Monica Conyers: hillarious

[nico]

saw this at Snowflakesinhell.  I think it speaks for itself:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiogXT9xZBQ&eurl

[Perd Hapley]

I don't think I've seen any exchange that childish on APS. 

[gunsmith]

I don't think I've seen any exchange that childish on APS.

I think you have!:p

[El Tejon]

What a rathole of a city.  To think that my father was almost transferred there in the mid-70s.  Ugh!

I shudder for the good people in Detroit.

[Perd Hapley]

Some woman on the St. Louis City Council (or was it the school board?) actually went no. 1 in a trash can, while speaking in front of the council, so that she would not have to yield the floor. 

[Boomhauer]

Some woman on the St. Louis City Council (or was it the school board?) actually went no. 1 in a trash can, while speaking in front of the council, so that she would not have to yield the floor.

They supposedly used to bring out buckets so that Strom Thurmond could filibuster without having to go to the bathroom.

[grampster]

We call John Conyers "Red" Conyers here in Michigan because he's a communist.  The shame of it is that our whole state is held hostage to the socialists and political criminals in Detroit.

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

shoot i'm from dc  guy named lightfoot on the council attacked and bit a guy  plus we had mayor for life barry

[The Annoyed Man]

Some people just aren't ready for self governance.

[Perd Hapley]

You mean, like [insert APS screen-name here] ?

[MrRezister]

Nice to see her being a good, responsible adult and teaching those kids that what is "right" or "wrong" changes depending upon how you "feel" at any given moment.  Ie: "I was frustrated, so what I did wasn't technically wrong."  Gotta get them started on that road to to Moral Relativism as early as possible.

[Ezekiel]

Serious query, not being an ass: are they (council) just afraid of her because she is a black woman in Detroit?

[Tuco]

Serious query, not being an ass: are they (council) just afraid of her because she is a black woman in Detroit?

http://www.ci.detroit.mi.us/legislative/CityCouncil/Default.htm

I should think not.  In my recollection, black women outnumber white men (if that's the "They" you're getting at) in Detroit.  And her display was anything but frightening, it was infantile.

edit to add....
That eigth grader had more sense that the councilwoman.  Did you see that self-satisfied look whenshe was not intimidated by the not-so honorable congresswoman's manipulations?

edited only to add link to council photographs.

[erik the bold]

Monica was the one that started a drunken brawl at a Detroit dive last year, and then tried to pin it on the victim.  If I remember correctly, she also tried to claim that Hizzonor Kwamme tried to rig her office chair as an electric chair to kill her. 

One sorry piece of trash.  That kind of crap is why I moved out into the country 12 years ago......

[Perd Hapley]

Yeah, and in the city, you can't just go out and fire your guns in the back yard. 

Oh never mind, you were in Detroit.   

[Ezekiel]

Serious query, not being an ass: are they (council) just afraid of her because she is a black woman in Detroit?

I should think not.  In my recollection, black women outnumber white men (if that's the "They" you're getting at) in Detroit.  And her display was anything but frightening, it was infantile.

So she is still in power, why?

[Sergeant Bob]

Serious query, not being an ass: are they (council) just afraid of her because she is a black woman in Detroit?

I should think not.  In my recollection, black women outnumber white men (if that's the "They" you're getting at) in Detroit.  And her display was anything but frightening, it was infantile.

So she is still in power, why?

Because the people of Detroit keep electing people like her into office. Her attitude is typical for the politicians of Detroit.

[Tuco]

So she is still in power, why?

Same reason the mayor hizzoner Kwame Kilpatrick is still in power.  If youre not familiar with the details of that train wreck, a little research may shed some light. 
Same reason Coleman Young was mayor for over twenty years.  Look into Maverick Oil Corporation.

It's a Detroit thing.  Accelerated decay of the physical, economic and societal environment fosters delusional thinking and widespread apathy.  Recall Neros fiddling;  Recall Let them eat cake.

Her ramblings fit fully into the Look here, Im being oppressed.  This is oppression.  Im being silenced model.  The residents of the once-fair City of Detroit eat that stuff up, because after all, its not their fault the place is a cesspool.

[Tuco]

Yea, what Bob said.

Andanotherthing, her hubby http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Conyers is a 43 year liberal congressman.  That's right, hes been in office for 43 years.  Since before the riots.

He represents all that the federal government can do to help her constituents.  Omygod, boot monica and john may cut the umbilical cord of entitlements and pork.

According to the link provided (take it for what it is) Monica is "Being investigated".  The investigation will go nowhere.

[atomd]

That woman is dead behind the eyes. There's just nothing there at all. How she got to where she is today.... Looks like she's certainly not alone.

[Ezekiel]

It all sounds very politically incestuous.

[BrokenPaw]

politically incestuous.

But you repeat yourself.

[Tuco]

Up from the cellar!!

http://www.freep.com/article/20090626/NEWS01/90626024/

Conyers faces five years in the big house for accepting cash-filled envelopes from a sludge hauler in a McDonald's parking lot.

In court, Conyers’ combative demeanor was gone, replaced by soft-spoken resignation as the judge and his staff several times asked her to speak up.

Monday, she resigns. 

http://www.wwj.com/pages/4697506.php?

There are lessons to be learned here.

[makattak]

Up from the cellar!!

http://www.freep.com/article/20090626/NEWS01/90626024/

Conyers faces five years in the big house for accepting cash-filled envelopes from a sludge hauler in a McDonald's parking lot.

And Monday, she resigns. 

http://www.wwj.com/pages/4697506.php?

There are lessons to be learned here.

One of the main lessons I see is that admitting to accepting bribes and comitting a federal crime does not necessarily disqualify you for office:

"Regardless of what various legal opinions may say, it is my opinion that in pleading guilty to a federal crime Ms. Conyers has essentially forfeited her seat," Cockrel said at a news conference.  He added council would continue to work as if Conyers' seat was vacant. 

Cockrel said should Conyers decide not to resign, he was ready to draft resolutions to remove Conyers from all committees and the council itself.  Cockrel said the language would include retaining attorney Bill Goodman "for the purpose of pursuing forfeiture proceedings should they become necessary."

Cockrel said he spoke with Conyers Sunday evening, and she told him it was her intent not to resign immediately, but to first take some time to confer with her family.

At least she is "planning" to resign.

[Tuco]

Link from the second article - Her resignation letter.

http://imgsrv.wwj.com/image/wwj/UserFiles/File/Conyers-Resignation.pdf