Rep. Blackburn: "We're Not Going To Cry 'Emergency' Every Time We Have A Katrina"

[Me.]

“While speaking on the floor of the House on July 22, 2009, Congressman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) shockingly exclaimed: "we're not going to cry 'emergency' every time we have a Katrina."

The Meaning Of "Emergency"

While extolling the virtues of a balanced budget during a PAYGO debate on the floor of the House, Rep. Marsha Blackburn shamefully exclaimed:

Let's agree that we're going to have PAYGO enforcement. That we're not going to cry 'emergency' every time we have a Katrina, every time we have a Tsunami, every time we have a need for extra spending, that we don't go call for a special appropriation that allows us to circumvent the PAYGO rules.

This statement is shocking on many levels. While we can all appreciate the benefits of a balanced budget, those benefits pale in comparison to the virtues of saving lives in the midst of an actual emergency. If saving thousands of lives costs a few extra dollars, so be it. That's why it's an "emergency." Cont…

Video and entire article here: http://mediamattersaction.org/blog/200907220004

[BlooInBloo]

1. Yes, we know you won't. That's why you lose elections.

[AndyTiedye]

2. Where is His District, That Nothing Bad Ever Happens There?

[IntravenousDemilo]

6. Something bad has happened there.

Marsha Blackburn was elected.

[Lars39]

8. Tornados happen in her district:

http://blackburn.house.gov/District/#counties Love the gerrymandering. :eyes:

[AndyTiedye]

17. Maybe She'll Do a Dorothy

and a tornado will carry her off to Oz.

Though come to think of it, she sounds more like the Wicked Witch of the West.

[Sebastian Doyle]

3. On the other hand, every time Exxon and Texaco decide they want a "regime change"

BlacKKKburn will ask "how many billion do you need?"

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Well that happened abroad, doncha know? And this is why

at times I am just holding my breath for what comes next

[tanyev]

5. So we're not going to cry 'wolf' when there actually is a wolf.

Got it.

[Posteritatis]

19. Nah, she'll just blame Clinton. (nt)

[JitterbugPerfume]

7. Someday she could eat those words

Ignorant Republican

[theHandpuppet]

9. Hey Marsha, can you spell "New Madrid"?

She probably doesn't have a clue.

[valerief]

11. Yeah, that major earthquake in the New Madrid fault is LONG overdue. nt

[indepat]

15. Surely every name Gene Wilder called that sheriff in "Silver Streak" would not begin to

capture the magnitude Marsha's ignorance, stupidity, and blind lock-step rigid remorseless neocon ideological mentality. :P

[valerief]

10. Where's a falling piano when you need it? nt

[Me.]

14. Perfect!

She is one piece of work that one. She better pray that nothing happens in Tennessee.

[JVS]

12. Jesus! I guess the "compassionate conservatism" gambit has been replaced with "a new ideal

[KamaAina]

13. What did I ever do to her?

She managed to take swipes at both NOLA and Hawai'i. :grr:

[Me.]

16. She Didn't Even Mention Alaska

You know, the state that does all that unnecessary volcano monitoring/

[HOLOS]

18. yes!