there's something fishy in San Francisco...

...and I don't mean Fisherman's Wharf...

It's only been a few days since the Democrats took 0ver in the House of Representatives, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has already demonstrated greater stupidity, crassness, and corruption than the entire Bush administration has since taking office in 2001.

First, there was the "I'm the most powerful woman in the world" tirade the day she took office.

Now, it turns out that a piece of legistlation she rammed through the House faster than you can say "StarKist" has exempted the entire territory of American Samoa in the minimum wage-hike bill. Why is this significant? American Samoa is the site of a tuna packing plant owned by a company in her San Francisco congressional district: Del Monte Corp. It seems that Samoans packing tuna can get by on less, so a HUGE GIANT BLOOD SUCKING corporation in SAN FRANCISCO can make more money.

Not that I'm saying Democrats are hypocrites when it comes to their diatribes against corporate American....well, I guess I'm saying it...

Read all about it here: Pelosi Snared in Wage-Hike Tuna Net

The shame, the shame...

UPDATE (1/17/07): The greatest living writer on earth, Mark Steyn, has weighed in on Mrs. Pelosi in a column in the Chicago Sun-Times, and finds her wanting. Note this column was written before the tuna scandal: Pelosi a rare example of a woman who 'has it all'. Highly recommended.

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