Posted on 07/06/2008 6:06:18 PM PDT by brycemax
So where does the average citizen stand in the eyes of those who occupy the offices at Capitol Hill? Check out this "Geeks On Caffeine" cartoon, and it will become crystal clear...BEFORE you even get through the security check! NOTE: The author has requested that you visit the web site and refrain from copying the cartoon into the body of this thread. Thank you very much!
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While I agree, how could it be changed?
I’d just state that ‘I am a lobbyist in the employ of MOLA (My Own Lobbying Agency)’.
Great Site! Thanks so much for linking to it, I have it bookmarked.
It is great to see some conservative cartoonists get some traction...my favorite so far is Eric Allie...just superb, but...this guy does pretty good stuff. Going to track him from now on...
Not that I want to defend lobbyists... When I worked for a congresscritter, lobbyists were useful for summarizing legislation too lengthly to digest. You would listen to ones you trusted. If you didn’t like a lobbyist, you would use his “tips” to attack the legislation. They almost became unpaid members of your staff. Everyone likes lobbyists who support issues near and dear to them and call lobbyists on the other side “scum.”
Why is it so unusual to have an ‘express lane’ for people who visit the Capitol every day or at least regularly? Isn’t it the case that to be s registered lobbyist and issued photo ID by the Congress, they have to fill out an application, present valid ID, and undergo at least a minimal security check? And then don’t they have to file regularly about their earnings and expenditures related to their lobbying?
The cartoon is actually expressing an egalitarian-oriented ignorance.
I guess it would be better to have staff and lobbyists waiting in line behind a bus load of tourists from Topeka...
Seriously, there are many buildings all over the country that have one security checkpoint for employees and another for visitors. The cartoonist clearly hasn’t thought this through.
I think it would be a better cartoon if the lines were regular people vs. congressmen. But that’s just me.
I’ve been wondering when or if the idea of waiting on a line was going to intersect fatally with waiting online. Not yet. Those new yorkers. ;)
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