That's okay, I'll take the UK version for you.

Everyone wins (well, everyone who is us).

Is the WHCA saying stupid people don't understand Stephen Colbert?

A couple of zingers? Not sure if they were on the right CSPAN. Maybe he was watching BookTV because I was rolling.

At first, I didn't get the Report either. It helped to see Billo do his thing. Also, *very* dry humor...sometimes if you blink you miss it.

Scully has said that the choice of Little, who practices a milder former of humor than Colbert, had nothing to do with any controversy surrounding Colbert's performance last year.

That is in itself a laughable statement. Could you possibly get anybody more toothless than Rich Little? Is Mark Russell still working?

"Colbert had a couple of zingers toward President Bush, and a couple toward the press corps," Scully recalled. "Stephen Colbert is very sophisticated and if you've not seen his show you may not get it." With Little, he added, "you don't have to explain his humor."

Because it's not funny! Rich Little! 1974!

Heh. Nancy's stepping on toes.

Earlier in the week, Pelosi told Dingell, the energy and commerce committee chairman, that she planned to create a separate panel to deal with global warming and other energy issues. The most veteran member of the House and a previous chairman of the committee, Dingell is remembered for keeping the Clean Air Act bottled up for a decade with his opposition to strict pollution control standards.

Dingell's a Democrat from Michigan that's been sucking Detroit cock for decades. Screw you, Dingellberry. Every time she ruffles feathers it's because somebody's entrenched on some committee and it doesn't have anything to do with legislating. They're going to get steamrolled when they bitch because if you're not advancing the agenda, she's gonna make you look bad.

I should pay more attention to the world, because I saw "Scully" and thought, "What the hell is Scully doing talking about humorists? Where's Mulder?"

I don't know if the Republicans realize how stupid they sound in their comments here. The last Congress was one of the least accomplished ever. To complain about her pushing legislation forward so quickly just makes them look like whiny bitches. They're complaining because the legislature is doing what it's supposed to do? There's no traction in calling the 100 hour clock a gimmick. It's like mocking somebody for working hard.

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Hoyer's office kept the official clock that marked how much of the first 100 legislative hours had passed before all six bills were passed and sent on to the Senate. The final tally: 42 hours, 15 minutes elapsed.

Republicans scoffed at the clock, which they called a gimmick that ignored all the more mundane business the House does, enacting a resolution this week, for instance, saluting former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali on his 65th birthday.

Republicans also said it was easy to push through the bills since the minority was barred from offering any amendments that would take time to debate. And the bills never went through the normal committee hearing process despite Pelosi's pledge to run a more open, civil House respectful of minority rights.

"I wish I had a calendar like their clock. My knees would be 32 years old,'' wisecracked the 51-year-old Rep. Jack Kingston, R-Ga. "I'm very proud of the way they can defy time.''

By any measure, the Democrats made their goal. The House had been in session 87 hours -- including time for speeches and ceremonial tasks -- when the oil tax measure was approved.

Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, graded Pelosi's performance in passing her early agenda.

"Showing a new Democratic majority she can win, I'd give her an A,'' said Barton, a senior Republican who chaired the Energy and Commerce Committee until the GOP lost their majority.

"Showing the country she can set an agenda, a B,'' he added. "But for an open legislative process in the House so far, it's an F or an F-minus.''

Hoyer said the Republican criticism of his 100-hour clock was sour grapes. "No matter how they want to count it, no matter how much fun they make of it, we made it in under 100 hours,'' he said.

Go Pelosi...kick their asses. Of course my representatives are all sucking right-wing dick right now...I'm surprised they can do anything with their mouths so full. Maybe that's why John McCain looks so puffy.ETA: I'm a chicken, though. When Mr. Straight Talk was Worst Person a few weeks back, I meant to call and "congratulate" him, but I didn't.

Here's the scorecard, incidentally.

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'Six for '06' agenda
The House passed on Thursday the final piece of Speaker Nancy Pelosi's session-opening agenda promised by Democrats during the midterm elections that led to their majority control of Congress. The six bills and the votes for approval were:

Putting in place recommendations of the Sept. 11 commission -- 299-128

Increasing minimum wage -- 315-116

Expanding federal support for stem cell research -- 253-174

Lowering prescription drug prices for Medicare -- 255-170

Cutting interest rates on college student loans -- 356-71

Ending tax breaks for oil and gas producers -- 264-163