Skinny-dipping while Rome burned
 

So, a whole group of GOP freshman go on an all expenses paid junket to Israel, courtesy of an Israeli PAC, just days after trashing our economy with their reckless debt ceiling brinksmanship. It ends up they all got drunk and one of them when skinny-dipping in the Sea of Galilee (where JC supposedly walked on water).

http://www.politico.com/news/stories...#ixzz242avquIr

I'm sure they were just celebrating the lowering of the USA's bond rating.:eek:

Yeah, in the Sea of Galilee no less. I think I had lunch in the place where they partied. Right on the shore; nice place.

Were they in Tiberias? I stayed there for a couple days when a buddy and flew to Israel from Germany for a two week vacation in ~1983. St. Peter's fish was the favored menu item.

At that time (and probably still today), Tiberias had a pretty good night life. Swedish UN soldiers from up on the Golan Heights would come into town and the Israeli babes would swarm them (instead of us :().

My son was just up there a couple of weeks ago. He said it was insanely hot with a strong wind - like a blast furnace. He had 6 weeks TDY in Israel and will be moving there from Germany in October.

Cleaning up that mess in Washinton indeed....why are these guys even getting paid...supposedly Cantor gave them a verbal lashing the next morning so everything is ok....

Tiberias it was according to the news.

And I had my share of St. Peter's fish. Was there in '81 via a port visit to Haifa. Regrettably didn't get to see the Tiberias night life. Did see it in Tel-Aviv but with the same unfortunate result of your Tiberian experience.

Aren't you guys being overly harsh? There is nothing in the New Testament about skinny dipping. Is there?:p:D

Hey, I voted for this cat, leave him alone. Who among us hasn't been swimming nekkid at least once.:p

Prove to me, you aren't a fool, walk across my swimming pool.

But I've never done it on a lobbyist-funded "fact finding" trip, after having just about thrown the country into default. Then again, he's not as big an idiot as the "legitimate rape" guy.

Yoder's your guy? Now, that's funny! :D

John

hahahahahahahaha!

:D

I had just responded to his survey, telling him that most of his votes were flat wrong. In the comments section, I asked that he never again hold the nations solvency hostage to the whim of an unelected lobbyist.

Regards,

D-Ray

Absolutely, that dumb shit is from Missouri.

There is actually a funny element to the skinny dipping story. Supposedly the swim was going fine until the nekkid dude wierded out the chicks. It all came to a close shortly after that.

The next day was the conference call where Cantor asked the skinny dipper if his head was screwed on straight.

Junkets happen. People get drunk. To me this situation is nothing but a distraction from bigger issues.

Yeh, but it's fun dumping on those who sell themselves as models of piety and propriety.

'Tain't the first time Missoury and Kantsas was full of dumb shits.:rolleyes:

Scuttlebutt has it that you is from Illinoise. Surely not from Chitown?

Oh hell no, only been to Chicago once, and it sucked.

I wonder if my rep was there. Dana Rohrbacher-R The surf dude congressman. This has all the earmarks of that guy.;):D

I'll definitely take issue with that statement. Chicago is an awesome city. The architecture, museums, music, and food are all first class - much of it the best in the nation. I've been there on numerous occasions on business trips and even took the family there for a week over Spring break. Everybody loved it. The two big cities near you (St. Louis and KC) don't even begin to compare in any meaningful way (though I like KC. St. Louis blows.)

Lectured in Chicago twice, enjoyed both trips, except that the wind around the taller buildings can knock you on your arse. On the last one I stayed in one of the older hotels, bonus was two free martinis before dinner, really dry martinis.

Chicago born here, spent a lot of time there as a kid and some as an adult, though it's been a while.

It just feels so vibrant. Downtown anyway. Coming from Cleveland it's like night and day.

I'm looking forward to standing on that glass platform on the Sears tower. I'll probably wet myself :eek:

Pete

Pete