engineers are working to resolve this issue and we appreciate your patience.” -TheHill.com - House limits constituent e-mails to prevent crashSigh. Billions for a bail-out, but nothing in the Federal Government seems to be built to scale under stress. I certainly hope they don't get a Drudge link. And I certainly hope that one day we get over being so nice about this and go in for some old-fashioned consequences. But I dream, I dream....
And in my dream I see the scene in French Connection 2 where Popeye Doyle comes back to the Hotel where he'd been kept prisoner and hooked on dope. He walks in with a can of gasoline, splashes it about in order to get to the "rats," and then torches the whole edifice.
In my dream I see somebody very much like Popeye Doyle take Pelosi, Frank, and the whole pack of them into a room for a little interrogation:
Jimmy 'Popey' Doyle: I'm gonna take you right down in that alley there. Right down there. And we'll start, we'll start on your throat, right here. Bustin' everything in it. You like that, uh. Then your belly. I'll start workin' on your belly. I'm gonna hit you so fuckin' hard, that the belly's gonna break your backbone.
Congress: Je ne comprends pas.
Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle: You no compris that?
Congress: Non.
Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle: No, you don't understand, huh? Then I'm gonna work on your arms. I'm gonna set 'em over a kerb. I'm gonna use 'em for a trampoline and jump up and down on 'em. And then your kneecaps. One, two. Kneecaps. Oatmeal. I'll make oatmeal outta your fuckin' kneecaps. And when I get done with you, you're gonna give all the fuckin' money you and your stooges stole back.
Not practical, I know, but as they tell you in the Lottery commercials, "All you gotta have is a dollar and a dream."
Posted by Vanderleun at September 30, 2008 3:34 PM | TrackBackGreetings:
Having grown up in the Bronx, one of my favorite expressions came from "Popeye" in "French Connection II."
He was talking to one of the French policemen when he said," I would rather be a lamp post in New York than President of France."
I sometimes add, "and you know what dogs do to lamp posts in New York."
I've found that "I'm going to put your right elbow in your left ear" to be pretty effective. Particularly when said with a smile.
Posted by: Roy Lofquist at September 30, 2008 7:07 PMGo, Popeye!
Clear out Pelosi & Ilk.
Big Joe:
What kind of a guarantee is that? "He's ready to go." He's a nut!
Pvt. Jonesey:
Well we're all nuts, or we wouldn't be here!
"Never have so few taken so many for so much."
(Kelly's Heroes, 1970)
"...I'll hit you so hard, it'll kill your whole family."
(Diner - I forget the year)
Paraphrased: "I'll hit you so hard, it'll kill all of congress".
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