Reader John Keller made my day with this one. Lawmakers in Connecticut can’t get the budget done, but they sure can play a mean solitaire. While House Majority Leader Lawrence F. Cafero Jr. spoke in the Hall of the House, his colleagues didn’t listen. In the famous Associated Press photo making its way ’round the ‘Net, two lawmakers are spotted playing solitaire, one is held captive by the world series highlights and box score, and one is on Facebook. Also, it also looks like the one the far, far right is on Yahoo email. From the story:
Republican Tom Foley, who is running for U.S. Senate against incumbent Democrat Christopher J. Dodd, said, ”I was disheartened to see a Hartford Courant front page photo showing members of our Democratically-controlled legislature playing solitaire on their computers while debate was occurring on a new state budget that raises taxes and contains no net reduction in spending. This is not a time for the Democrats who control our legislature to be playing games with Connecticut’s future. Our elected officials need to put away their computer toys and help working people by lowering taxes and keeping government spending down.”
