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Solid State Vittles

2011-12-09 06:14:44 AM

I am outraged. How dare these guys betray the public trust.

Wyalt Derp

2011-12-09 06:19:30 AM

I too am outraged. I mean, Jack Daniels, really?

Bigdogdaddy

2011-12-09 06:25:00 AM

So they were really fired because they snatched the congressman's hooch.

Descartes

2011-12-09 07:05:29 AM

/hopefully we'll kick the Republicans out of control of Congress next year, so this shiat will stop

Descartes

2011-12-09 07:12:55 AM

*crap* Larsen, Largent.... i had a baddddd flashback... apparently this is not the congresscritter i thought it was, so, disregard the political angle of previous post

he fired the staffers.. good job congressman!

(this place needs an edit feature)

BitwiseShift

2011-12-09 07:29:19 AM

I love news writers humble enough never to expect someone might want to know what friggin state this all happens in for a paper that considers itself the center of the universe.

I'm sure these dudes still edit in France for Paris, France in case a reader might have ventured out of the county and realized there are mythical cities beyond the county line.

Aar1012

2011-12-09 07:37:12 AM

Wyalt Derp: I too am outraged. I mean, Jack Daniels, really?

If you're making government money then it's nothing less than the best! Booker's is only about $50. The taste of a 90 proof bourbon combined with the high alcohol content of a 120 proof bourbon

hurdboy

2011-12-09 07:40:31 AM

Descartes: *crap* Larsen, Largent.... i had a baddddd flashback... apparently this is not the congresscritter i thought it was, so, disregard the political angle of previous post

*snicker*
*point*
*chuckle*

he fired the staffers.. good job congressman!

And, hopefully, he'll fire whoever hired them, or they report to. Or both.

(this place needs an edit feature)

Why? Even if it had been who you initially thought it was, party affiliation has little to do with it. Any what is the politics tab without self-righteous derperstorms?

/Largent lost the Republican primary for OK Governor a few years ago; no idea what he's doin these days

jpo2269

2011-12-09 07:51:59 AM

Descartes 2011-12-09 07:05:29 AM

/hopefully we'll kick the Republicans out of control of Congress next year, so this shiat will stop

Really? Are you sure this Mr. Larson is a Republican???? Some people are just a little too eager to jump into a partisan biatchfest that they won't let facts get in the way.

This story has everything to do about stupid 20-something staffers and not much to do about Democrat Rep. Larson (WA). Derp on Descartes, Derp on.....

Mr. Coffee Nerves

2011-12-09 08:00:02 AM

If they were senior staffers they'd have known where the Congressman's stash of lobbyist-gifted Johnny Walker Blue was.

DoctorWorm21045

2011-12-09 08:00:16 AM

jpo2269: Descartes 2011-12-09 07:05:29 AM

/hopefully we'll kick the Republicans out of control of Congress next year, so this shiat will stop

Really? Are you sure this Mr. Larson is a Republican???? Some people are just a little too eager to jump into a partisan biatchfest that they won't let facts get in the way.

This story has everything to do about stupid 20-something staffers and not much to do about Democrat Rep. Larson (WA). Derp on Descartes, Derp on.....

Come on, he's already admitted that he got this moron confused with another moron with a similar-sounding name. Since the two are of different parties, I think we can conclude that both sides are, in fact, bad.

/So vote Libertar-
//Yeah, can't even get through that with a straight face.
///Incidentally, their attempt at a mobile site redirects me to the main mobile page instead of the article, anyone want to cut & paste?

keylock71

2011-12-09 08:06:45 AM

Farking kids today...

At least act like an adult when you're getting sloppy on the clock. Have they never watched Mad Men?

GardenWeasel

2011-12-09 08:11:53 AM

Conservatives add 3 more people to the unemployment line. Go figure.

Shakespeare's Monkey

2011-12-09 08:15:47 AM

Getting fired for shenanigans really depends on where you sit in the organizational chart.
These people were bottom level, so goodbye. The alpha males can do as they please.

maddogdelta

2011-12-09 08:30:43 AM

"Politics is coming out"

Ted Haggard's Poop-Stained Replicock

2011-12-09 08:36:29 AM

I think this thread needs a reset.

gulogulo

2011-12-09 08:37:08 AM

Anyone else follow the link to the original story? No question the staffers deserved to be fired, but the comments are something else.

Paul J* · University of North Texas
Playing devil's advocate here: the tweets shown in this article are only between Seth and Betsy R.; hardly an entire office of debauchery.
Reply · 7 · Like 18 hours ago

Chris*
of course...and it's no coincidence that the voice of reason and understanding comes from the loony land of higher academia. Sounds like just another day on campus, right?
Reply · 4 · Like · 17 hours ago

Sounds like it's coming directly from Idiocracy now. We're doomed, aren't we?

jpo2269

2011-12-09 08:46:17 AM

DoctorWorm21045 2011-12-09 08:00:16 AM

jpo2269: Descartes 2011-12-09 07:05:29 AM

/hopefully we'll kick the Republicans out of control of Congress next year, so this shiat will stop

Really? Are you sure this Mr. Larson is a Republican???? Some people are just a little too eager to jump into a partisan biatchfest that they won't let facts get in the way.

This story has everything to do about stupid 20-something staffers and not much to do about Democrat Rep. Larson (WA). Derp on Descartes, Derp on.....

Come on, he's already admitted that he got this moron confused with another moron with a similar-sounding name. Since the two are of different parties, I think we can conclude that both sides are, in fact, bad.

/So vote Libertar-
//Yeah, can't even get through that with a straight face.
///Incidentally, their attempt at a mobile site redirects me to the main mobile page instead of the article, anyone want to cut & paste?

Fair enough, I won't revoke his internets..

Sock Ruh Tease

2011-12-09 08:52:27 AM

maddogdelta: "Politics is coming out"

I'm guessing that would be the follow-up to a tweet like

wonkette.com

Philip Francis Queeg

2011-12-09 08:56:32 AM

Sock Ruh Tease: maddogdelta: "Politics is coming out"

I'm guessing that would be the follow-up to a tweet like

[wonkette.com image 493x309]

So "Reese's peanut butter egg" is an euphemism for a sex act then?

Cormee

2011-12-09 08:57:15 AM

Subby - they weren't too drunk to tweet. That was the problem. Duh!

Descartes

2011-12-09 08:58:10 AM

/Largent lost the Republican primary for OK Governor a few years ago; no idea what he's doin these days

...

Come on, he's already admitted that he got this moron confused with another moron with a similar-sounding name. Since the two are of different parties, I think we can conclude that both sides are, in fact, bad.

...

Fair enough, I won't revoke his internets..

Steve Largent used to be a Seattle Seahawk when I lived there, and his political career was news up there. I saw the "KIRO" source and just had a brainfart.

Sudo_Make_Me_A_Sandwich

2011-12-09 09:21:14 AM

BitwiseShift: I'm sure these dudes still edit in France for Paris, France in case a reader might have ventured out of the county and realized there are mythical cities beyond the county line.

The paper in Anderson, Indiana would always add a line like, "on Sept 11, 2001, Muslim terrorists flew two planes into the World Trade Center, bringing down the Twin Towers" after they mentioned anything to do with 9/11 like a memorial service or something for years afterward. Like the readers were going "9/11, 9/11, doesn't ring a bell, oh *that* 9/11".

funk_soul_bubby

2011-12-09 09:29:09 AM

Sock Ruh Tease: maddogdelta: "Politics is coming out"

I'm guessing that would be the follow-up to a tweet like

[wonkette.com image 493x309]

WHY DO YOU HATE CHOCOLATE AND PEANUT BUTTER SRT?!

s2s2s2

2011-12-09 09:37:03 AM

Thanks to the focus on the GOP, the Politics tab has gotten quite boring. Perhaps if we subjected the current administration to the same scrutiny for usurping Civil Liberties that we did the last administration(and rightly so) we'd have a little more fun.

jpo2269

2011-12-09 09:46:00 AM

Descartes 2011-12-09 08:58:10 AM

/Largent lost the Republican primary for OK Governor a few years ago; no idea what he's doin these days

...

Come on, he's already admitted that he got this moron confused with another moron with a similar-sounding name. Since the two are of different parties, I think we can conclude that both sides are, in fact, bad.

...

Fair enough, I won't revoke his internets..

Steve Largent used to be a Seattle Seahawk when I lived there, and his political career was news up there. I saw the "KIRO" source and just had a brainfart.

You get to keep your internets... Fair warning though..... Making a mistake on the interwebs is serious, serious business...

Shaggy_C

2011-12-09 09:47:43 AM

December to Remember? Sounds like fun; not like anything is actually getting accomplished on capital hill right now anyways. Notice they were fired for posting things about their drunkeness, not for being shiatfaced and farking around at work all day. Can't really say I fault them, I used to be quite the party animal when I was first out of college, though I wouldn't be drinking before work, that's just stupid.

Make More Hinjews

2011-12-09 09:48:32 AM

s2s2s2: Thanks to the focus on the GOP, the Politics tab has gotten quite boring. Perhaps if we subjected the current administration to the same scrutiny for usurping Civil Liberties that we did the last administration(and rightly so) we'd have a little more fun.

www.murphworld.com

keylock71

2011-12-09 09:54:33 AM

Shaggy_C: Can't really say I fault them, I used to be quite the party animal when I was first out of college, though I wouldn't be drinking before work, that's just stupid.

Well, depends on the job... If it's a soul-sucking, low-paid, menial job, you'd be stupid not to.

Hell, when I was working for a roofing company, we regularly had bone breaks during the day. Same when I worked in restaurants. I used to keep a travel mug of Irished up coffee on my station for the dinner rushes and the kitchen staff kept a packed bowl out by the dumpsters for "cigarette" breaks. Don't even get me started on the alcoholics and junkies I worked with on crab boats...

Shaggy_C

2011-12-09 09:57:50 AM

keylock71: Hell, when I was working for a roofing company, we regularly had bone breaks during the day. Same when I worked in restaurants. I used to keep a travel mug of Irished up coffee on my station for the dinner rushes and the kitchen staff kept a packed bowl out by the dumpsters for "cigarette" breaks. Don't even get me started on the alcoholics and junkies I worked with on crab boats...

There's a reason some people work blue collar jobs their entire lives and never earn more than $30k a year. These guys are congressional staffers, they're basically cream of the crop coming out of college and are working in one of the richest cities in the country!

keylock71

2011-12-09 10:00:26 AM

Shaggy_C: they're basically cream of the crop

Yeah.... Rich and thick.

PunchDrunkPanda

2011-12-09 10:11:49 AM

You don't have to be from D.C. to know 90% of all staffers need a good cock-punching.

Cletus C.

2011-12-09 10:16:47 AM

Sure, some fart-barking sweetie stacks a few Iraqis in a Tehran prison and somehow GW is personally responsible. But some lib's personal henchmen booze it up on the job and brag about how little work they do and the lib is in no way held accountable.

Or something like that.

Outrage gene malfunctioning. Sorry.

s2s2s2

2011-12-09 10:24:42 AM

Make More Hinjews: s2s2s2: Thanks to the focus on the GOP, the Politics tab has gotten quite boring. Perhaps if we subjected the current administration to the same scrutiny for usurping Civil Liberties that we did the last administration(and rightly so) we'd have a little more fun.

I lerled!

CPennypacker

2011-12-09 10:45:15 AM

Robblee shouldn't have been fired

FlyinS

2011-12-09 10:52:17 AM

Shaggy_C: they're basically cream of the crop coming out of college

Not sure if serious

FlyinS

2011-12-09 10:54:28 AM

Cletus C.: Sure, some fart-barking sweetie stacks a few Iraqis in a Tehran prison and somehow GW is personally responsible. But some lib's personal henchmen booze it up on the job and brag about how little work they do and the lib is in no way held accountable.

Or something like that.

Outrage gene malfunctioning. Sorry.

Totally. Comparable. Practically a mirror situation.

Shaggy_C

2011-12-09 11:07:05 AM

FlyinS: Not sure if serious

There's a hierarchy, sure. The top tier go to Wall Street. The second tier goes to Capital Hill. After that come your generic big business types, typically consulting. The only exception is medical, since they don't leave school until their 30s.

VideSupra

2011-12-09 12:05:32 PM

Shaggy_C: FlyinS: Not sure if serious

There's a hierarchy, sure. The top tier go to Wall Street. The second tier goes to Capital Hill. After that come your generic big business types, typically consulting. The only exception is medical, since they don't leave school until their 30s.

Consulting and Banking are more or less the same (read: way above capital hill).

LAs/LCs get 30-60k, consultants/bankers start at 110-160k. Trust me, it's way easier to find a job on the Hill than with McKinsey or Bain.

/went to lawlschool
//doesn't matter how much money i make, forever broke

Jingo Ate Your Baby

2011-12-09 01:00:50 PM

Descartes: [img841.imageshack.us image 589x109]

/hopefully we'll kick the Republicans out of control of Congress next year, so this shiat will stop

If farking around on the internets while working a government job is wrong, I don't want to . . . uh lose my job.

/back to work

BalugaJoe

2011-12-09 01:20:31 PM

a fish smells from the head down.

TheGhostofFarkPast

2011-12-09 01:42:03 PM

I dont care what isle of the political landscape he is on he sounds like a raging dbag. not to mention I have yet to meet a decent person who is a yankees fan. For some reason Nyers feel the need to be huge moronic dbags and have no problem flaunting that behavior. This guy seems to be one of those people.

/I would fire them to

blahpers

2011-12-09 02:51:24 PM

Sock Ruh Tease: maddogdelta: "Politics is coming out"

I'm guessing that would be the follow-up to a tweet like

[wonkette.com image 493x309]

Did Wesley Willis take over Newt's Twitter account? I kept expecting him to segue into "NORTHWEST AIR-LIIINES!"

Get Lost

2011-12-09 03:39:35 PM

But but but alcohol is completely legal and taxed, therefore it is ok to get drunk at work. It's in the damn constitution.

/ no i have not citation of what part of the constitution so quit asking
//Derp...

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