Happens every day somewhere in this great land. A parent positions the shopping cart too close to a shelf full of spaghetti sauce filled glass jars. A child reaches out and, you guessed it, havoc ensues on Aisle 7 at the supermarket. The normal course of action is to paige the college kid working there every afternoon, you know, mop and bucket dude - on the double! Unfortunately this is not your ordinary supermarket. You will find no canned veggies, no produce area brimming with bright colors, no frozen foods section. Even though it's the largest supermarket ever built the only item in stock here is pork. Thousands upon thousands of packages, all shapes and sizes, all of it pork!

 

Over 400 employees work in this enterprise. A few of them do their jobs to the best of their abilities, keeping in mind that the owners have trusted them with the place. Today, January 28, 2009, late in the afternoon, 244 workers decided everything in the store belonged to them! Imagine going to the grocery store, being met at the door by an employee who announced a new store policy: All customers must now pay for your purchases at the door, we will take your list of items, debate about the nutritional value of them, and eventually deliver said groceries to your place of residence. Would you continue to shop at that store?

 

 

Now picture this - you are not the customer, you are the owner, and have just been told that as soon as your employees feel like it they will let you into the store! We the people of this more perfect union ARE THE OWNERS of the House of Representatives and were just told to buzz off by individuals who are employed by us, to work for us and not against us. It's time for the memo to go out to all employees. By the way, 244 of you will be called into the manager's office for a review - yes, we need to talk.

 

 

If your name is on the "YEAS" list here:  http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll046.xml#N then you have an appointment with management to discuss your poor peformance. Furthermore, if any employee persists in such insubordination your employment will be terminated.

 

 

Would the head cashier (Speaker of the House, in more professional terms), Ms. Nancy Pelosi begin the process of cleaning out your desk and locker. After your meeting with the owners in 2010 you will no longer be allowed on the premises. 243 additional meetings, with similar outcomes will be conducted in the near future. We the people (the owners) are already taking applications for dependable, responsible individuals to fill your positions.