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(Some Guy) Hero Rep. Michael R. DesRoches (D., N.H., No-Show) resigns after 16 months in Congress in which he never showed up on Capitol Hill and never cast a vote. We need about 584 more just like him   (unionleader.com) divider line
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Hiymenator
2008-03-25 6:05:27 PM  
It's the state legislature, Subby. NH has the second largest legislative body in the English speaking world, behind the US Congress. If I wanted to, I could run for state rep and represent my apartment complex. Seriously.

/It's funny though.
 
Rain-Monkey
2008-03-25 6:26:35 PM  
Aw, but he has an owie on his knee and feels bad.
 
NewportBarGuy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2008-03-25 6:33:55 PM  
I have an owie on my knee. I'll take a job where I can wallow in corporate bribe money. Vote for me, I'll show up!
 
King Something [TotalFark]
2008-03-25 7:08:31 PM  
Rep. Michael R. DesRoches (D., N.H., No-Show) resigns after 16 months in Congress in which he never showed up on Capitol Hill and never cast a vote

Hiymenator: It's the state legislature, Subby. NH has the second largest legislative body in the English speaking world, behind the US Congress.


Technically subby is right about the guy never showing up in the Capitol, what with him being part of the State Assembly and not the US Congress.

But the guy definitely deserves the Hero tag. He got paid for doing NOTHING for over a year.

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nrw
2008-03-25 7:16:26 PM  
King Something: .But the guy definitely deserves the Hero tag. He got paid for doing NOTHING for over a year.

"As citizen legislators, we are paid $100 a year. Sometimes, you have to put things in perspective and make other things a priority."

--

He didnt really take them for a huge amount of cash.
 
Gulper Eel
2008-03-25 7:34:18 PM  
"As citizen legislators, we are paid $100 a year..."

Jeez, that barely buys you 1/20th of Eliot Spitzer's hooker.
 
Angry Drunk Bureaucrat [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2008-03-25 7:44:48 PM  
Gulper Eel: Jeez, that barely buys you 1/20th of Eliot Spitzer's hooker.

You just have to choose the part wisely.
 
King Something [TotalFark]
2008-03-25 8:47:02 PM  
nrw: He didnt really take them for a huge amount of cash.

True, but he DID get paid.

Even though his annual salary wouldn't cover the cost of one week's worth of commuting.
 
JrBobDobbs
2008-03-25 9:07:45 PM  
583, subby.

/RON PAUL!
//No, not really.
///Are those people even still around?
 
Limac333
2008-03-25 9:08:05 PM  
Subby

585?

100 Senators,
435 Members of the House.

100+435=535, who are the extra 50?
 
PC LOAD LETTER [TotalFark]
2008-03-25 9:08:52 PM  
Good. Douches need to go.
 
steelpeg
2008-03-25 9:10:56 PM  
Once again, just a bunch of lazy Democrats...get a job, you bums...

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Gosling
2008-03-25 9:11:56 PM  
584?
 
JrBobDobbs
2008-03-25 9:13:26 PM  
The Official Seal of the United States Democratic Party Hillary Clinton.

FTFY!
 
PC LOAD LETTER [TotalFark]
2008-03-25 9:14:45 PM  
steelpeg: Once again, just a bunch of lazy Democrats...get a job, you bums...

And I guess it's false if I put "Republican" there, right?

Idiot.
 
themindiswatching [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2008-03-25 9:27:35 PM  
Hiymenator: If I wanted to, I could run for state rep and represent my apartment complex.

If I lived in NH, I'd run and represent Fark. Then I'd introduce the Free Booze on Sundays Act and get it signed into law. It'd be awesome. :)
 
Nightenstaff
2008-03-25 9:31:17 PM  
I wonder how much he spent getting elected -- if anything.
 
Unright
2008-03-25 9:33:39 PM  
steelpeg: Once again, just a bunch of lazy Democrats...get a job, you bums...

Us? You're the one that apparently has the free time to animate a silly anti-party picture.
 
Gyrfalcon [TotalFark]
2008-03-25 9:34:52 PM  
Who elected him, what did they expect him to do, and what do they think of his performance?
 
AR55
2008-03-25 9:36:07 PM  
steelpeg: Once again, just a bunch of lazy Democrats...get a job, you bums...

Nice troll baiting, I lol'ed.

/then I lol'ed at the people who bought it
//lol
 
Churchill2004
2008-03-25 9:37:37 PM  
Hiymenator: It's the state legislature, Subby. NH has the second largest legislative body in the English speaking world, behind the US Congress. If I wanted to, I could run for state rep and represent my apartment complex. Seriously.

/It's funny though.

4th, actually. After the US Congress, Westminster, and the Indian Parliament. Highest citizen to legislator ration in the country for the lower house though. 400 Reps works out to about one for every 3,000 citizens. That's one of the reasons NH was chosen for the Free State Project.

/they also passed a marijuana decrim bill recently
 
steelpeg
2008-03-25 9:42:40 PM  
AR55: /then I lol'ed at the people who bought it

/Okay, okay...so did I...
//And didn't Brunelle say that it is a problem in both parties?
 
andrewagill [TotalFark]
2008-03-25 9:47:16 PM  
Limac333: 100+435=535, who are the extra 50?

Have we figured this out yet?

/50 governors?
//Maybe... 50 senators, 6 year terms, elected every two years = 150 senators?
 
Topher200
2008-03-25 9:51:04 PM  
Yo math guys- it's talking about the NH state legislature, not the US Congress.

/Didn't really pay attention- that might not have been what the argument was about.
 
kregh99
2008-03-25 10:01:33 PM  
How is this assclown different from any other politician... republican or democrat?

The republicans, when they're not doing meth of a gay hooker's ass in a public restroom, are farking up the country and the democrats are pretty much just useless.
 
Manfred J. Hattan
2008-03-25 10:24:30 PM  
Hi. I just want to interrupt the partisan bickering long enough to say that too many people are doing the (D-somewhere) thing wrong. See, you have to make it funny and you have to make the "-somewhere" part connect to the "D" (or "R") either as a letter or as a stand-in syllable. So in this case, (D-erelict) or (D-serter) would be the way to go. If he were a Republican, it would be (R-ecess) or something. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
 
Churchill2004
2008-03-25 10:24:39 PM  
Topher200: Yo math guys- it's talking about the NH state legislature, not the US Congress.

/Didn't really pay attention- that might not have been what the argument was about.

The New Hampshire General Court has 400 Representatives and 24 Senators for a grand total of 424. And it's not called "Congress" nor does it meet on "Capitol Hill".
 
andrewagill [TotalFark]
2008-03-25 11:36:00 PM  
Manfred J. Hattan: Hi. I just want to interrupt the partisan bickering long enough to say that too many people are doing the (D-somewhere) thing wrong. See, you have to make it funny and you have to make the "-somewhere" part connect to the "D" (or "R") either as a letter or as a stand-in syllable. So in this case, (D-erelict) or (D-serter) would be the way to go. If he were a Republican, it would be (R-ecess) or something. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Oh, sorry. I didn't realize there were rules about this sort of thing.

/I am now ready for the assraping that's about to happen to me.
 
spiderbarks
2008-03-26 12:24:39 AM  
To many people DRTFA. Does this headline deserve a fix?
 
Grrr [TotalFark]
2008-03-26 2:50:44 AM  
Wow, rhis subby's a douche.


/and yet it goes green...
 
Walt_Jizzney
2008-03-26 4:54:03 AM  
Was excited until I found out it was the state legislature and NOT the U.S. Congress.


/hey Subby, your Fail, let me show you it...


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Jewronimo
2008-03-26 6:42:21 AM  
Shouldn't public servant's be obligated to show up and do their jobs? Imagine if a cop wouldn't show up for work, he'd get his ass fired! If law enforcement is like that, why not lawmakers?!

Imagine if being elected to Congress meant you had to be present for every vote, nobody would ever run!
 
dc0012c
2008-03-26 8:10:22 AM  
Oooh, this is epic fail. Subby, you must have slept through all that boring American Government stuff in school. There's a mighty big difference between state legislatures and the US Congress.

Man, not even close. I'm too busy to post a great FAIL pic, so here's a link where most all will apply to this ignorant sub - Link (new window)

Have a nice day.
 
Mayhem of the Black Underclass
2008-03-26 9:42:19 AM  
Churchill2004:
/they also passed a marijuana decrim bill recently

But didn't Governor DickHole promise to Veto any Decrim?

/FSP FTW!
 
Magorn [TotalFark]
2008-03-26 9:43:07 AM  
nrw: King Something: .But the guy definitely deserves the Hero tag. He got paid for doing NOTHING for over a year.

"As citizen legislators, we are paid $100 a year. Sometimes, you have to put things in perspective and make other things a priority."

--

He didnt really take them for a huge amount of cash.

If its a full tiem job then it's a crying shame that the legislators are paid only $100/year. I know advocating pay raises for Polticians ain't exactly a popular idea, but when you det the pay that low you are baiscally insuring that only the olready wealthy, and those on the take can serve, which isn't a great idea either.
 
McWattisdead
2008-03-26 12:47:30 PM  
dc0012c: Oooh, this is epic fail. Subby, you must have slept through all that boring American Government stuff in school. There's a mighty big difference between state legislatures and the US Congress.

Cut subby some slack. She was taking sniper fire when she wrote the headline.
 
Timanous
2008-03-26 12:59:20 PM  
Magorn: If its a full tiem job then it's a crying shame that the legislators are paid only $100/year. I know advocating pay raises for Polticians ain't exactly a popular idea, but when you det the pay that low you are baiscally insuring that only the olready wealthy, and those on the take can serve, which isn't a great idea either.

Most of the NH House is made up of retired old curmudgeons and the independantly wealthy. With so many gosh durn reps, NH would have to enact a state income tax to pay the legislators double what they currently make.

I used to run a bar in downtown Concord. These guys are considered a joke. But they strut around town like they own the country...
 
freetothink
2008-03-28 1:41:52 PM  
Paid for not even going to work? My gosh! sounds like a liberel's dream job.

But not as good as the troll who troll's to post how others are trolls, and your troll speech is not as good as their troll speech.
Oh what a smart troll I am.

RIIIIGHHHTTT
 
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