Did he hold his speech upside down?

What a patronising prick. And we wonder why the rest of the world think we are boors...

Um, we are.

Red-neck, booger-picker, power. Thanks republican/morons.

What, does he think they are like schoolchildren or something? They are adults, a national congress, and deserve the respect he gives his colleagues in our own congress. What an idiot.

Was it blamed on alzheimers or bad dope?

If this sinks the TLC with Colombia, then it pleases me. It is not in Colombia's interest to have this one-sided trade agreement passed. Reagan when he withdrew the US from the Coffee Cartel in the late 1980s did more to encourage drug trade. In this single act, the assignment of producer quotas and a negotiated world price between consumers and producers were abrogated and in its wake, thousands of small coffee growers lost their ability to compete. That in turn spurred unemployment forcing thousands to migrate into Amazonia and grow coca. Coca does not grow naturally in Colombia, it requires making the soil less acidic thus causing environmental stress on delicate rainforest soils. The Colombian situation further deteriorated when Vietnam entered world markets in 1990. Coffee, once Colombia's main export revenue generator (85% in 1920s but 60% in the 1980s is now more like 35%), isn't much of an issue. Flowers are as important. But the issue isn't exports for Colombia. It's the impact that agricultural imports will have. Rice, wheat and potatoes will be decimated, unable to compete. Colombia needs a productive rural sector that offers employment to millions. It is labor intensive in a country with 11% unemployment and 40% underemployment. The Washington Consensus is dead. Neoliberal economic policies benefit only wealthy elites here and in Colombia. For the rural poor, already struggling, it is a kiss of death. It will push them off the land into cities with no jobs. Ah but here is the catch, those with cash are ready to grab the land.

I learned long ago in a communication class that different countries have different views of things. Hand gestures are easily misunderstood, simple things like sitting crosslegged and showing the bottom of ones foot is offensive in some places. This bozo who represents the US governmnet plants his wide ass on a podium some may have thought he was trying to shit on them metaforicly of course. I mean would any of you like someone to come into you home as plant his ass on your dining room table? I think not same thing here chairs are for sitting anyhting else should not be sat on. Woudl he go in our own senate chamber and od the same thing? I doubt it just shows what a dip this guy is and these are the people we send to represent us good job there California.

What an ass...pun intended.

Noticed that he and Larry Graig both have the same wide stance!!

Another coked up republicunt giving the country a bad name.

Actually, this is probably the least embarrassing thing to come out of the GOP in 7 years...

I want to know who is supplying crack to these people? The repube party is falling apart at a pace I certainly have never before witnessed. This is hysterical.

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Not such a good week for the gay members of Congress. First we have the Larry Craig debacle, now the David Dreier incident.

Where have you gone Barney Frank? The gay Congressional delegation turns their lonely eyes to you?

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Now he's David "Derriere".



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Maybe he had to sit down because he has such a wide stance. That tends to be a GOP problem.

Literally, disgusting. What an idiot.

And the Republicans wanted to make him Speaker of the House after Delay resigned!