ok -- this is not about any big controversy or Iraq or the cowardly democrats.
It is about a complete and total scumbag, James Sensenbrenner, Republican from Wisconsin, who won the lottery (and not the $5 lottery) for the third time.
Sometimes, the wrong people have all the luck and timing. While he is entitled to play (and win), I am entitled to rant on about how truly awful Sensenbrenner is.
BTW --- I met the asshole several years ago at an industry forum -- and was an arrogant jerk back then as well.
Asshole Congressscumbag James Sensenbrenner won a not-so-small-amount of money in the lottery for the third time this week. OK, it was only a $1000 bucks (I actually once had 5 of 6 numbers in NY Lotto back in 1989 and won a few thousand) but the fact the guy is
- heir to Kimberly-Clark fortune (Scott Towels, Kleenex, Huggies, Kotex, Cottonelle)
- won $250,0000 in 1997, and won again this spring.
- is a complete and total asshole
and why do I resent Mr Sensenbrenner winning the lottery, well good old Jim is about as BAD as it gets in Congress (from Wikipedia):
Sensenbrenner believes in criminal prosecution of broadcasters and cable operators who violate decency standards
Sensenbrenner is the reigning congressional champ when it comes to taking free trips. Frequently at his side — and on the sponsor's expense account is his wife.
Sensenbrenner, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, abruptly ended a meeting where Republicans and Democrats were supposed to be debating the renewal of the USA PATRIOT Act and walked out in response to Democratic members raising issues regarding human rights violations at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay
Sensenbrenner used his position to block final House consideration of The Animal Fighting Prohibition Act bill, which was unanimously passed the Senate. The bill had 324 cosponsors. The Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act, S. 382 and H.R. 817, creates felony-level penalties for animal fighting activities.
Sensenbrenner was rated the second-worst member of the House in 2006 by Rolling Stone magazine
Sensenbrenner sided firmly with the parents and siblings of the late Terri Schiavo, who fought unsuccessfully in the federal courts to secure home care of their mentally-damaged daughter.
MILWAUKEE - U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, already a millionaire and heir to the Kimberly-Clark fortune, is on a lucky streak. The Republican hit it big in 1997 with a $250,000 jackpot in the District of Columbia lottery. Then, last spring, he won $1,000 prize in the Wisconsin lottery, and he won another $1,000 in that lottery last week.
"I got lucky," Sensenbrenner said.
Sensenbrenner, 64, was born into a family that helped build Kimberly-Clark Corp., maker of Kleenex tissue and Scott paper towels, and he recently reported a net worth of about $11.6 million. He said he spends about $10 a week on lottery tickets.
The latest winnings came in a Super 2nd Chance drawing, in which people who mail in at least $5 in losing tickets vie for 10 $1,000 prizes each week. Lottery officials put the odds of winning just one time at 1 in 5,000
yeah Sensenbrenner, lucky you! Wouldn't it be nice if you publicly announced immediately after you won that $1000 you were donating it to a charity -- any charity. In fairness, for all we know, he could have donated it, but I am guessing, like our President who cannot wait to retire and charge $75K per speech and get richer, Sensenbrenner did not.
Just in an angry mood tonight -- Leona's dog gets $12 million, Sensenbrenner wins the lottery, and most of America barely make ends meet. Maybe with all of Jim's luck he shouldn't play The Lottery in Shirley Jackson's short story.