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Our hardworking House of Representatives took a break from bickering about health care and carbon dioxide to pass a quick “most uncontroversial resolution ever” yesterday, one authorizing the new $600 million+ (taxpayer funded!) Capitol Visitors Center — basically a museum about the history of the Capitol building — to hammer a dinky plaque to the wall thanking the Slaves for, you know, “building the Capitol.” It passed by a vote of 399-1, so as a byproduct we now have mathematically infallible litmus test results that determine, officially, who is the biggest asshole in Congress.
NOPE! Wrong. It’s not Ron Paul. RON PAUL VOTED FOR THIS, and that says something, because Ron Paul is a constitutional originalist, meaning he loves slavery.
It was Steve King from Iowa, and yeah, he probably is the biggest asshole in Congress. He has not offered a reason for his vote, but it is probably either “If they hated building the Capitol so much, they should’ve just gotten new jobs” or “Too much melanin.”
GOP Rep. Steve King Is Only Vote Against Recognizing History Of Slave Labor In Capitol [TPM]
WHY THE HELL DO WE NEED TO THANK THEM FOR!!! THEY WERE PAYED FOR THERE WORK ANYWAY. LAZY BASTAERDS WERE LUCKY TO HAVE A JOB!!!!9!11!!!!!!
“They were lucky to have jobs.”
Of course he’s against this. Negro labor must be used until we get that fence up to keep the Messicans out. He already built a diorama for christsakes.
Even John Boehner’s orange dog voted for this.
Lascauxcaveman: dammit. Jinx.
He thought the ‘Nay’ button gave him a pelley, the ‘Aye’ button a shock. (Actually, Michelle Bachman switched the button labels, for a laugh)
I guess we now know where Stormfront’s servers can be found.
I was going to ask “What’s up his butt?” But then I realized he was from Iowa.
Doglessliberal: And not the kind of jobs government created, but private sector jobs– small businesses too.
Maybe he thought he was voting against the teeth decaying type of plaque?
/shows self out
Little known fact: horror novelists are notorious racists.
six hundred million dollars here, six hundred million dollars there, six hundred million dollars over there, another six hundred million dollars sprinkled around all over — stimulating!
wonder how many jobs our six hundred million dollars came out to, because that’s sure as hell one expensive whack-job.
Steve King: putting the corn in cornhole since 1856!
couldn’t they have put “the public option” in as a rider. Come on Rahm Unicorn Sparkle Pony is ripping his shirt off at Burlisconi’s.
When Dick Cheney was in congress, he was the sole vote against honoring Nelson Mandella. Steve King has a big future in the GOP.
Oh, yeah? Where’s the plaque for all the hardworking white slave owners who selflessly sacrificed…ummm…having enough slaves around to make mint juleps? Congress is obviously reverse-racist!
Click on that Steve King tag, there’s hours of entertainment. This is my favorite, and reminds me of Homer Simpson entering a children’s nuclear power plant design contest.
Building the Capitol was the biggest pork project in early US history. Totally unnecessary. And shoddy workmanship, also.
GOP Rep. Steve King on honoring slaves: “They already got 40 acres and a mule!”
GOP Rep. Steve King on Mother’s Day: “What? I’m supposed to thank you for the rest of my life because your egg divided after eating some sperm? Fuck off, bitch!”
Shouldn’t we also be asking why 35 members abstained?
Why thank the slaves? Do you tell someone “You do this or else” and then thank him? Apologize, show contrition if you wish, but “Hey, thanks guys, that was neat” seems highly inappropriate.
They only just finished the visitor’s center like, last year or something. I suppose slaves were the reason for the delay.
I’ll never forget the documentary footage of The Time Haters meeting up with Steve King’s great-great-grandpappy.
Doglessliberal: Heh. “Lascauxcaveman. Now 25% faster and wingnuttier than Dogless.”
He voted “No thanks?”
Palin/King 2012!
As a card carrying white male, let me note none of these folks ever voted to thank us for free passage Angola to US of A, food, job training and the opportunity to work out doors in God’s catherdal
Rep. Steve King, waking from day-dream in House chamber:
What!? It’s not 1962 and I’m not George Wallace!?
Probably, back when the Capitol was being built, dirty Scots-Irish fake plumbers were complaining about these damn slaves taking their jobs. Where’s your green card Toby? And don’t give me any of that Kunta Kinta shit.
He obviously voted no because Michael Jackson touched boys.
Hey, I shouldn’t have to explain.
If we were talking about a well-functioning political party rather than the dysfunctional, 2/3rds right-wing assholes Democratic Party this wouldn’t need to be said , but can somebody please tell his Democratic Party opponent in the next election to use this OVER & OVER in teevee commercials so everyone knows King’s a racist fuckhole? Thank you in advance.
Let’s not pass judgement too quickly on this King character. It’s quite possible with his abundant intelligence he confused the words aye and nay. I mean, they’re so similar!
He’s worse than that 1 out of five dentists…moran.
Mild Midwesterner: They still own slaves. Voting on this would be in poor taste.
Monsieur Grumpe: So he has corn up there?
Congrats Paultards!
This isn’t surprising. As one of the few members of Congress who both has experience actually building something (having designed a model border fence for a House floor presentation) and is a racist, Rep. King understands that the mediocre accomplishments of dark-skinned perverts have no place in the annals of Congress. THINK OF THE TROOPS!!11!
He’s not the best reader and thought the vote was to inflict a plague upon black people. He’s been consistently anti-plague!
Atheist Nun: According to Miss Manners, one should adhere to the “Wedding Gift Rule” when thanking slaves: Sending a “Thank You” note more than 500 years after an event is considered bad form.
King was probably thinking “Hey, fellas, what’s the rush? We still got some time here.”
This guy’s brain is wasting away in teabag-a-ville.
From http://steveking.house.gov/:
“In these tough economic times, no American jobs should go to brown, black or yellow people,” King said in a statement. “White-E-Verify is a quick and easy system that shuts off the colored worker jobs magnet and provides employers with a way to verify that their employees are legal to work. Americans cannot afford to lose more jobs to &*^^@# workers. The White people want this Administration to enforce existing immigration laws and protect White workers by using the White-E-Verify system.”
No fuckin way I would thank them, either. The built the capitol building too fucking far from the metro station and the security fence around the White House is so lax that a NEGRO was able to move in! And don’t get me started on the grass on the mall, hello, fertilizer, anyone??
would he have been satisfied by honoring them with 3/5 of a plaque?
This is to honor the reversal the Connecticut firefighters. Slavery is totally reverse disrimination. Keeping the white man down, by keeping him from working, for no money.
Monsieur Grumpe: yup, they don’t call it corn-holing for nuthin!
problemwithcaring: Yeah why are all these Communists so concerned about make a plaque for the slaves but they won’t make a plaque for our troops. No wonder Sarah Palin resigned.
Give them a plaque and they’ll ask for a mile… of reparations.
It’s been quite a while since I’ve been to DC, so I have a question:
When did they replace the reflecting pool with two-way mirrors? Are we now able to “Good Cop/Bad Cop” interrogate entire crowds at a time? Or is it just for the new “Gallery of Tourist Upskirts”?
I never assume anything Congress does is uncontroversial until Michelle Malkin weighs in on it.
To be fair to Rep. King, they did do a pretty shitty job — look at all the vermin that have been able to slither in through the cracks.
He probably thought “dinky plaque” was something gay. OTOH, it is a pretty dipshit resolution.
Lascauxcaveman: it’s the little victories that keep us going, no?
Mild Midwesterner:
The vote doesn’t mean that 35 abstained.
A few are probably sick, some just missed the vote [probably on a junket], one or two are dead & haven’t been replaced yet & the rest probably are southern assholes who didn’t want to go on record in any way about slavery.
We need to see the list of that 35 to make a final judgment.
twingonaut: It’s weird how every benefit an African American receives has a proportional reverse effect on a firefighter. Like, everytime someone tweets about MJ a firefighter’s wife sucks her co-worker’s cock .
I’d run against his ass in the next election, but that would require that I move from the gayliberal bubble that is Iowa City to the hellish, not-quite-Nebraska wasteland of Northwest Iowa. Fuck that shit.
He voted no because he thinks the slaves were perverts and low-lives, and get too much media attention…oh wait, sorry…wrong moran named King; that’s GOP Rep. PETER King.
Any idiots out walking around in DC today? Hellya! Congress is back in da house!
He released his reason (linked on TPM), something about Judeo-Jesus and scrubbing the floors.
“Our Judeo-Christian hermitage is an cotton plantation in the disrespect of Columbus where we hold Negros in bondage and cut yet another F-fart in the pants of a few turd Merkins for the stink of some of their rotting ancestors. Christian abortionists gave their lives by the hundreds of thousands to eat dead burnt black babies.”
Called it before the jump!
But … he’s not even from Council-tucky.
Oh, he’s *that* dumb ass.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/08/politics/main3919500.shtml
Steve King just doesn’t see what the big deal is with slavery. He learned in a very educational illustrated GOP chain email that all coloreds need to be whipped and chained to actually work.
I have nothing snarky to add. This guy is just a straight up douchebag.
Geez, it’s odd, Steve being related to Dr. Martin Luther King, and all.
I guessed right. Do I win the pool?
I’m sorry, but fartsack is far too kind an approbation for this guy. He needs to be a sack holding some sort of liquid or gelatinous subject. Douchebag is close, but colostomy bag is closer. Now what would be a good descriptive term for that? Let’s have a contest!
Jazzman: How about “shit sausage”?
Finally, Obama knows exactly what congressional district will be housing detainees once Guantanamo is closed. Thanks Steve King!
UCC:
“the rest probably are southern assholes who didn’t want to go on record in any way about slavery.
We need to see the list of that 35 to make a final judgment.”
Glad to see that irony is alive and well.
I thought “extruded excrement” but “shit sausage” captures it better.
Jazzman: “Scat pouch?”
“Shit sausage” is fitting, but maybe it reminds us too much of the unfortunate results of a night out with your randier GOPers and their favorite rentboys?
Just a thought….
40 acres and a mule or bust! Also.
Extemporanus: King had already bought them something, so he didn’t want to doublegift:
“To all the descendants of slaves, Congressman Steve King (R) didn’t vote to honor your ancestors, but he hopes you enjoy this autographed picture of Congressman Steve King (R)!!
Thank you, Jim.
Just call him Rep. Steve “Ku Klux” King.
nappyduggs: Scat Pouch is brilliant. Gets it down to two syllables. The only thing shorter is “Cow” short for “cow pie” which has that cross-over appeal from Iowa to Isle of Mann that made MJ such a whitey too. Also.
I’m still waiting for the Egyptian parliament (if there is such a thing) to pass a resolution thanking my ancestors for building the pyramids.
thats too bad. i really liked Pet Cemetery.
It appears we have a winner. Steve “Scat Pouch” King will live on!
Though I have to admit I really liked shit sausage. Wait, that sounded wrong.
I don’t know, I like:
“Piss Sack”
“Douch-tote”
“Feces Purse”
“Cum Bag” (scumbag minus the “s”)
A plaque upon both their Houses!
First Peter, then Steve - who’s this morning’s “King of the Day?”