Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Life on the Plantation

On Martin Luther King Day, Sen. Hillary Clinton accused Republicans of running the House of Representatives "like a plantation." Ace of Spades describes how this is so:

10. Just like on a plantation, it's still all about the cotton, sugar & tobacco

9. The most junior slaves on a plantation were invariably assigned the least desirable offices, often in the basement of the Russel Building

8. Congressmen are paid over $170,000 per year, just a fraction more than what slaves were paid; plus, slaves had to pay for their own stamps, if you can imagine such barbarism

7. Slaves were often subject to the indignity of being jetted off to Boca Raton golf courses to be lobbied on okra subsidies

6. Two words: "Majority Whip." Do I have to spell it out for you?

Read the rest. Especially #1.

3 comments:

Jeff the Baptist said...

Ted Kennedy plays foosball? I may have to slightly alter my opinion of him. Perhaps he isn't just a drunken pantsless murderer after all.

John said...

All I know is that if a Republican had said what Hillary said, the NAACP would call for their head on a silver platter. It was offensive and a clear-cut case of race-baiting. Shame on her- and shame on civil rights leaders for not calling her out on this.

Wilkins said...

ha... well done. number 1 was especially keen.

: )