http://pajamajournalist.com/2007/07/09/house-votes-itself-a-raise/ Faded-Flannel, Fluffy-Sock Journalism Sat, 19 May 2012 17:59:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://pajamajournalist.com/2007/07/09/house-votes-itself-a-raise/#comment-23 Michael K. Willis Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:50:50 +0000 http://pajamajournalist.com/2007/07/09/house-votes-itself-a-raise/#comment-23 As ineffectual and chicken-hearted as the Congress is...on both sides of the aisle...I am completely unsurprised that they could muster the togetherness to give themselves a hefty raise. It must be nice to be part of an organization where you can give yourselves raises, exempt yourselves from laws that apply to the little people (RIP Leona), and often make tidy fortunes while doing "public service"...what a sweet gig :-) As ineffectual and chicken-hearted as the Congress is…on both sides of the aisle…I am completely unsurprised that they could muster the togetherness to give themselves a hefty raise. It must be nice to be part of an organization where you can give yourselves raises, exempt yourselves from laws that apply to the little people (RIP Leona), and often make tidy fortunes while doing “public service”…what a sweet gig :-)

]]> http://pajamajournalist.com/2007/07/09/house-votes-itself-a-raise/#comment-3 M. Funk Tue, 10 Jul 2007 23:59:36 +0000 http://pajamajournalist.com/2007/07/09/house-votes-itself-a-raise/#comment-3 This preposterous pork would certainly burn well to ignite a nation's tender sensibilities, especially with the purse-strings tightening around everyone's pulse given record defecits. Let's keep this story alive - how the people elected to curb the "war economy" are hiding under its bulk, leeching off of it. This preposterous pork would certainly burn well to ignite a nation’s tender sensibilities, especially with the purse-strings tightening around everyone’s pulse given record defecits. Let’s keep this story alive - how the people elected to curb the “war economy” are hiding under its bulk, leeching off of it.

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