How hard do you think it would be for Tancredo to get Ellison placed on the terrorism no-fly list? A kind of get-to-know-you practical joke.

Now there's a press secretary who dsperately needs a lesson in crisis management.

Gee, liberals are so diplomatic, aren't they? I thought they liked to "talk things out" and only take actions as a last resort.

Hmmm...

The whole thing sounds kinda unilateral too, do you think he took time to get the international opinion before he started his police action?

Smellison should get that Burka out of His a-hole! the f-n stupid fuc..

Democrats are unfit to run this Country. They are criminal frauds made up of activist groups , Racists , Anti-American Socialists and lunatics.

In their thirst for absolute power democrats have patented the terms "Martian Caucus" " Non Earth Born Caucus" "Solar Systems for Democrats Caucus" and quietly deny the existence "Dead Voting Americans Caucus" , "Toons for Crats Caucus" and the "Double voting democrat voter caucus caucus".

Al gore has started his own "Global Warming But Buuurrr!! it's damn cold Caucus"

Tom Tancredo, one of my two hopefuls for President in 2008. Guess who the other one is?

Now Kim, I didn't know you smoked cigars. Brings certain images to mind...

Now wait, I thought liberal congressman got their panties in a tighter wad when The Executive AND Judicial branches raided William Jefferson's office finding massive amounts of CA$H in his freezer...meanwhile, this douche thinks Cops have jurisdiction here where the FBI doesn't? I don't get it...(meanwhile it DOES just say his press secretary, not that he himself called...either he's too cowardly to do it himself, or his press secretary got his/her panties in a wad).

Note to Ellison:
Beware the lunch menu, specifically the "Sandwich" section, when ordering with Senators Dodd and Kennedy.

hmmm....

Tancredo said he would not stop smoking in his office. "Heck, no!" he said. "If he [Ellison] would have [had] the courtesy to say something I'm sure I would have been more accommodating to his wishes."

Those damn islamofacist Congressmen -- always out to get Widdle Wepubbies....

Trancedo would have been accommodating if something had been said previously? Riiiiiight. According to Ellison's press secretary, Rick Jauert there had been previous complaints.

Ellison's press secretary, Rick Jauert, made the call to the Superintendent's office when he noticed the smoke. [snip]

Jauert said he then informed his boss what he had done. He said "fine," Jauert said. "He's complained of the smoke before."

Someebody's blowing smoke... and it looks like it's the Congressman with the phallic symbol in his mouth doing the... erhhh, blowing.

Gotta love Tancredo! Let's get a Wave going!... Stanford Matthews: Ron Paul?...Wizbangblog.com: Can we dump the Chimp NOW? (Today is the first day of the rest of your lives!) Or is this NOT a "Tancredo" post, but a "Ellison, the Muslim Democrat" post? (Don't speak, I know the answer!)

Wow, keep posting these inane stories about Democrats. Please, just keep doing it. Whatever you do, don't lose focus! These are very important stories you are doing here, and your loyal readership needs to know these things.

It will help you win a majority in 2008 again, really it will.

Lucky for Bill Clinton that Ellison wasn't in town during his cigar sessions.

Ahem.

The Left's current hero Obama is a cigarette smoker, perhaps one of the most evil things in the (Leftist) world.

Just sayin', you know.

Thank you for this post..America does not understand the smoking ban on smoking here in Colorado was passed by those Islamo folks forcing their non-smoking beliefs upon true Americans...
Thank our God..not theirs...that all true Americans smoke and oppose those who try and say feeble things..like "it causes cancer" or even worse forget only true Americans can ask that non-smoking laws/rules be enforced...I know all here have no problem with smokers where they eat..and would never ask that no smoking be enforced...

Thank our God..not theirs...that all true Americans smoke and oppose those who try and say feeble things..like "it causes cancer" or even worse forget only true Americans can ask that non-smoking laws/rules be enforced...I know all here have no problem with smokers where they eat..and would never ask that no smoking be enforced...

1. Lots of things cause cancer, we haven't banned them all yet.

2. Congress often excempts themselves from the very laws they shove down the rest of the country, so I'm not surprised at this.

3. If you are going to snark, make your paragraphs more readable, and get the "full stop" button on your keyboard fixed. Thanks.

A couple of things...
His car is his car...and he can smoke when he wants...
His house is his house and the same should apply..
His Office? ah..it ain't his..it's ours...and of course you are aware there is no smoking in public buildings...that is why you see smokers outside...
Cheap shot..you bet..but as someone from Colorado I can tell you Tom T. preaches "law and order" on his position concerning immigration.

I find it interesting that the lib cockroaches that always come here, always seem to have the peculiar habit of wanting to tell the purveyors of Wizbang what *they* think this blog should be doing. How typical. Lee, nogo and whomever else you sock-puppets can wrangle together...why don't you scrubs start your own blog?

I blame this incident on Algore. Remember him, the tobacco "farmer" who tilled the soil, planted the seeds, harvested the leaves, hung them in the barn to dry....yada yada? And for added gore-blame, doesn't smoking that noxious stuff contribute to global warming?

At least Clinton didn't first light his cigars (much to the relief of Miss Monica).

Now nogo, don't go projecting your dislike of people not like you upon other people not like you that you also dislike...

And seriously, is it too hard to go over and ask him to shut his door? It's not like the next office over is in a different building, it's the next office over! That press secretary, strangely, knows little about good PR.

Quick quiz...What is Tancredo's religion? ..
If you want to bring out a cheap shot by a rookie that is fine..but of course you bring up his religion..so it is not the message..but the messenger..
Tancredo in 08? Why not?...

A couple of things...

Someone cannot count to two, apparently.

His Office? ah..it ain't his..it's ours...and of course you are aware there is no smoking in public buildings...that is why you see smokers outside...

Only until Pelosi recently banned it, you could smoke in the Congressional building public sections-in designated areas, however they are still friee to smoke in their own offices:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,242820,00.html

it ain't his..it's ours...

Then where is my rent cheque?

Jaku
"Wow, keep posting these inane stories about Democrats. Please, just keep doing it."

Wow, jaku, why don't you keep your lying, libeling garbage can off an a** off this blog.

Last night you libeled and slandered Bill Donohue. You are not to be taken seriously on any subject because you simply have not earned it. Rather, you've forfeited it.

Go somewhere else.

"His Office? ah..it ain't his..it's ours..."

Big difference between someone who blows smoke and someone who gets Blown right Nogo?

Nogo, who exactly are you ranting at? Doesn't look Kim brought up his religion at all.

"Trancedo (sic) would have been accommodating if something had been said previously? Riiiiiight. According to Ellison's press secretary, Rick Jauert there had been previous complaints."

Yeah, Lee, but where is it quoted that those complaints were made to anyone in particular?

"Jauert said he then informed his boss what he had done. He said "fine," Jauert said. "He's complained of the smoke before." That doesn't give any information other than someone complained to someone else about it. Could very likely been Ellison complaining to Jauert and nothing more.

So, the press secretary made the call after noticing smoke? Two scenarios come to mind:

1) He noticed smoke, thought there was a fire, and called the cops. Did he bother to go to the offices in the vicinity to see if anyone else was about, possibly trapped in a fire/smoke filled office?

2) He noticed smoke, either assumed it was Tancredo and his cigar or knew it was cigar smoke from the distinctive odor, and called the cops. Didn't bother to go to speak to Tancredo in person.

Either way, an arrogant s.o.b. making a smarmy move and Ellison condoned it.

I'm glad I don't live in Minnesota.

What was Tancredo thinking? Doesn't he know you're not allowed to do just anything you want in "the people's offices." ??

Unless of course you want to perform a little oral sex and cigar olympics. Then it becomes Clintons office and Clintons business.

Oh liberals. You so funny.

Quick quiz...What is Tancredo's religion?

Quick! Tell me the procedure for changing the inclination of a orbiting body to match a second orbiting body.

Because that is about the same amount of relevance to the topic at hand. You've mastered dicto simpliciter, working on the non-sequitur now, I see.

The Left's current hero Obama is a cigarette smoker, perhaps one of the most evil things in the (Leftist) world.

Ahem. I'm on the left and I smoke. It's not evil. But considering the weather here in Chicago lately, it's not good either.

I was a smoker for most of my adult life. And cigars? Love 'em... LOOOOOVE 'EM. My favorites aren't available in stores, just through a friend from Puerto Rico who apprenticed as a child with "The Old Man" who cures and rolls them by hand in the jungle. Unlike most cigars, they BOTH smell good to the other people in the room, and taste good to the smoker. Damn, I love those...

In quitting cigs, I used to try the no cigs, just cigars route, but who has 30 minuites to stand outside to get a fix? Cigs are cheap and fast... Couple of days later, I would be back buying Cowboy Killers (my fave).... Some people can start and stop, or smoke one or two a day. I finaly quit a year ago, but I have an all or nothing attitude about tobacco. Best to leave it alone, for me.

Anyway, I love a cigar. And I know what it's like to smoke. I don't hold it against people.

Anyway, when I first started working professionaly, we used to be able to smoke at our desks. I remember when I first ran into the smoke free buildings doing a consulting stint in Oregon about 19 years ago. I had never seen such a thing, to be standing out on the curb like a dog.

Over the intervening time, all offices, airports, airplanes, elevators, etc, etc, etc, I've seen go smoke free.

On the Left Coast here, bars and resturants are smoke free, as are all other public places. Hey, beer and cigs go together like potato chips and salt. That ban hurt the most...

Here's my point phrased as a question;

Laws were passed to eliminate smoking in public places, government offices, private businesses, etc... EXCEPT... Congress?!?!

So everybody else has to take it outside, but a congressman can sit on their leather couch with their feet on the desk, and light up a big stogie? But only them. Because it's not good for us.

Why does that excemption exist?

So everybody else has to take it outside, but a congressman can sit on their leather couch with their feet on the desk, and light up a big stogie? But only them. Because it's not good for us.
Why does that excemption exist?

I should think that patently obvious, John.

Tom Tancredo, one of my two hopefuls for President in 2008. Guess who the other one is?

David Duke?

Ahem. I'm on the left and I smoke. It's not evil.

I was being facetious, of course. I smoke as well.

Though bryanD apparently is concerned whether I'm smoking Marlboros or the baloney pony. I think he is trying to hit on me or something.

James Cloninger writes;

Quick quiz...What is Tancredo's religion?

Quick! Tell me the procedure for changing the inclination of a orbiting body to match a second orbiting body.

Because that is about the same amount of relevance to the topic at hand. You've mastered dicto simpliciter, working on the non-sequitur now, I see.

James, don't be thick. You know Nogo's point. The first line of the lead story starts off with this point.

Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) believes it is his right as a Muslim to be sworn into Congress with the Quran.

THAT'S how this started. That's the point. You're not stupid.

What if we started a story off with;

"Congressman Everyman, an Evangelical Christan who believes Jesus will return to earth with a flaming sword, today introduced legislation to create a new federal designation for cheddar cheese."

I was being facetious, of course.

Oh I know, but it was a good excuse to bitch about the weather here.

mantis,

The CTA's 'slow zones' aren't helping either...the whole darn thing is a giant 'slow zone'.

For the uninitiated, they don't repair tracks here in Chicago. Instead the CTA creates 'slow zones' in areas that will be prone to derailments from poor infrastructure. As a pleasant result, a person can now literally jog to the loop faster than the L will take you. Granted, not in this crap weather. But the trains run literally 6 miles per hour until you hit the Loop. It sucks. My bet is they'll fix it just before it's faster to get there by car, which defeats the point of working in the Loop in the first place.

James writes;

I should think that patently obvious, John.

I think we could ask several people and get different opinions. In this case, why do you think this has occured?