When we saw (on Twitter) that C-SPAN 2 was showing tweets from members of Congress while they listened (?) to the State of the Union, we had to check it out. The tweets offered few surprises during the few minutes I watch. D’s were positive… R’s, not so much.
Given the tone and level of debate in Congress, might I suggest we just move it over to Twitter? Would force members to distill their rants and rambles. Think about it before you decide.
“One freshman Missouri legislator says her Facebook account was compromised Thursday when someone used the account to post an embarrassing status update on her page. The Facebook page for Rep. Donna Lichtenegger, R-Jackson, displayed a message yesterday naming gifts from lobbyists as one of the things she likes most about her new job.
“I love lobbyist! (sic) All the free food and stuff you get. This job is awesome!” the post read.
Our thanks to Rebecca Berg for posting that item. This solves the mystery down in the Capitol shredder room about the jump in yellow papper mix. It’s all those Post-It notes with Facebook and Twitter passwords.
From Missourinet.com. Story by Brent Martin, photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI:
Governor Nixon acknowledge times are tough, but asserted he was an optimist in urging the General Assembly to fight every day for every job in an effort to turn the state economy around.
In fact, Nixon asserted that the economy is turning, albeit slowly, in his third State of the State address to a joint session of the legislature.
Nixon emphasized economic development in an address that lasted nearly 45 minutes and was interrupted numerous times, even though the Democrat faced a legislature more firmly in the hands of Republicans now than in the previous two times he delivered the annual message. Nixon credit bipartisan work between his administration and the legislature for keeping the budget in balance and avoiding deep budget deficit that are plaguing other states. (more…)
Politicians in Germany are using iPads en masse in the Bundestag, the German parliament chamber. The device is “a reasonable expense claim” for the politicians, so they’re popping up everywhere. More pics here. There MUST be some of these in the Missouri House and Senate. Send me a photo.
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