My heroes this week are the Iraqi Soccer Team. Congrats on the victory, one of the better Cinderella sports stories to come along recently, only enhanced by the current state of Iraq. It's sad that terrorists used this occasion to kill innocents, but I think there is still hope for a Disney sports movie sometime in the future.





My hacks this week is the entire House of Representatives, which apparently broke down into chaos last night:

In a massive flare-up of partisan tensions (video link courtesy Breitbart.tv), Republicans walked out on a House vote late Thursday night to protest what they believed to be Democratic maneuvers to reverse an unfavorable outcome for them.

The flap represents a complete breakdown in parliamentary procedure and an unprecedented low for the sometimes bitterly divided chamber.

The rancor erupted shortly before 11 p.m. as Rep. Michael R. McNulty (D-N.Y.) gaveled close the vote on a standard procedural measure with the outcome still in doubt.

Details remain fuzzy, but numerous Republicans argued afterward that they had secured a 215-213 win on their motion to bar undocumented immigrants from receiving any federal funds apportioned in the agricultural spending bill for employment or rental assistance. Democrats, however, argued the measure was deadlocked at 214-214 and failed, members and aides on both sides of the aisle said afterward.

Labels: Congress, Hero/Hack, Iraq

Posted by Ryan S. on Friday, August 03, 2007 at 10:49 AM | Permalink |