Brown's hush-hush forum

sc353 (anonymous) says...

I've called Mr. Brown's Washington office twice and his Charleston office twice and left messages for a call back about a town hall. No responses.

August 19, 2009 at 1:46 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

GG (anonymous) says...

Awww...is the media upset b/c they weren't personally invited or courted? Too freakin' bad.

I used to think the media told the truth. I actually considered a career in journalism and declared it as my first major in college in the sixties. I am so glad I switched my major.

I wouldn't want to be identified with the fifth estate now. All they do is distort the truth to get THE STORY. Most of the time it is BY ANY MEANS POSSIBLE resulting in misinformation and outright lies.

They have a sense of entitlement that is outrageous. I put much of the ill will in our nation on their shoulders. We certainly will never have another Cronkite in this crowd of bozos.

August 19, 2009 at 2:21 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

CNSYD (anonymous) says...

GG, I agree and Hicks is one of the chief Bozos.

August 19, 2009 at 3:48 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

oslo59 (anonymous) says...

Ah yes!
Another good 'ol boy keeping South Carolina perpetually stuck in the 19th Century! Waste them all!

August 19, 2009 at 5:56 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

prettywoman2457 (anonymous) says...

Brown was re-elected, so why should he care about what the person off the street has to say. He knows that he has job security, benefits, health insurance, and a good retirement plan, so why should he be bothered by what the people he supposedly represents think!

August 19, 2009 at 6:26 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

cwmcpa (anonymous) says...

Mr Hicks
Please send me your invitation to Mr Clyburn's townhall meeting, being a constituent in his district I would be interested in whene and where the meeting is. He has publically stated that only the Bull Conners of the world attend these things. He is afraid someone will turn the fire house on his staff and believes that heath care is a "civil right". Mr. Clyburn has proven that he is for the party of Pelosi and could care less about the folks in South Carolina. i would like to know how much in bribes he is going to pay from his campaign fund to fellow democrats for betraying their constituents. He paid 28K to get them to vote for the cap and trade bill which he never read. Mr Hicks I know it is hard for you to put your personal politics aside when writing, I also know that this is why the P&C have employed you to write your drivel.

August 19, 2009 at 6:59 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

AT (anonymous) says...

stay on task here people...
with all this hullaballoo about health care...should Brown have a forum to discuss heatlh care? Heck yes! Should Clyburn? Heck yes. Leave the petty party politics out of it...dont blame journalists either.
Hold your elected leader to task regardeless of their party affiliation.
(and since we live in Browns district...I assume that is why hicks wrote about him)

August 19, 2009 at 7:11 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

maeko (anonymous) says...

all of them need to connect with their constituants. not just for election time. if they don't talk to us, how do they know what we need? trying to get to them is like going to see the Wizard of Oz. they aren't what they should be and need to go.

August 19, 2009 at 7:18 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

realityck (anonymous) says...

Good job, Brian. As a public servant, it's Brown's responsibility to listen to his constituents. Piggy-backing off of Demint is lame.
If Barney Frank can man-up and hold a townhall, why can't Henry?
I look forward to the next opportunity to vote Henry out of office!

August 19, 2009 at 7:24 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

RuleNumberOne (anonymous) says...

Brian Hicks is a COLUMNIST here, which means he expresses an opinion so you shouldn't expect an attempt to be unbiased. And I hold the same opinion.Henry Brown's supposed meeting with doctors was a farce; if you notice, most of his appearances are tightly controlled and scripted by a protective staff. Why does he need handlers now? Henry Brown is no workhorse; he went to Washington to retire and is already out to pasture.It should surprise no one that he is not in the health care dialogue. He has never engaged himself in the issues that are important to our district so why should we expect him to be interested in the most important issue in our nation today? He's holding a place and marking time, so don't expect him to preside over anything. And since we had the foresight to re-elect him not once but several times just because of a party label, we're getting exactly what we paid for. Or at least what Washington lobbyists paid for.

August 19, 2009 at 8:07 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

wjhamilton3 (anonymous) says...

Clyburn held a public forum on healthcare back in July in Charleston. It was announced in the Newspaper twice, widely publicized online and attended by over 200 people. He held one yesterday evening in Columbia, on short notice, but announced in the paper and open to the public. Clyburn's forum was held on a Saturday afternoon at the Longshoreman's hall, at a location that was accessable by Public Transit. There was ample parking. Some Republicans were present. Everyone who wanted to had the opportunity to ask questions.

I'm organizing some local healthcare events. There is a huge difference between planning a meeting to discuss public policy and setting up an event where we have to deal with screaming mobs, many of which are apparently armed and determined to bring loaded weapons into the event. You have to contract for police protection ($22 per hour, four hour minimum per officer), develop and deploy a full security plan and somehow try to keep guns out of the room. Unfortunately very few of our large, public meeting places are set up for a full security screen with Metal detectors. We need to be sure some of them are. However such equipment requires trained operators who are Law enforcement officers, and that is a significant cost.

After the Republicans began sending mobs to "blow up" Town Hall meetings with the help of Freedom Works, it took several weeks to retool the planning for all these events. Many were canceled in the planning stage. Now some are being announced, after a huge amount of additional work, planning and expense.

None of this extra effort improves the quality of the discussion, it's just massive additional overhead. Much of this falls on political organizations who rely on volunteers and have small budgets.

I'm paying for the police protection at an event this week out of my own pocket. That is the premium the rednecks have imposed on free speech. They bring guns to silence us all and clear the public realm of meaningful debate and discussion.

I say I value free speech, now it has a price on it, the cost of off duty, armed law enforcement officers. I've held hundreds of forums and debates over the last 31 years and until now, this hasn't been necessary.

Henry Brown should hold a public forum to listen to the people he represents. Not at a country club on Monday morning on the day before school starts, but at a time and location where everyone can come, accessible by public transportation, with no admission charge. It should, if possible, be held in a place with full security capability, including metal detectors so everyone will feel safe speaking their mind. A security detail will be needed for the parking lot as well, with designated demonstration areas for people on both sides of the issue, appropriately separated.

Local government needs to select a public meeting place of adequate size to be equipped for such meetings that all our representatives can use.

August 19, 2009 at 8:36 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

charlestonnative1963 (anonymous) says...

Don't blame me, I voted for the woman.

August 19, 2009 at 8:40 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

SCHoser (anonymous) says...

realityck (anonymous) says...

If Barney Frank can man-up and hold a townhall, why can't Henry?

Now if that doesn't motivate Henry, nothing will!!!

August 19, 2009 at 8:43 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

VFWmem (anonymous) says...

Congressman Brown does not get involved unless there is something in it for him...such as his Love for MUSC!

August 19, 2009 at 8:50 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

blacman (anonymous) says...

You simply can't compare Rep. Clyburn with Brown. It is like comparing a minnow to a whale. Rep. Clyburn cares about his constituents and their needs, Brown cares about oozing into retirement. Look for higher elective office for Mr. Clyburn.

August 19, 2009 at 9:10 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

thedarkpolitician (anonymous) says...

While I do think that it would be good for Congressman Brown to have a town hall meeting, not so that we may oppose him, but to offer our support as Conservatives in South Carolina, I must remind everyone that this is not the most important aspect of this health care debate. We must remember that we know that Brown is openly opposing the Democrats health care bill and any other forms of Government Controlled or Socialized health care.

While I know that it is important to keep pressure on our politicians to speak out as often as they can, I believe that we could all use this momentum and our united voice to work more on those members of Congress who still are in support of the Democrat’s bill.

In short, I believe that it is more important to try and influence the other members of Congress who are supporting this horrible bill, rather than turning on our own and fighting about a meeting. At least we don’t have to live in Clyburn’s district where he supports the bill and we still would not be heard.

-TDP

August 19, 2009 at 9:32 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

ysillyme (anonymous) says...

thedarkpol~
A very enlightening post. Democrats must be stopped at all costs. Their messages should be "fact-checked" and their messengers defeated at the polls. Thanxs for reminding us that in all 50 states conservatives outnumber the liberals. Source..gallop poll yesterday.

August 19, 2009 at 9:52 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Jim_Isle (anonymous) says...

Screaming mobs? With guns? I should think that would be the time to call the police, not arrange for private security. Can anyone think of when and where this has been a problem? This sounds like an excuse to not hold public meetings, especially when congressmen are asked questions they prefer not to answer.

My question to both Clyburn and Brown is name your alternatives to spending enormous sums on "rescuing the economy," "bailing out banks," and "running GM." Then ask if you read the health care bill passed by the House and what are your thoughts on these matters?

August 19, 2009 at 9:59 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

CNSYD (anonymous) says...

There will be some form of health care legislation passed. Exactly what it contains has not yet been determined. Brown has virtually zero influence on the outcome. So how he can he explain it? He can listen to all the attendees of a town hall raise cain but what does that accomplish? Clyburn is in a power position. This ain't like the good old days when we had a powerful Congressman like Mendel Rivers. At present Clyburn and Spratt are key players. The rest are non entities. On the Senate side Graham at least has political capital to spend. DeMint has none.

August 19, 2009 at 10:15 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

brownpw (anonymous) says...

Why is there any discussion about this topic?

Did someone change the US Constition or something and forget to tell us about it!!

Stop slamming the few men like Demint and Brown that are bold enough to defend the Bill of Rights, and educate yourselves people!!!

"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor
prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively,
or to the people." (Amendment #10 of the Bill of Rights)

Where does that say that the Federal government has any business in the daily affairs of men? Where does that grant any interest in health care or education?

"Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" is what our country is all about: NOT FEDERAL INVOLVEMENT IN HEALTH CARE, nor any other infringement of our personal liberties!!!

Wake up and read the documents that our nation have been founded on; if we don't demand that our nation govern solely by them, then our nation will no longer be "the land of the free."

August 19, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

blacman (anonymous) says...

After viewing the harsh, cruel treatment of Rep. Barney Frank (AP video 9-19-09) its a wonder any democrat would subject him/herself to a town hall forum. No respect shown, signs of President Obama with a hitler moustache, and mean spirited attacks were all that can be heard and seen. Whatever happened to civility to our elected representatives? Rep. Frank is a long serving selfless congressman of high repute.

August 19, 2009 at 10:30 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Luna (anonymous) says...

Mr. Brown is just another example of way SC remains the first at everything bad and the last in everything good.

When we stops voting a straight ticket and educates ourselves on the people running/when we stop believing the BS they spoon feed us/when we start to look out for each other instead of only ourselves....maybe we'll catch up with Costa Rica or Chile.

August 19, 2009 at 10:40 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

ysillyme (anonymous) says...

brownpw~
Do you realize the posters here couldn't find the Bill of Rights if their lives depended on it. Come to think of it, it does! Nice to see loony luna has created another B.M. with her keypad, sure looney elect another demoncrat. Not enough vermin slithering along the streets of Columbia and Washington D.C. (or Kenya on the Potomac as its known).

August 19, 2009 at 11:12 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

SCdeacinNYC (anonymous) says...

DeMint is an idiot, plain and simple. He offers no solutions just talking points.

brownpw says "Where does that say that the Federal government has any business in the daily affairs of men?" So I assume you are then libertarian and FOR gay marriage, legalization of drugs and preserving abortion rights, right??? Face it, most of you people screaming about the government getting involved with people's lives have no idea what this health care bill is about (neither does DeMint apparently) or even know what a public OPTION entails. You think people like DeMint and Brown care about the government getting involved in your life when they support them getting involved in your private lives in ways that have no effect on your or anyone else's well-being. Hypocrisy at its best.

Look everyone respects the constitution, but it's not a perfect, infallible document handed down from God to the founders. It's a document written by men, well-to-do men before our country was anywhere near what it is today. Before women or black people were even considered citizens and in a world where only men with "property" had a say. In other words, no it was not perfect and definitely not all-inclusive of ALL the issues that a new nation would face. How could they know anyways, even they weren't that prescient. It was written in the 18th century for pete's sake! The world has changed about 10 times over since then. Even the founders themselves that wrote the constitution didn't think it was perfect, that's why much debate surrounded its drafting process. It's a bottomline guiding document for which our country's principles are founded on and the supreme law of the land. That doesn't mean if something isn't in the Constitution it can't be a part of our government or way of life. That's just something that convenient Constitution huggers think. There is much not mentioned specifically and that's for a reason.

August 19, 2009 at 11:31 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

realamerican (anonymous) says...

brownpw (anonymous) says...

Why is there any discussion about this topic?

Did someone change the US Constition or something and forget to tell us about it!!

Stop slamming the few men like Demint and Brown that are bold enough to defend the Bill of Rights, and educate yourselves people!!!

"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor
prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively,
or to the people." (Amendment #10 of the Bill of Rights)

Where does that say that the Federal government has any business in the daily affairs of men? Where does that grant any interest in health care or education?

"Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" is what our country is all about: NOT FEDERAL INVOLVEMENT IN HEALTH CARE, nor any other infringement of our personal liberties!!!

Wake up and read the documents that our nation have been founded on; if we don't demand that our nation govern solely by them, then our nation will no longer be "the land of the free."
---------------------------------------
Where were you when Bush was trampling our rights and destroying our country? Now that the Democrats are in charge all of a sudden all these so called "patriots" like you come out of the wood work. Screw them and screw you! Your party had their chance and blew it!

Time for the Democratic party to roll over the republicans. If it is war they want I say give it to them. Outvote them at every turn and no longer attempt to be bipartisan.

Time to use the majority and push this through whether the filthy tea bag jerks like it or not.

August 19, 2009 at 11:32 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Luna (anonymous) says...

ysillyme - I thought you pullmyfinger and harold had a hot date?

I did not say to vote democrat, I said to educate yourself on the candidates.

With your daily posts proving you are a birther; which in turns means you are a nut job anything you post after that is moot.

So take your medicine, sit in a cool dark room, breath deep.....and get a life.

August 19, 2009 at 11:33 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

wjhamilton3 (anonymous) says...

The security being hired for my healthcare event consists of off duty police officers from the Jurisdiction in which the event is held. They are fully licensed and authorized for, and do regular police work for the local Municipal Government. They, can, of course, call for backup in the event of any disturbance, but the officers on site, who are in full uniform, should be sufficient to deal with any problem. This is very expensive for a small, volunteer political organization. We would have preferred to spend the money on educational efforts, but this is a necessity now. Security is the largest single expense for the event, over half the total budget.

James Clyburn held a town hall meeting yesterday evening in Columbia. Here are the images from FaceBook

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/al...

August 19, 2009 at 11:54 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

ed52 (anonymous) says...

ahh, are you little liberals mad . you weren't allowed to buss in your acorn hate groups. boo hoo. did you spend all sunday in church planning your hate speeches for the camera. ha ha , the obama media wasn't invited either. this is soooo funny .... all hated up and no where to go.. he he he ..

August 19, 2009 at 1:09 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Luna (anonymous) says...

ED - are you trying to contribute something of substance or are you just trolling?

August 19, 2009 at 1:11 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

vmirat90 (anonymous) says...

ed, I think it is all you repubs spending all day in church. I have more fun ways of spending my sunday than forking over my hard earned money to some crook in vestements.

August 19, 2009 at 1:15 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

ed52 (anonymous) says...

has anyone thought that meeting with professional people is a way to gain tremendous knowledge. FACTS can be gathered, then analyzed , for use in true reform . as opposed to the acorn and union plants the obama admin. is sending out to stir trouble. remember luna. if you could buy ins for only 50.00 a month , half the uninsured would still not pay for it. they CHOOSE to spend their money elsewhere.

August 19, 2009 at 1:25 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Luna (anonymous) says...

That is an assumption on your part ed. There is NO way you know the intentions of other people. Unless you have ESP; which I doubt.

Just because you think something to be true does not make it a fact.

And who do you think is sending out the yelling, screaming, Hilter sign carrying people at town halls?

August 19, 2009 at 1:54 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

carolinadude (anonymous) says...

Dark Politician,

Let me remind you and our regulars here that "Bailout Brown" voted for the Bush bailout of AIG and Citcorp in the 4th quarter of last yr. And then he jumped on the bandwagon to oppose Obama's bailouts. Is this HYPOCRISY OR WHAT?

VOTE OUT "BAILOUT BROWN IN 2010!!!

August 19, 2009 at 2:05 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

zoomru (anonymous) says...

Brian...........

This TONE should be used on EVERY elected official....!!!!!!

What about Hutto and Merrill and the SC JET Taxi to the Southern Legilative Conference...!?!?!

Why did ANN go to Hilton Head....!!!?!?!

Brian...........turn the ink TORCH up on all these "Limps" ..!!!!

WE....ARE....FED....UP !!!!!!!!!

Henry Brown......I'm thinking about what needz to be said too YOU....!!!!

I'll Be BACK....

August 19, 2009 at 2:06 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

vmirat90 (anonymous) says...

get 'em, zoo.

August 19, 2009 at 2:16 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

GG (anonymous) says...

HA!

Barney Frank and the term "Man-up" used in the same sentence.

Now that's hilarious!

I saw the video of his meeting, and "frankly" I thought he was extremely rude to most of the folks who asked the pointed questions of him.

He's just another politician who is drunk with power. Nothing less. Nothing more.

August 19, 2009 at 2:47 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

vmirat90 (anonymous) says...

He isn't one of my fav politicians, GG- and he was rude, however, that crazy lady got what she deserved. She is an uninformed idiot who was obviously spewing someone's talking points.

August 19, 2009 at 2:57 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

thedarkpolitician (anonymous) says...

WJHamilton -

You reference "Freedom Works" as an organized mob. I don't know about them, but I do know of your long standing association with the Obama-fronted "Organizing for America." You long for the days of the "New Deal", but the fact is, it did not work. Unemployment was still sky high in 1939 after nearly ten years of FDR's brand of socialism. Thank goodness for leaders like DeMint and Brown who know we can't spend our way out of this mess.

-and-

carolinadude -

I cannot help that he voted for the first bailout (although I would rather him not have done so), but at least he had sense to stop and not the support the totally unnecessary Obama spending pork-fest. Furthermore, as he is currently my representative in Congress, I am glad that he is standing up against this horrible excuse for health care reform. We will not always like everything that our politicians do, but that does not mean that we should not support them when they are fighting for the causes that we as conservatives believe in. If you want to vote against him in 2010, that is your choice, but if Congressman Brown keeps up his almost perfect conservative voting record (96% by LCV count) as he has for almost ten years now, then he will still have my vote.

-TDP

August 19, 2009 at 3:18 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

crankyyankee (anonymous) says...

Blacman you may see higher office for Clyburn but are you familiar with his history in Congress? Check out his record for introducing legislation, content of the bills and rate at which they passed! As you will see this guy has been in suspended animation for the last twenty some years. He sir is the poster child for the "Peter Principle". On another note I'll bet you think Leonard Pitts is an objective writer?

August 19, 2009 at 3:45 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

wjhamilton3 (anonymous) says...

Clyburn isn't a big writer of legislation. He is a master of the process of getting bills past, a very different job.

I'm quite proud of my association with Organizing for America, however as an ordinary volunteer I can't speak for the Organization. The President can and does speak for himself, often and effectively. I'm proud to support him as an unpaid volunteer. I've never received a penny for my work for Obama or the Democratic Party.

And the New Deal did work, it worked very well until 1937 when conservatives demanded cutbacks. However, even at it's reduced level it created an America strong enough to win WWII, including a completely upgrade of the Charleston Navy Yard and the Construction of the Santee Cooper Project to supply the needed power. After 1939 a lot of the New Deal program such as WPA began to focus on Defense projects, building Navy shipyards, renovating neglected Army bases, building airports, improving the national road network.

You should remember FDR kindly, he made America strong and is the reason you are not speaking German today. The New Deal programs built the America which won the war.

Rewrite history and misinterpret the Constitution to your heart's content, but America has to work and it is beginning to work again.

August 19, 2009 at 4:37 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

ysillyme (anonymous) says...

hamilton~
As a lawyer shouldn't you know better to use "past than passed? Your posts are boring and exceedingly long. That long black cloud is coming round, feels I'm knocking on Heaven's Door.

August 19, 2009 at 5:06 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

vmirat90 (anonymous) says...

didn't know you were dying, y. Do not go gentle into that goodnight.

August 19, 2009 at 5:11 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

ysillyme (anonymous) says...

vmiRAT~
your posts are shorter but equally boring. Please take up knitting.

August 19, 2009 at 5:15 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

vmirat90 (anonymous) says...

y- your bitterness of the pathetic nature of your life is showing. Perhaps you should try knitting, instead of standing in line waiting to get into the next Star Trek convention.

August 19, 2009 at 6:34 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

sardis12 (anonymous) says...

Brown should have been put out to pasture last November, but you dumb Republican morons voted for the useless codger once again, so we're stuck with him for another two years. Since he was the biggest spender in the free-franking mailing of his newsletters last year (I can see why, I got three of each), maybe this year he will tell us what's on his agenda (his staff won't, if they ever even bother to call you back, so much for constituent service)....

Perhaps during that time he will burn down a national forest and use his position to get out of the fine anybody else would have to pay. And then he can submit legislation to benefit a wealthy contributor so a beautiful public but fragile spit of land can be developed with multi-million dollar homes while taxpayers defray the hign cost to insure them.

Oh wait, he's already done all that...

August 19, 2009 at 9:01 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

LINDSEYandBARNEY (anonymous) says...

Gee Brian !

Thank you so much for your deep and insightful comments. We deeply appreciate it. We were invited to the DeMint thing, but we are not like Henry. We had other things to do.

Barack and Nancy send their love.

Lindsey and Barney and all the boys

August 19, 2009 at 9:48 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

CNSYD (anonymous) says...

Brown, Sanfraud and Davis are/were jokes as 1st District Congressmen. Sardis12, if you think a Democrat lesbian could beat Brown you are whistling Dixie. I don't care how much money she has. Had the Demos put up a serious candidate they might have pulled it off.

August 19, 2009 at 9:57 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

seneca264 (anonymous) says...

"A fine line many Republicans have used, even if it does ignore the fact that they were in charge of every branch of government during that fiasco"

This Hicks guy must be a real moron. Where did the Compost and Courier dig this idiot up?

I guess this schmuck forgot about the Democrats by the name of Ray Nagin and Kathleen Blanco who were in charge during Katrina. The many deaths during Katrina can be directly linked to these two idiots.

Brown is a coward and a useless village idiot. He does not represent us. Time for him to move on.

August 19, 2009 at 10:32 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

RuleNumberOne (anonymous) says...

I think Katrina was a disaster for George Bush and his FEMA crew too. And Linda Ketner proved she was a serious candidate because she came close to beating our dozing Congressman with an intelligent, articulate campaign that actually talked about issues. We really need somebody who will lead rather than follow in lockstep, no questions asked.

August 20, 2009 at 6:14 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Whatsupwidat (anonymous) says...

Where did the "Rednecks with guns" crap come from? If the democrats didn't know they are trying to push an illegal and immoral project into law, they wouldn't feel it necessary to invent such blatant BS about their security problems. Please tell us where people sneaking guns into meetings has been a problem. By the way, having spent many years on the waterfront, the longshoremans hall has the provisions for "full security" because they need it and at the last count the ILA didn't have any redneck members.

August 20, 2009 at 6:31 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

UrGatorbait (anonymous) says...

He's a politician being a politician. Our out to pasture elephant hasn't got a clue. Won't face us and man up.

I was hoping Ketner would have kicked that garbage time riff raff Brown to the curb. We need representation and a voice, not a warm(we can hope) body taking up oxygen.

Good job CNSYDDDDuh. Great cognitive argument...name calling...no wonder you voted for Brown. No pain no brain.

August 20, 2009 at 9:19 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

CNSYD (anonymous) says...

UrGatorbait, what name calling did I use? Nothing that the individual has not revealed themselves. BTW I did not vote for Brown. IF you had bothered to read my post you would have seen that I don't care for Brown. The 1st district has not had a real Congressman since Rivers.

August 20, 2009 at 8:39 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )