--- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "Richard J. Williams" > > <willytex@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Judy also claimed that the U.S. Congress doesn't take > > > > > a vacation in the middle of a war. > > > > > > > > jstein@> wrote: > > > > I never made such a claim, as you know. > > > > > > > So, both the U.S. Congress and the Iraqi Congress do take > > > a month's vacation in the middle of a civil war. > > > > > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/145054 > > > > > > "The Iraqi Parliament was originally scheduled for a > > > two month recess. They shortened it to one month, > > > the same amount of time our Congress takes off each > > > summer to "listen" to their constituents at home." > > > > The U.S. isn't in the middle of a civil war with a > > largely nonfunctional/dysfunctional government. > > And U.S. troops don't get to take a month off; they > > have to continue to fight and die in the blistering > > heat on their extended and repeated deployments, > > whether the parliament for which they're trying to > > provide breathing room so it can get something done > > is around to actually get things done or has taken > > off for a month of rest and relaxation out of the > > heat. > > > Lawmakers aren't the government; they're legislators. > > Is the Iraqi government taking time off? I don't think so, Judy.
I didn't say it had, Shemp. Read what I wrote again, please.
