Us mere mortals would die if we knew that a majority of people thought we were useless…but yet Washington seems so unaware of what we think of them……….

It has been 400+ days of the present Congress and we still do not have a jobs bill…….Congress has voted 31 times to kill the president’s attempts at job creation…..but yet they have time for politics and spin and even some really worthwhile conversations (sarcasm)……..

A Texas Republican congressman is adamant in his backing of the trans-Alaska pipeline, but not because of silly energy independence. No, we must keep the oil flowing for the sake of … caribou romance. So argued Rep. Louie Gohmert, tongue perhaps in cheek, during a meeting of the House Natural Resources committee last week, reports the Washington Post. Gohmert made the case that the warmth of the oil making its way through the pipeline encourages the randy behavior (and population boom) of the region’s caribou. “So when they want to go on a date, they invite each other to head over to the pipeline,” he said. “So my real concern now … if oil stops running through the pipeline … do we need a study to see how adversely the caribou would be affected if that warm oil ever quit flowing?” What the Post calls his “faux concern” for the animals had fellow GOP representative Don Young of Alaska struggling to stifle his laughter. “I’m not sure it’s warmth of the pipeline,” he said.

No wonder their (Congress) approval rating is 10%…..for those who math skills are a bit rusty……that is a 90% disapproval rating…..say that again!  90% of Americans disapprove of the job Congress is doing…..and yet there is NO change in the way they do business….it is so bad that in a recent poll…….

Forty-three percent of respondents said a group of random people selected from the phone book would do a better job addressing the nation’s problems than their current representatives. Thirty-eight percent of respondents disagreed and 19 percent weren’t sure.

“We have a situation in which the American people don’t think Congress or anybody in Washington is listening to them,” Scott Rasmussen, founder of Rasmussen Reporters, told TPM. The numbers also represent a “deeper cynicism” toward Congress, Rasmussen said.

See the full poll results here.

Our representatives are so egocentric and self centered that they do not see the disgust of the American people……their attitude is….give them a while and they will get over it!  If you do not have deep pockets then you have NO representation

God help us for we are so screwed it is no longer humorous!  As a state rep said…..”these people should be arrested for loitering on public property”…….