Report: U.S. House of Representatives Postpones All Legislative Business Next Week

Saturday, January 8, 2011 | Kristinn

[Nitehawk0325]

Secret Service is going to be running a little thin protecting Congress people who are running scared.

[the OlLine Rebel]

“If it happened to you and your family worried about you making it, I think you would want the respect of your colleagues and friends.”

I can’t think of a single business of reasonable size that would “shut down” for a WEEK because an employee was killed, much less injured, by a murderer.

I wouldn’t expect it to, either.

“Respect” doesn’t mean you have to shut down your own life and work.

I’m sure there are plenty direct examples from the past for this sort of thing, as well.

[skr]

People die every day; certainly they can acknowledge what happened without slamming the brakes on the People’s business.

[conservativehistorian]

Ad Hominem attacks are unnecessary and unintelligent.

[americanophile]

First time I've been able to get on FR all day! Anyone else have trouble?

Prayers up for all the victims involved.

[coaltrain]

Just a week? The longer it is shut down the better.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Don’t know why, except that government employees are always looking for an excuse to not work.

[The Mayor]

Agreed 150%..

[Eyes Unclouded]

Don’t be so mean or you’ll make the Speaker cry!

[Borax Queen]

I immediatley heard calls for “a change in the tone of Washington. Does this mean we should just give up and become Socialists and Communists to keep the peace? The business of the country must go on! They won’t let terrorists killing hundreds of us or trying to blow all of us up stop Congress, but the actions of one nut job can? I would remind the news media that other people were killed and injured who weren’t promininent figures in politics or government. Let’s have enough respect for them and their families not to act as if the death or injury of a politician is more worthy of grief and sense of loss than an ordinary citizen.

I completely agree with you. The government must continue to function and no one person is that important. And I would say that even if it were someone on the same side as me.

This canonization is becoming appalling, and quite convenient at a turning point vote for the country. (And I am here in Tucson, by the way, and have been hearing quite the revisionist history today.)

They have been calling for "civility" here every time they didn't like our questions to our representative. We are supposed to shut the heck up while the Communists march on.

[Borax Queen]

After 9/11, I'm not sure how much more security can be increased at the Capitol, save for denying all public access (they would love that.) I just think they are absolutely full of themselves. How about we shut down every mail facility in the country for a week after the next postal shooting? Or every military installation after the next Major Hassan strikes? Something bad is going to come out of the aftermath of what happened today, and it's going to land on OUR heads.

I agree. When we tried to see Senator Kyl on Ina Rd. (the same road near where this happened today) a few years ago, about his amnesty vote, my husband and I were horrified that they were all behind bullet-proof glass. And we had to go through five levels of interrogation just to talk to some flunko. We do not look like crazies either, if I do say so myself!

Can these people get any more paranoid and chock-full of self-importance?

Maybe now instead of just having cameras to monitor us in the conservative side of town (NOT where this happened today, not even close), they'll add cameras to every Tucson citizen's forehead. RFIDs.

[isthisnickcool]

A week is not near enough, they need to close Washington for about 20 years.

[Borax Queen]

(although she sounds like somewhat of a conservative anyway and a Republican would quite possibly be closer to her philosopically)

She is not, although they have all been broadcasting this propaganda all day. She hid her party from all the campaign signs, but is one of Pelosi's leftists.

[Scanian]

It will be longer than a week...isn’t MLK Day a week from Monday?

[Glenn]

and melodramatic

That's the proper word.

[DTogo]

Funny I dont remember the military memebers getting a week off from their duties, after the muslim killed the military members in Fort Hood Texas, Obama could not even comment on it right away, as he was busy giving a speech at an Indian event giving” shout outs” to some chief, and telling ever one not to jump to conclusions...

Well said!

[buccaneer81]

Our recently ousted congresswoman, Mary Jo Kilroy refused to have public gatherings unless they were in SEIU facilities. I kid you not. A police officer friend of mine said that the union thugs were armed to the teeth at these events. He called them “White Panthers.”

[UnwashedPeasant]

How long does Congress shut down when American Soldiers are killed?

[buccaneer81]

How long does Congress shut down when American Soldiers are killed?

Post of the day.

[plain talk]

Translation - Republicans are cowards and scared Dems will say they have no compassion if they keep working. Good grief.