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bettverbotenJul 23, 2010Submitter
I guess if you think it is free stuff you just use more and more of it right?
Closed AccountJul 24, 2010
Free food for everyone!
phoenixtxJul 24, 2010
You sure got a lot of fans asami21..... well, at least 2. LOL.... their buried..... especially BB.... what a worthless piece of s**t he is.
Cheers!
ardeetJul 24, 2010
Like free health care?
shawnfromnhJul 24, 2010
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marx2kJul 25, 2010
Why would you use more healthcare if it's free if you don't need it?
ardeetJul 24, 2010
Like free bailouts if your high risk bets don't pay off?
ardeetJul 24, 2010
Like free contracts where you can charge on a "cost plus" basis?
ardeetJul 24, 2010
Like free government pensions plans that remain unpenalised by your performance or decisions?
beratebirthersJul 24, 2010
Instead of bitching, how much have you done to help stimulate this economy? The $2.6 million Congress spends will have a multiplier effect leading to $20-$30 million. If only we could convince our congresspeople to spend more.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
anixmanderJul 24, 2010
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH
You're funny!
wishitwerepaulJul 25, 2010
surely you forgot /s
anixmanderJul 25, 2010
That is Berate your talking to Paul, he doesn't do sarcasm.
kmollejaJul 25, 2010
I'm actually convinced that Berate can't possibly mean all of the things he says. I think that he is one of the most tireless trolls jumping on every story and taking positions so ridiculous just to see how far down he can get dug.
I honestly can't believe someone could hold the positions that BB stakes out.
beratebirthersJul 25, 2010
You don't believe that someone believes in Keynesian economics? Sorry, it's just works. We'd STILL be in the Great Depression 80 years later if FDR didn't decide that we needed to spend.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
wishitwerepaulJul 25, 2010
BB, there's a difference between Keynesian economics and giving s**t away for free, in effect breeding a generation of whining beggars. One may argue the merits of the former but can't possibly in honesty deny long lasting consequences of the latter.
ohnoes1000Jul 25, 2010
Nothing is too good when the taxpayer is picking up the tab..No wonder the speaker of the house got a new plane a year after she was in the majority.
marx2kJul 25, 2010
That horse has been beat to death...
http://www.snopes.com/politics/pelosi/jet.asp
cajungalJul 23, 2010
The article says that the bills were charged to a credit card.
Who gets the bill for this credit card?
PhreeedomJul 23, 2010
Ok...ok..let me guess..
Santa?
cajungalJul 23, 2010
It seems to me that if it is the tax payers that get stuck with this bill it is wrong. Don't they get a paycheck? They should use it that like the rest of us! I am so tired of Congress living by different rules…it wasn't supposed to be this way.
PhreeedomJul 24, 2010
Taxpayers = Santa
It was never supposed to be the way it is in American politics.
Once they were able to both tax wages and print money the whole promise of freedom went out the window.
cajungalJul 24, 2010
We can't say we weren't warned of the consequences:
"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies . . . If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] . . . will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered . . . The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs." -- Thomas Jefferson -- The Debate Over The Recharter Of The Bank Bill, (1809)
deathfiredJul 25, 2010
The company's that pay the tax payers get the congress money so it all works out. Now if Congress was using US tax payer money in other country's, then it would be a problem.....oh wait they already do :(.
nyr14Jul 25, 2010
How many businesses do you know that use caterers?
The money spent at the BBQ place in Kansas City was likely a business trip. I know when I go on a business trip that I get a daily stipend to compensate for the extra expense of having to eat out. Sometimes my employer even buys a meal for 20+ people at one place!
cajungalJul 25, 2010
@nyr14, the magic word in your comment was business. If a business wants to have an event catered, that is a whole different ball of wax. I am all for private business expenditures.
The problem I have with the goings on in the article is that the money they are spending is money entrusted to them that came out of the TAXPAYER'S wallet. If a congressperson chooses to have an event catered or even when paying for his own meal or even bottled water, it should come out of his or her wallet, not mine. I guarantee you the amount spent would have been quite different. We do not live in a monarchy or oligarchy, yet. They should behave as public SERVANTS, not rulers. In order to remain a republic, we must remind our public servants that they are just that and nothing more.
janincoJul 23, 2010
Why you do of course.
ardeetJul 24, 2010
Who gets the reward points?
tgc1Jul 25, 2010
Don't be silly. Of course they do.
schoate09Jul 25, 2010
Congress doesn't have credit good enough for rewards cards.
nyr14Jul 25, 2010
That's a standard business practice. It's not like some intern is going to max out his credit card and then hoped to get reimbursed later.
wishitwerepaulJul 25, 2010
seriously speaking, i suppose i'm okay with it when those in power share in the fruits of our labor. i dont mind the congress or whomever to eat an extra sandwich or whatever.
where i start having a problem is when they keep stuffing their faces while the people who paying for it are having to tighten our belts.
all the while dodging the very responsibilities they're putting on us (i mean taxes).
badqatJul 23, 2010
I had to undigg this. It's a great article, but it was subbed eleven hours prior by someone else. The exact same article from the exact same source. In fact, it's the one appearing directly below in "Related by Source".
libertyalwaysJul 23, 2010
Well, at least we taxpayers seem to have sophisticated culinary tastes.
Closed AccountJul 24, 2010
The good thing i we've institutionalized that our elected representatives should be able to cheat us and never have to pay for what we do. They're better than we are and it's pretty damn selfish of citizens to think they should play by the same rules we do.
Who woudl ever choose to serve if you couldn't f**k over the voters ?
Closed AccountJul 24, 2010
No doubt we're cheated regularly by the fat cats in DC; but always remember that there are those who serve for the right reasons, especially those who serve at great peril & for little compensation in the US Military.
No doubt there are those who would run for office and do the same, if they could somehow overcome the skewed narrative being fed to the sheeple by disingenuous politicians & the MSM.
moonriderJul 24, 2010
One who serves for the right reasons is Ron Paul, D (TX), one who plans to serve for the right reasons is Rep. Paul's son, Rand, who is running for the Senate. But such statesmen are few and far between, unfortunately.
twinklyjesusJul 24, 2010
Moonrider...Ron Paul is a Republican.
wallyantiJul 24, 2010
Until we do something about this, those soldiers are dying in vein. They go to their deaths for the sake of our ability to remain apathetic and choose the lesser of two evils come next election. I'm reminded of this every time I see a homeless half-crazed veteran begging for change. It's a sad state of affairs, but only a fool would risk his life while things like this are allowed to continue.
Closed AccountJul 26, 2010
@WallyAnti: Color me a fool, then. I and mine will continue to serve & protect the nation while the rest of you sort out all the political B.S.
zardayJul 25, 2010
$2600000/(535*30*9) = $18
Let me know if there's something wrong with this but it doesn't seem TOO unreasonable... still more than I spend per day on myself though.
executexJul 24, 2010
Well if anything deserved to be on the TOP of the Digg Sidebar---this would be it.
beratebirthersJul 24, 2010
Why are they attacking Congressman Sablan? The man's got six kids. It's understandable he would have a huge tab.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorio_SablanComment is buried, click here to see the rest.
twinklyjesusJul 24, 2010
Wow...You MUST be a liberal....living within your means just escapes you and making excuses for those who don't is the first thing you think to do.
beratebirthersJul 24, 2010
A means of man with six kids who has to travel to and from the North Mariana Island is going to be more than more people.
imallvol7Jul 24, 2010
I think everyone missed the sarcasm. I sure heard it.
twinklyjesusJul 24, 2010
Nope. this guy is not being sarcastic. He's serious. Berate Birthers is a major, loony liberal troll.
davidnivenJul 24, 2010
Most ethical Congress ever...
What?!? Pelosi said it would be.
wonderchemistJul 24, 2010
How do we know the previous 110 Congresses weren't actually less ethical?
yeahwhatever58Jul 24, 2010
We don't know that....we are just going by what Pelosi promised us that THIS congress would be...
marx2kJul 25, 2010
On June 3, 2009 Speaker Nancy Pelosi requested the Statement of Disbursements (SOD) be published online, as part of her continued commitment to increase governmental transparency and accountability.
http://disbursements.house.gov/sod-glance.shtml
How is this unethical, by the way?
imallvol7Jul 24, 2010
This isn't a republican, democrat, conservative, or liberal issue. How can we stand together and stop this?
hipmanJul 24, 2010
Getting rid of the incumbents.
marx2kJul 25, 2010
Really? Getting rid of incumbents is going to remove catering expenses?
bryancampJul 24, 2010
Fire 'em all.
paint2100Jul 24, 2010
term limits.
bryancampJul 24, 2010
No. Fire them all.
doublebaconsodaJul 24, 2010
It would take a lot of work to figure out who to vote for in the upcoming elections. (I am neither Democrat or republican and I tend to vote based on the person)
I will join you and just vote out all the career politicians.
tyrghastJul 24, 2010
Abolish the two party system, remove the ability to serve consecutive terms in congress.
marx2kJul 25, 2010
Vote for someone who you think will represent you and your state well?
supplysidejebusJul 24, 2010
I see that AIPAC stooge Eric Cantor is high on the list. He needs to wine and dine all his Mossad buddies, probably.
cristinamkJul 24, 2010
Meantime american tax paying peasants keep eating rice and beans...
tgc1Jul 25, 2010
And cake. Don't forget cake. After all, Congress was nice enough to let us eat it.
/s
bigp3rmJul 24, 2010
I can only afford the 99 cent hamburger from Wendy's. Sometimes I can even order two!
heavyj1970Jul 24, 2010
you should feel lucky, I'll bet you even have a job, lucky.
/s
mariwanabe8Jul 25, 2010
I work at Wendy's. I can stea.. I mean afford some of those. But only when nobody's looking.
blackoculusJul 24, 2010
Time for congressional house cleaning...
Everyone mark your calendars!
Everyone find out who your state congressman is!
Everyone get their big rubber "get the f**k out!" stamp ready!
http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW_by_State.shtml
Say buh-bye:
* Heinrich, Martin T., New Mexico, 1st
* Lujan, Ben R., New Mexico, 3rd
* Teague, Harry, New Mexico, 2nd
milsorgnJul 24, 2010
In a nation that glorifies Self and Convenience are you really surprised?
Maybe if the majority were to be held accountable to some sort of standard that doesn't involve a man on a cloud we wouldn't have to read such gentlemenry.
doublebaconsodaJul 24, 2010
Cloud man really keeps them in line though.
unspammeJul 24, 2010
since they get free extras like health care they do not want us flyover people to have, they should have to work for the hourly wage of the poorest country they force our labor to compete against!
taltorisJul 24, 2010
I understand exaggerating for effect, but the article only details how $2.6 MILLION was spent, a far cry from the BILLIONS claimed in the Digg title. Now if you add in their health care, pensions, and stupid earmarking (job security for congress), then I don't doubt that Congress does spend billions on itself.
Great article, misleading title.
csspublicJul 24, 2010
keep reading:
http://www.aolnews.com/house-money/article/the-other-congressional-spending-how-the-house-spent-1-billion-on-itself/19522761
confoundedjoeJul 25, 2010
That is for all the congress and all of their staff. According to c-span, there are aproxximately 24000 congressional staff. Yeah, that probably adds up quickly.
http://www.c-span.org/questions/weekly35.asp
crharrisonJul 24, 2010
Take a minute to think of just how big the congressional staff is, answer: http://www.c-span.org/questions/weekly35.asp , and that they probably work some pretty long hours or late nights. I really don't see anything controversial about this; for example: $84,794 on "coffee centric companies" for for over 11,000 staff members in a nine month period seems pretty reasonable to me.
doublebaconsodaJul 24, 2010
I don't get free lunch at work. I think they should pay for the s**t themselves, after all, they give themselves raises every 3 months.
confoundedjoeJul 25, 2010
It averages buying 1 cup of coffee per person per year... Big whoop.
csspublicJul 25, 2010
except that its not just 1 cup of coffee per person, per year. it's every other perk, bonus, extra added together that contributes to their bloated budget.
its exactly that type of 'its just one cup of coffee' that contributes to the problem.
taltorisJul 24, 2010
Thanks csspublic, I missed that link at the bottom. For the record, I never said that congress didn't spend billions on itself, only that it wasn't outlined in this article.
mdellingJul 24, 2010
How on earth does a single person spend $23,457 on food in nine months?
speedsteamboatJul 24, 2010
I believe that includes all the expenses of their staff as well as any events they hosted and had catered.
mdellingJul 24, 2010
Ah... that makes more sense. That's still an amazing amount of money.
cajungalJul 25, 2010
And it is money they should have paid out of their own pockets.
marx2kJul 25, 2010
cajungal: Each Congressional year Members are given an MRA to run their Washington, DC and District Offices. The Member budgets for 2009 range from $1.3 to $1.9 million, with the exception of Members occupying “leadership” positions. The Committee on House Administration (CHA), the oversight Committee that determines how the House is run and establishes all of the rules under which lawmakers operate their offices, uses a standard formula to determine these budgets.
davenp0rtJul 25, 2010
9 months * ~30 days = 270 days
$23,457 / 270 days = $86.88/day
bythogJul 25, 2010
I'm angry when my weekly grocery bill is over $50. For two people.
confoundedjoeJul 25, 2010
Yeah and this is for many more than 2 people.
marx2kJul 25, 2010
Weekly grocery bill for 2 people consisting of $50? wtf? Are you just eating cardboard out of the dumpster?
boodiddlyoonJul 24, 2010
"According to the documents, Democrat Gregorio Sablan, the first-ever House delegate for the Northern Mariana Islands, spent more on food than any other legislator, racking up a tab of $23,457."
How big is this guy?
marx2kJul 25, 2010
http://sablan.house.gov/ - not that big
He does have 'Camacho' in his name though. I found that hilarious.
cptbuckJul 24, 2010
The amount they spend on food and water I can deal with. It's the million dollars per year that gets paid to settle with abused staffers that gets me.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0710/39637.html
speedsteamboatJul 24, 2010
This article sucks, and isn't very insightful at all.
It's transparently sensationalist to frame this story as "OMG! 604k SPENT ON BOTTLED WATER!!!"
All these raw numbers tell us absolutely nothing about why these items were purchased and where they were used.
Our government employs a lot of people, and I think many of you would be astonished by dollars spent by any large company on services and fringe benefits like this. I'm all for cutting out wasteful spending, but I see no evidence here that anything was or wasn't wasted. It's just a dollar amount, and though it might SEEM high to you or I who have no sense of what the annual cost of feeding hundreds of people should be that's certainly no guarantee that it's wasteful (let alone worthy of the self righteous "little man" scorn many of you are giving it).
csspublicJul 24, 2010
http://www.aolnews.com/house-money/article/the-other-congressional-spending-how-the-house-spent-1-billion-on-itself/19522761
marx2kJul 25, 2010
Those numbers seem pretty much spot on
csspublicJul 24, 2010
"All these raw numbers tell us absolutely nothing about why these items were purchased and where they were used.
Our government employs a lot of people, and I think many of you would be astonished by dollars spent by any large company on services and fringe benefits like this."
I for the most part agree with you. The food/travel budget for large companies I'm sure would surprise most people. On the other side though, I've seen instances where because the employee isn't 'paying for it themselves' they are willing to pay a much higher dollar amount for a good/service than they would out of their own pocket. It's always easier to spend someone else's money. Also, once someone is allotted a budget, it is typically in their best interest to be at or over budget, else risk next years cut to a lower level. There is typically little incentive for being under budget.
At least in a business there is typically oversight in the form of managers/expense reports that must be approved, but that still does not leave the system free from waste or abuse.
What oversight do we see in these purchases by our politicians? Who approves the expenditures for reimbursement? Other congress members? Other federal employees? I'm skeptical at the need to pay for student loans, cell phones, newspapers given that ... "The current salary (2010) for rank-and-file members of the House and Senate is $174,000 per year." http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/uscongress/a/congresspay.htm
Don't forget they get to keep unspent campaign money in personal accounts....
Seems like a pretty good business to be in, maybe I should run for office....
speedsteamboatJul 25, 2010
I agree. We should definitely have more oversight of this sort of thing, but short of that trying draw conclusions just by saying "Well gee, Rick, that sounds like a lot of money to me!" is pretty ignorant and unfair. All I mean is that we shouldn't base our actions, shouldn't be seeking legislation, based on this alone as that's the kind of thing that creates pointless and detrimental red tape.
aegis17Jul 24, 2010
Hooray, someone who actually used critical thinking! Double digg if I could for pointing out that the article's headline exaggerates by 1000.
Csspublic: the first link you showed also included benefits, salaries, equipment, and even what the parties spent out of their own pocket. I will admit that there is always waste, and maybe $115k getaways aren't in the best interest of the people or the party in question, but this is really chump change in the grand scheme of things.
csspublicJul 25, 2010
http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/overview.php
"but this is really chump change in the grand scheme of things." Exactly the lack discipline I was talking about, thanks for supporting my argument. It's always easier to spend someone else's money, most certainly when its considered 'chump change'.
Just as I disagree in arbitrarily stating "604k for water OMG" without looking at the details, I also disagree in asserting 174k is a 'pretty reasonable salary' - without context. That number ignores the other massive perks and benefits of holding the office.
There are many benefits aside from just the salary that are under-appreciated by the public, and judging by the net wealth of those individuals in power, that 174k per year could hardly be described as providing any real incentive for performance or retainment.
labdiscoJul 24, 2010
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watchdragonJul 24, 2010
I spend $250 + a year on bottled water, i agree its dumb to go "OMG WASTE!"
insightfulJul 25, 2010
Everybody knows that during a Republican administration the government spent only $15 total! It is the Democrats who ruined everything for us... and took our jobs!
/s
Furthermore, private companies are soooo much better at controlling costs because bottomline is at stake - that is why corporate retreats are often held at dreary destinations with Quizno sandwiches.*
/S
* I know, I know, those functions are suppose to motivate the best and brightest... the same people who came up with CDO and CDS that drove the market into the ground. If they worked in government, you would have asked for their head but because they work in private enterprises, they are Galt-like heroes who are taxed too much for their "hard" work.
darkbob87Jul 24, 2010
Is $2.6 million supposed to make me angry? Because it doesn't. This isn't even a drop in the bucket, this is an H2O molecule in a drop in the bucket. Move along...
Closed AccountJul 24, 2010
Darkbob I'm only guessing here but i would thing that 95% of diggers don't make that kind of money in 10 years. It's got to start somewhere. I'm out here busting my balls trying to make ends meet, and feed my family. These mother f**kers are eating like kings on our dime. This just shows you how out of touch these people really are.
We need to start getting pissed off about every dollar that is waisted.
darkbob87Jul 24, 2010
You're right, it does have to start somewhere. Let's start by taking a machete to the defense budget. The savings we get from can be put into education, health care, and even back into our own pockets.
yeahwhatever58Jul 24, 2010
Absolutely. If we look at every single time something like this is exposed and we just settle for saying..."oh well, that's just a drop in the bucket"....then nothing will ever get done to change the way things are done. Like you said, it has to start somewhere and with a strict regimen of discipline, all of those "little millions" are going to add up to whole bunch of millions of dollars. It's funny that congress can sit for hours and hours and weeks and months at a time working out how they can find ways to raise additional money from the taxpayer....yet they don't look within themselves to see what they can do to cut the need of going after more taxpayer money.
yeahwhatever58Jul 24, 2010
Everything can be looked at ...even the military budget. But the military budget should be trimmed of any excess, not trimmed of any necessities. National defense is constitutional and is the duty of the government to properly fund it....there is nothing constitutional about a staffer needing to go eat donuts. I would rather pay a soldier his wages for his work in defending the country than to pay for some politician to stuff donuts down his pie hole....or I guess in this case, his donut hole.
99butcher99Jul 24, 2010
Thats all.. How do these non-stories make it onto DIGG? $900. for donuts for a year? For how many people. Less than one per per year.. the people who took the time to digg this should be banned from digging for a year and from donut shops.
smargJul 24, 2010
Congress = human garbage.
Questions?
yeahwhatever58Jul 24, 2010
No, just a comment...
We need to take out the garbage...
smargJul 24, 2010
Bingo.
jayskullsJul 24, 2010
'mericuh
chuckdeesJul 24, 2010
These totals are funny. They pay Congressional staffers like 25k a year. And people are spending this much on food.
btw the military is spending $400 a gallon for fuel in Afghanistan. If all the right winger were serious about deficit spending. We sure could find a lot of money wasted by the military.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/63407-400gallon-gas-another-cost-of-war-in-afghanistan-
mdellingJul 24, 2010
And around $1 million of stimulus money was spent on two pounds of ham. If left wingers were serious about deficit spending, we could sure find a lot of stimulus money wasted. In other words, neither side really cares about it, it is just a convenient tool to shoot at the other party with. I haven't found a branch of the government that isn't incredibly wasteful. Its not just the military, its the whole thing.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
chuckdeesJul 24, 2010
Yeah the 1/3 of the stimulus that was tax cuts were wasted money. The majority of teabaggers got a tax cut from the stimulus, but think they are taxed too much.
btw teabaggers want government to keep their hands off their Medicare.
marx2kJul 25, 2010
$1 mil on 2lbs of ham? Wha? Please explain.
tyrghastJul 24, 2010
There are a lot of bases built during the Cold War that we don't need. Tech has changed and we don't need so many bases.
marx2kJul 25, 2010
Any base we close is a s**tstorm both internationally and locally. "OMG WE'RE ABANDONING OUR ALLIES"
shwaavayJul 24, 2010
This really doesn't sound that bad. I wish there was a comparison to other years and other Congresses because I would bet they have actually cut back. I know they don't normally do that, but these numbers seem awfully low for government.
yeahwhatever58Jul 24, 2010
The judgement by the public regarding the actions of the government should not be governed by quantity, but by the quality of principle. No matter how big or small the amounts are, they should be judged on principle alone. They are getting paid a salary. Discretionary expense should be paid by them...just like any citizen would be required to pay their own way. Larger events needed to conduct PROPER governmental business is different. We are on tough times and these are all the ways that the budget can be trimmed. If government doesn't show that they are willing to sacrifice, how can they possibly ask the people to make sacrifices??
bryancampJul 24, 2010
This is absolutely infuriating.
marx2kJul 25, 2010
Not really
tyrghastJul 24, 2010
The only thing politicians agree on is whether or not to give themselves raises.
rapyokeJul 24, 2010
It's easy to be generous when it's not your own money.
autokadJul 24, 2010
OMG SOMEONE KICK A BABY, KILL THEM! give me a f**king break people and grow the f**k up. how about this, stop CATERING to sensationalism. Quite frankly I am surprised the numbers are so small, ever pick up the check at a friends dinner before? Also, if making bad INFOGRAPHICS were a crime these people should get the chair.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
doublebaconsodaJul 25, 2010
Why did you even click the link if it made you so unhappy?
shawnfromnhJul 24, 2010
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rebulatorJul 25, 2010
There are some situations where your job requires you to be out of town, and a small additional stipend should be included to cover your costs, but generally I agree with you.
shawnfromnhJul 25, 2010
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marx2kJul 25, 2010
Each Congressional year Members are given an MRA to run their Washington, DC and District Offices. The Member budgets for 2009 range from $1.3 to $1.9 million, with the exception of Members occupying “leadership” positions. The Committee on House Administration (CHA), the oversight Committee that determines how the House is run and establishes all of the rules under which lawmakers operate their offices, uses a standard formula to determine these budgets.
How they spend that $1.3 to $1.9 mil is up to them, really.
doublebaconsodaJul 24, 2010
Spoiled out of touch douchebags. They need to start buying their own food because the f**king taxpayers are closed, move along you fat f**ks.
novenatorJul 24, 2010
Reported to digg abuse for article hijacking. The actual title reads:
Congress' Food Tab: $604,000 for Bottled Water, $152 at Quiznos
This is nothing new for wingnut Lizbett, who has somehow defied her lifetime Digg ban under the username Bettverboten. Keep trying to lie, cheat, and steal your Republican talking points to the front page teanuts, your position gets weaker with every infraction of the TOS.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
PhreeedomJul 25, 2010
You have to be among the biggest whiners I've ever run across on digg. It's absolutely pathetic.
Perhaps everyone should go through all your history and snitch you out on the slightest little thing....why not, it's what you do...and you're merry band of Regressive follower who hate it when people disagree with you.
BTW...you're full of crap...look above the title:
http://o.aolcdn.com/os/news/art/house-money
Now...apologize to bett and send a message to digg retracting or maybe I'll report you for your s**t from here on out.
chroniccolonicJul 25, 2010
Why do you even bother, Novenatroll?
Closed AccountJul 25, 2010
Novy wants to play hardball?
Cool with me.
Closed AccountJul 25, 2010
Hey Novy...
Don't you have a Burning Man, desert orgy, to prepare for, you progressive, whiny nutjob?
You've managed to hijack a few submissions yourself. Shall we hold you to the same standard that you hold your opponents to , and report your whiny ass for each Terms of Use violation we think you've violated, or would you rather play nice? We can always go back and mine your submission history and report every hijacking you've engaged in through the years. Would you like that?
phoenixtxJul 25, 2010
@novy You're such a candyass.
Closed AccountJul 25, 2010
And what pray tell does it say JUST ABOVE THAT, novy? Is it maybe:
HOUSE MONEY HOW CONGRESS SPENDS MILLIONS ON ITSELF
OH NOES - http://www.wingstaiwan.com/avatars/oh_noes.gif
JUST LIKE THE TITLE OF THE SUB SAYS!
Report away novy. I'm sure the digg admins will get a good laugh as well as everyone here. Just wondering if your credibility could get any lower? Well, I'm sure you'll do something to lower it again, you're good at that and as I always say, "Use your gifts."
novenatorJul 25, 2010
Minarchian, ChronicColonic, EmmersonBiggins, phoenixtx, Jeremiahlaments.... (ie. the usual suspects once again)
Looks like Lizbett is too afraid to face me herself, and is sending her minions to do her dirty work and frantically bury my comment. Poor baby.
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PhreeedomJul 25, 2010
So, me coming across a mutual submission and seeing your whiny ass and others coming around and seeing the same and now it's a concerted effort to just bury your whiny ass. That's the definition of paranoia.
Did you run out of Prozac or Lithium or something? Because it sure seems to be getting worse.
I still haven't see you show one bit of remorse for making false claims. But it's not like it's the first time I've seen you do it.
Perhaps I should do some research on how you Janine, Anomaly100, Sarahlee and a few others game digg through your posts and cross-posts. You don't suppose I'll find anything nefarious, do you?
Closed AccountJul 25, 2010
Novenator - if I'm not mistaken, Digg TELLS you to make an original title.....
Closed AccountJul 25, 2010
Sorry Novy. These people are mutual; friends. I see you stalking a female user and harassing her for some perceived TOS violation, and I feel compelled to call you on your bulls**t when you're dead wrong. I don't know any of these people beyond them being my mutuals on digg. If there's something wrong with that, a TOS violation by playing by digg's rules, then report me. I'm sure the digg staff will have a good laugh at you being quite an accomplished whiner.
OK. usual suspects, beer at O'Malley's in 40 minutes! We'll have a laugh at Novy's expense and paranoia.
phoenixtxJul 25, 2010
@novy http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dT86amjmsRc/SM3HEvvjFUI/AAAAAAAAAEU/NpngrH-E26g/s400/democratic_crybaby_seal.jpg
allisonrose870Jul 25, 2010
More mishegoss from Novy the pisher.
*clink*
Closed AccountJul 25, 2010
I bet this was all Bushes fault.
novenatorJul 25, 2010
Same windbags responding again, joined by Quirky and Allison. Big surprise. Call me when you have something constructive to say, or if Lizbett grows some spine and wishes to respond instead of sending her lackeys.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
phoenixtxJul 25, 2010
Look who waits until the middle of the night to respond. I'm actually surprised you're not too stoned to respond. You're such a friggin loser novafluffer. No wonder you're a liberal. That's what losers are. All worried about everyone else because life just isn't fair. Grow up punk or else you'll be a lazy candy ass loser for the rest of your life. Guess what, you'll actually have to work to become successful you parasite.
Closed AccountJul 25, 2010
Sorry novy, we're too busy mining through subs and comments to send to digg abuse.
chroniccolonicJul 25, 2010
What would she have to respond to? You didn't ask a question. You made a false accusation. No need to respond to that.
Closed AccountJul 25, 2010
That's what it's like to have friends, Novy. Foreign concept, I know.
Closed AccountJul 25, 2010
Notice how Novy dodges, ducks, dicks, dives, and dodges the issue -- how his accusation was as false as his morals -- and yet continues to stand pat in the face of the truth because he didn't get to face down a person his micromachismo isn't threatened by: a female.
Stalking females your new thing, Novy? There's a "No" guy out there who might be able to give you a tip or two...
somekid413Jul 25, 2010
Yes, Its silly that they are getting free food. but it seems the majority of the money they are spending is going to catering companies and local businesses etc. so yes it is taxpayers dollars paying for their food, but its going to keeping people employed. we have far worse financial waste in this country... but if all of our governments financial waste was spent domestically wed probably have a smaller deficit.
glassagateJul 25, 2010
I want to hear more about how the party of family values spent their monies at a lesbian bondage
club.
tgc1Jul 25, 2010
Why do these people need expense accounts again? Let me ask you all something. Do you have an expense account at work? An account for which you can buy yourself lunch, or get a taxi or fly to some place? I'm guessing the majority of you do not. And in the event that you even attempted to have such a thing charged to the company you would be terminated immediately or charged with theft.
So what the f**k is this?
yuejdesigner85Jul 25, 2010
this is a crime and the congress should go to jail for this.
marx2kJul 25, 2010
Seriously, wtf are you talking about? How is this a crime?
yuejdesigner85Jul 25, 2010
politicians spending taxpayers' money on their personal stuff? that's not a crime? politicians are able to set their own salaries? that's not a crime? these people should go to jail for this, not just resignation.
marx2kJul 25, 2010
"politicians spending taxpayers' money on their personal stuff? that's not a crime?"
Politicians purchasing food at work related events as well as using the stipend allotted to them in the MRA is not a crime.
"politicians are able to set their own salaries? that's not a crime?"
This article has nothing to do with politicians setting (voting on) their own salaries, which also is not a crime.
"these people should go to jail for this, not just resignation."
Wake me up when a crime has been committed. Until then I'll keep my torches and pitchforks in the gun safe.
yuejdesigner85Jul 25, 2010
obviously you haven't hear about michael steele spending money on night clubs.
yuejdesigner85Jul 25, 2010
obviously you haven't hear about michael steele spending money on night clubs.
collinetsJul 25, 2010
lol...
What?
Well, yes. I have to buy my own lunch at work and so should they. However, businesses have catering and s**t all the time. When you've got meetings and such, well it's gotta be paid for.
Maybe not so much, but its not a crime. You're being irrational at best.
yuejdesigner85Jul 25, 2010
obviously you haven't hear about michael steele spending money on night clubs.
alraheemJul 25, 2010
Who gets the bill for this credit card? Company?
feitclubJul 25, 2010
Buried for being boring. Who knew Congress fed its employees? Um, everybody. Everybody knew that.
letitsleepJul 25, 2010
I can easily understand the $10,000 bill for BBQ. Everything else in unacceptable
lazlotlomaxJul 25, 2010
This Article and other like it is EXACTLY WHY I OPPOSE government run healthcare. Government is famous for waste and has yet to show an organization within itself that doesn't operate on wasteful spending and unnecessary bureaucracy. If the arguments of increased costs etc.... is the issue within the Healthcare world then why not let a truly free market have a whack at it before we bring you healthcare from the guys that brought you the $600 toilet seat. Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
the3rdlegionJul 25, 2010
Is it possible to just wipe the entire congress and start with a slate of new senators and reps.? Ones that actually have ethics and do s**t for the good of the people?
thegreatgazooJul 25, 2010
Their catering must either be dirt cheap compared to what I have seen or they aren't using it much.
Back in the early 90s I was privy to the numbers for a convention I went to in DC. IIRC, to have a bowl of punch in the back of a meeting room with the paper cups and so forth was about $500. The little buffet with some juices and muffins was about $5000. I think that was quoted for 25 or 50 people.
They probably go through $2.6 million in toilet paper.