Fires, Again!
Friday, November 2nd, 2007
WTF, people? Can’t you smoke your crack at home like the rest of us, and not ditch your smoldering glass pipes in the Senate bathroom garbage? How many little bullshit fires have broken out in stairwells and bathrooms on the Hill in the last 30 days? Anyway, this morning, the matchstick man struck again. The Capitolist sent along a warning issued by the USCP: “There was a small paper fire in a men’s restroom on the Second Floor, SW corner, of the Dirksen Senate Office Building that was immediately extinguished. The building is not being evacuated, but all floors are being checked by U.S. Capitol Police personnel. All floors of the Hart SOB and Russell SOB will be checked as well.” There you have it, crackheads.
WTF, people? Can’t you smoke your crack at home like the rest of us, and not ditch your smoldering glass pipes in the Senate bathroom garbage? How many little bullshit fires have broken out in stairwells and bathrooms on the Hill in the last 30 days? Anyway, this morning, the matchstick man struck again. The Capitolist sent along a warning issued by the USCP: “There was a small paper fire in a men’s restroom on the Second Floor, SW corner, of the Dirksen Senate Office Building that was immediately extinguished. The building is not being evacuated, but all floors are being checked by U.S. Capitol Police personnel. All floors of the Hart SOB and Russell SOB will be checked as well.” There you have it, crackheads.
So the Longworth building was evacuated but it’s all better now and everybody’s back pretending to work. Some sort of alarm went off and everybody freaked out. Thanks, Capitol Police! Now we’re wondering if today’s incident is related to 
For those of you who are dying to learn the winner of Congressional Catfight — or who are tiring of the whole thing — worry not. The competition is nearing its end, and we’re now just one round away from crowning a winner. 
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Yesterday’s protests on the Hill by disability-rights group ADAPT prompted some coverage (mostly here) and lots of confusion. Having had their signs confiscated outside the building, the group’s message was somewhat blurred, though they apparently did a good job of clogging the hallways and getting arrested. We were especially impressed by the response they got from Sen. Charles Grassley, who asked the police to wait until after the office closed to arrest the disabled people, thus ensuring all of them spent the night in jail. Sensitive!