24-hour rule!

I.e. wait until you have some info before posting wild theories.

You see Cynthia (south paw) Mckinney, this is what happens when you dont let the capital securty do thier jobs.

I suggest they post Cynthia McKinney by the door...

There is a firing range on the ground floor in that building. Could you smell gun smoke/powder from that far away?

"They said they heard gunfire in the Rayburn garage but this is a huge building, I'm guessing it's a car backfiring or balloons popping," said Gene Smith, chief of staff to Rep. Howard Berman (news, bio, voting record), D-Calif., who has an office in Rayburn.

I'm just curious - that's some sort of everyday occurrence?

#3
You beat me to it!

24-hour rule sounds good here. Hope everybody there is okay, and all is well.

OK, so the conspiracy is that Bush and his oil buddies want to kill off those who oppose his drilling in Alaska and Florida and California and in my yard...
/pre-empting Kos, if possible

Once again, we're seeing the kind of difficult work that the Capitol Police have to do on a day to day basis. They have the one of the toughest law enforcement jobs in the country, and jokers like Kennedy and McKinney don't help matters any.

I am now hearing that it originated in the garage and was reported as somthing that sounded like a gunshot, possibly a car backfifring.

From the very bottom of the linked article:

In 1983, a late-night bomb, possibly set by someone protesting U.S. military action in Grenada and Lebanon, exploded just outside the Senate chamber. No one was injured.

Wow, I don't remember that at all.

Let's see, how likely is it that one of those radical wild-eyed Grenadans planted that 1983 bomb, versus an Islamic extremist from Lebanon? Hmmm?

It's starting to look like another false alarm panic thing. Apparently there's even a firing range at the location.

Sounds to me like a Pelosi cork-popping party out on the South Lawn from last night's carry over...

Wild conspiracy theory there for the DU dopes...

The WaPo is saying that Rayburn is in lockdown and ambulances were dispatched - though no reports on injuries or anything pertinent to the incident that spurred the shots fired report.

#12 zombie
I noticed the use of "possibly:" So there was no note or claim of responsibility, but the writer is making an assumption? How unusual.

Well, whatever's going on, one thing's for sure: it's Bush's fault

its someone with a laptop playing half life 2
at full volume.

Zombie, ar you going to YearlyKos?

[Link: www.yearlykos.org...]

I and I am sure many LGFers would be willing to subsidize your trip to report on the progressives' convention.

Just post if you are interested.

This is all just Rovian psy-ops to distract from Dubbya's low poll numbers and drum up support for the impending war against Iran.
/Koskidz

NBC News reported that there is a firing range on the third level of the Rayburn garage, but it seems that was unknown to D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton as well as a spokeswoman for the FBI

Local NBC4 has live video.

Just another reason I loathe reporters.

Fox is showing some Capital Hill cop trying to ask reporters who were in the building what, if anything they saw. The didn't answer any of his questions even though he told them he knew nothing and was trying to get information from the as potential witnesses.

In other words, he was asking them to be decent human beings and responsible citizens. Sadly, that was beyond their combined abilities.

#19 Ayatollah Ghilmeini

Zombie, ar you going to YearlyKos?

I and I am sure many LGFers would be willing to subsidize your trip to report on the progressives' convention.

No, it has been discussed extensively and I decided not to go. Too time-consuming, too expensive, and, to be frank, the event will probably be a ridiculous flop. While it may be funny and entertaining to report on its futility and floppiness, I decided it wasn't worth the major excursion going there just to make that one point. I had been planning to go, but not any more.

Much more convenient would be if an L.A. or SoCal-based lizardoid made the trek instead of me, since they'd be a lot closer.

Well, as long as we're on the subject to gunshots at the Capital, this seems a good time to recall this incident. Please be sure to read to the end of the Wiki entry as the Hamas supporting former President reveals his love of all terrorists:

U.S. Capitol shooting incident (1954)
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This article describes one of two major shooting incidents that have taken place at the U.S. Capitol; the other is described at Russell Eugene Weston Jr.
The U.S. Capitol shooting incident of 1954 was an attack on March 1, 1954 by four Puerto Rican nationalists who shot thirty rounds using automatic pistols from the Ladies' Gallery (a balcony for visitors) of the U.S. House of Representatives into the floor of that chamber of the United States Capitol.

The attackers (Lolita Lebrón, Rafael Cancel Miranda, Andres Figueroa Cordero and Irving Flores Rodriguez) unfurled a Puerto Rican flag and began shooting at the 240 Representatives who were then debating an immigration bill.

Five representatives were wounded in the attack; one was seriously hurt. (The party breakdown, as reported by the Washington Post, was three Democrats and two Republicans.) The wounded lawmakers were Alvin M. Bentley (R-Michigan), who took a bullet to the chest, Clifford Davis (D-Tennessee), who was shot in the leg), Ben F. Jensen (R-Iowa), who was shot in the back, as well as George Fallon (D-Maryland) and Kenneth A. Roberts (D-Alabama). There are still bullet holes from the incident, in a drawer in a desk on the south side of the House floor.

In 1979, United States President Jimmy Carter freed the assailants, after they had spent 25 years in prison. Their release coincided with Fidel Castro's release of several American CIA agents being held in Cuba on espionage charges. Carter's administration denied that there were any connections, saying it was making a humanitarian gesture.

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

Dick Cheney just fired another lawyer.

Oh, as long as I brought up Puerto Rican terrorists, you might recall this gesture by President Clinton- yet another terror-supporting ex-President though not in the same league as Carter:

"Throughout the late 1970’s and mid-1980’s the Armed Forces of Puerto Rican National Liberation ("FALN" or in Spanish, Fuerzas Armadas Liberacion Nacional Puertoriquena) and the Popular Boricua Army (Ejercito Popular Boricua), commonly known as the Macheteros, claimed responsibility for numerous bombings and robberies, causing a reign of terror in both the United States and Puerto Rico. The FALN operated in the continental United States, while the Macheteros were active mostly in Puerto Rico.
United States law enforcement first learned of the existence of the FALN on October 26, 1974, the date the group issued a communiqué taking credit for five bombings in New York. . Ultimately, over the next decade, FALN activities resulted in 72 actual bombings, 40 incendiary attacks, 8 attempted bombings and 10 bomb threats, resulting in 5 deaths, 83 injuries, and over $3 million in property damage. ...

On August 11, 1999, President Clinton extended offers of clemency to sixteen terrorists incarcerated in federal prison. Prior to these offers, he had offered clemency to only three federal prisoners.
[Link: www.fas.org...]

William Jefferson has offices in Rayburn.

Don't get your hopes up. The man has zero honor, so it won't be a well-deserved self-inflicted recall in the same car he put the briefcase full of cash into.

Would the Capital police be honest, if there was shooting?

Remember the latest "bad driving" Kennedy incident.

The police wanted to do a breathalizer, and their "superiors" told them, just bring him home.

Hey, any politician would be in a hurry if they were late for a "vote", at 2:30am!

: )

Just some mexicans shooting off their guns in celebration (as they routinely do in LA) of the bill in the senate.

It's probably just Tancredo's head exploding over the passage of la ley de la reforma de la inmigración del senado.

:STAND BACK BABBALOUEE, THIS LOOKS LIKE A JOB FOR EL-KABONG.

:be careful in there senor QuicksDraw. VP Cheney may be practicing.

:Not to fear there Babbalouee, I'm wearing my new Cynthia Mckinney bullet proof union suit.

:Darn, there's no fly on this thing.

#30 jooly

so true!

This story is obviously bogus. Washington, DC has the strictest gun control laws in the USA, ergo there could be no guns in the hands of wrongdoers.

Irregardless of the situation at the Capital, I suppose there is going to be a ever more "increasing" number of gun violence episodes, leading up to the U.N.'s world body meeting in NY on the 4th of July, 2006, to finalize the U.N. "Worldwide Gun Ban".

The insanity of that, is mindbogling, that the U.N. will meet on American soil, on our treasured 4th of July, to finalize a "Worldwide Gun Ban"!

I guess Americans will now tolerate anything!

Sad, sad, sad!

#34 Mike C

Well, why do they have a firing range?

Er...where's Dick Chenney been this morning?

#2 zombie 5/26/2006 08:29AM PDT
I.e. wait until you have some info before posting wild theories.

I heard it was the Scientologists working with Pepsi-Frito Lay to cover their tracks regarding Dollywood and the infield fly rule.

35 The word is regardless. The ir part is not necessary.
/ducks and runs

How pathetic!

The msm needs more "sensationalism", so they start a story about a possible shooting at the Capital!

It was probably just Hillary chastizing some poor fool, and it only sounded like gunfire.

#39

You'll be here all day, if you're concerned about my grammer.

My gut tells me something is going on...

I hope I'm wrong.

Time to start the long weekend.

Later, all.

Boy, I sure hope Jack Bauer doesn't suddenly show up.

/things could get really ugly real quick

Fox reporting a man with a gun arrested.

News conference:

Information Officer Kimberly Schneider apparently knows nothing at this point. Good idea to hold a news conference.

40 republic

It was probably just Hillary chastizing some poor fool, and it only sounded like gunfire.

I think Hillary would have sounded more like barking. That is, an annoying female dog barking.

#23 In that moment I heard a reporter announce that he needed to do their job! Good grief! They are also citizens in a situation that needed to report what they had seen or heard.

There are times I would like to take reporters, stick them in a bag and shake hard!

(back to lurking, I go)

#39 elBarto

35 The word is regardless. The ir part is not necessary.
/ducks and runs

My last boss hated when anyone used that word, she would cringe and instantly tell them there is NO such word.

3wood-

LMAO.

3 Wood

Er...where's Dick Chenney been this morning?

His helo is parked about 500 feet from me as we speak.

Seriously

#26 bweep

{double rim shot}

#47 jehu

I'm sorry I ever used it.

Please forgive me, it will never happen again, irregardless.

: )

40 republic

It was probably just Hillary chastizing some poor fool, and it only sounded like gunfire.

It could have been the sound of Hillary taking 4 steps.

Where is George Galloway?

The graduating class of 06 has just presented the VP with a Blue and Gold USNA Jogging suit.

It's been weeks since we've had a good grammar thread. ;-)

35, 39, 47

OT-
While I stand second to no one in my contempt for the use of 'irregardless' we are fighting a loosing battle.

On topic...

The Capital Police spokeswoman doesn't know anything but is holding a long, long news conference (ir)regardless.

51 republic

Heck I never even knew it was not a word until my X boss made such a deal about it, I mean look at what we are forced to do nowdays, like say Islam is a "Religion of Peace." What's a made up word when we have magical philosophies controlling billions?

Those percussive noises might have been the Ballets Folklorico de Mejico practicing their Zapateado Tapatio--with steel taps & nails on their boots, complements of our Gold Plated Millionaire Senators' Club--to use on the House Members when they return after the Memorial Day break. Aiyyeeeee! Viva Washington, Norte Mejico!

#52 jehu

"It could have been the sound of Hillary taking 4 steps"

With those monster calves of hers, it certainly could have been.

Silhouette

Oh, let's skip over the grammar, shall we? I want to kno what VIA hears at the from Cheney.

/Liveblogging from USNA--not bad, VIA!

#54 VIA

Is that a good gift? Kinda like getting your wife a gym membership for her birthday. "Did you just call me fat?"

No problem. Just an illegal alien pissed off that he's only been here for 9 months.

PIMF, PIMF: I want to know what VIA hears from Cheney.

#57

Very good!

I THOUGHT IRAQ DIDNT HAVE ANY WMD........Speaking to a fervent congregation of prayers at Tehran University campus, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani slammed western states' performance during the 8 years of Iraqi imposed war on Iran and said, "Westerners allowed Saddam to walk along the track for the production of the Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs), including chemical and even nuclear weapons and long-range missiles in a bid to block Iran's development, but the Iranian nation's patience and dedication defused all their plots."

Noting the change in the enemies' discourse and their abundant threats against Iran, he stressed, "History has proved that Iran will not allow anyone to usurp its rights, " adding, "Tehran does not wish to worsen the nuclear case, but we advise the world arrogance to revise its behavior."

Pointing to US President George W. Bush's confession of the US Army's mistreatment of prisoners in Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo, Rafsanjani stated, "This proves that they have had many miscalculations in their strategies and they must be aware that they are repeating the same error in Iran's nuclear case."

Addressing the West, the Interim Friday Prayers Leader of Tehran warned the western states against their radical treatment of Iran's case, saying that the West would have to confess to its mistakes and errors in future if it decided to continue its current hostile behavior and efforts. [Link: www.farsnews.com...]

The VP was warmly greeted judging by the aplause from the Mids.

They have now completed the calling of names (1000) and handshakes.
The Class President is now giving his speach.

The mystery has been solved. The shot was the sound of Ted Kennedy starting his day with a blast of champagne

VIA

What (besides the obvious) are you doing there?

Rush just said a couple of women coming from the gym said that there was a gunman in the gym.

Closing remarks from the Superintendent beginning.

Waiting for the hat toss, then my wife and I get to go meet one of the grads that we have known since age 13.

#60 VXBush

Had Senator McCain been commencement speaker at the Naval Academy today (his alma mater), I wonder whether he would have been well received given his recent slip in popularity amongst his former fawning glitterati, MSM, moonbats AND regular Arizonans watching their porous borders opened even more to welcome La Invasion Non-documentada.

#68 J.D.

What (besides the obvious) are you doing there?

I'm stationed here.

Oh! That explains it...

#19 Ayatollah Ghilmeini:

Zombie, ar you going to YearlyKos?

I and I am sure many LGFers would be willing to subsidize your trip to report on the progressives' convention.

Just post if you are interested.

If zombie can't go, I would be willing. Why?

I followed your link and, quite frankly, I can't imagine a greater concentration of comedy in one place, at one time. The 'tentative schedule" is hilarious: everything from the every group-think caucus you can imagine: LBTG, Latina/Latino, and one I can't figure out: "Mother Talkers"?!?
That and "Ambassador Joe Wilson" and a panel discussion on the L'Affaire de Plamegate .

Seriously, I'd go, but I don't think I could keep it together as well as Our Intrepid Zombie. They'd know I was a mole when I couldn't manage to stand up from laughing so hard!

#56 ferris

While I stand second to no one in my contempt for the use of 'irregardless' we are fighting a loosing battle.

You're fighting a losing battle.

Rush says Fox reported 2 women exited and say there's a white male 5'11" with a gun in the Rayburn gymnasium.

71 alegrias

No disagreement there. McCain has never demonstrated to me his ability to be a conservative. If he runs in 2008, he won't be getting a vote for me, and he would only get my vote if my choice is between him and several Democratic contenders.

/blah

The Hat Toss!

Time to go salute some new Ensigns
BBL

75 Lightning_Man

Well, I walked right in to that one.

Bless our troops and today's USNA grads, devoting themselves to our welfare! It's amazing we still have such men & women. Is this a great country still or what?

My coverage thus far doesn't find any arrests having been made or a source of the initial reports.

#72 Village Idiot's Apprentice:

#68 J.D.

What (besides the obvious) are you doing there?

I'm stationed here.

You're not a chick, right?

Also, I take it you own a pair of Dress Whites?

*** shivers (in a good way) at the thought ****

76 terp mole
Rush says Fox reported 2 women exited and say there's a white male 5'11" with a gun in the Rayburn gymnasium
was the gun pink,and was he by the ladies changing room.

# 49

"His helo is parked about 500 feet from me as we speak."

Hey, just for fun? Yell "Pull!" n'see what happens...

#84 sharona

You're not a chick, right?

Waiting for the hat toss, then my wife and I get to go meet one of the grads that we have known since age 13.

No, not a chick.

But my wife is.

:)

VIA

Hey, I'm guessing it's just another gal who loves a guy in uniform.

Who was it who used to swoon all the time whenever a man of the armed forces would talk about his uniform? Loppy?

I hope they check Cynthia McKinney's purse.

#49 VIA

His helo is parked about 500 feet from me as we speak.

Well, wasn't him then.

VIA

Thank you for your service, and please tell the grads we support them.

Well it does not look like we are gonna being getting any other news stories today, this is ALL they are showing on all the networks...

#87 Village Idiot's Apprentice:

No, not a chick.

But my wife is.

:)

Reading Posts Thoroughly Is My Friend! I'm sure you look quite nice in your Dress Whites, and my compliments to your wife!

#74 sharona

Zombie, ar you going to YearlyKos?

If zombie can't go, I would be willing

Please do! I can't make it.

The truth is, the entire Bay Area is a 24-hour-day YearlyKos all the time, so going to Vegas wouldn't be much different from just staying here. For example -- they'll have Joe Wilson at YearlyKos, but he already gave a couple talks here. I went to one, recorded it zombie-style, but never even bothered to put it online because it was so boring! I have a feeling the whole convention will be that way.

Plus, I don't want to get scabies.

#58 addendum/errata

That percussive sound in the halls of Congress could have been a Mexican dance called the Jarabe Tapatio--from the link below--celebrating a government-sponsored fiesta commemorating the successful end of the Mexican Revolucion with lots of fancy footwork.

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

Viva La Immigracion Libre & Muchas Gracias, Senado Norte Americano--Hasta la vista & we'll all be back.

Expose the Left has a screen shot of a woman being taken away from the Capitol on a gurney.

#96 NJ
Comment from someone at taht site apparently watching the TV coverage

by the way, in case anyone isn’t near their TV, the woman was treated for anxiety or something… she wasn’t injured by the shooter

For all we know, it could be one of those estranged-husband-shoots-wife things.

#56, all right ferris. Did you spell losing like that just to be annoying?

Argh. This one is famous.

"Time to go salute some new Ensigns"
Posted by village idiots apprentice

Do they still have to give you a dollar, if you are the first? I had to when I was at OCS in Newport, R.I. in 1971. (Or did inflation raise that price?)

I alway's hate when people add unnecessary apostrophe's to word's. That really bug's me.

Ward Cleaver

The Ara'bic la'ngua'ge must rea'lly piss you off then.

#102 shortboard surfer

It dr'ives me n'uts.

The FBI investigating? Isn't that illegal per Dennis Hastert's assertions? Oh noez!

This has got to be Rovian in origin - somehow.I can't begin to explain motive or anything else, such is the genius of Rove.

Ward Cleaver
It makes me nuts too. And when did mOslems become mUslims? I asked this on Jihad Watch, but the thread was already dead. Does anybody out there know?

Republic if you are still here, When I was a freshman in college I was singled out in a class of 200 or so for using that misbegoten "word". Since that day I declared a jihad against that "word". I hope you were not offended by my sorry attempt at enlightenment, if so I am sorry.

#101 Ward Cleaver 5/26/2006 10:13AM PDT
I alway's hate when people add unnecessary apostrophe's to word's. That really bug's me.

I can't wait to hear your thoughts on TFK's posts ;)

This whole incident looks to me like a classic probing operation: Someone popped off a few rounds (could even have been blanks, or a starter pistol), then stood back to watch how the security forces reacted.

We had a similar incident one evening at the facility where I worked in northern Italy back in the early '80s (storage of what we euphemistically refered to as "US Government classified high explosives;" you do the math). It was actually pretty instructive for us, as well. We learned just how bad our Italian "security" force really was.

Anyway, whoever was behind this incident at the Capitol (along with everyone in America who owns a TV set) now knows how long it takes for the Capitol Police to respond, how many officers will show up, how they'll be equipped, etc.

#109 lobo91

No doubt many are detailed to the Memorial Day concert/extravaganza at the base of the Capitol this weekend.

Zombie

Living in the Bay Area, do you ever feel like your head is going to explode due to the constant barrage of lunacy from wacky LLLs? I truly think I would go insane living there.

Actually, after re-reading some of the reports, it occurs to me that there may not have even been any shots fired in the first place.

I haven't seen any reports referring to anyone who actually heard the shots. Apparently, someone called the Capitol Police and reported hearing shots. Anyone with a throwaway cell phone could have done that.

This thing is looking more and more like a probe to me...

This thing is looking more and more like a probe to me...

Or a distraction. They might also want to check all vehicles and strange packages.

12 zombie 1983 bombing in Senate

At 10:58pm, Monday, November 7, 1983, a bomb exploded just outside the Senate chamber, damaging the hallway, cloakroom and numerous pieces of artwork, including minor damage to the Henry Clay portrait. The door to S-208 was blown off and the elevator door just outside S-208 was buckled. Thankfully, no one was in the area at the time - the Senate had adjourned earlier than expected and the Mansfield room was empty following an earlier reception. There were no injuries and no structural damage to the building. The bomb was planted by a group calling itself the "Armed Resistance Unit" opposing military action in Grenada and Lebanon.

Senate Whip's site (Mitch McConnell)

slightly OT:

TSA badges and uniforms missing

The emergency seems to be over. It turns out that it was just Denny Hastert shooting his other foot.

The Capitol Police need a new spokesperson, at this time.

Latest word is some idiot mistook the sound of a friggin jackhammer for gunshots.

How could anyone mistake those two sounds?

Unless..........

The idiot never heard a jackhammer before.

The idjit never heard a gunshot before.

Conclusion:

Mandatory gun training for everyone.

Air hammer mistaken for capitol gunshots

TS

Or mandatory jackhammer training. Either way, they learn a trade.

Ahhh...looks like an illegal alien operating a jack hammer, no problemo.

I'll bet the first thing that went through the Senators' minds (and I use that term loosely) was, "oh shit, giving Amnesty and Social Security to illegals really pissed off the American taxpayer."

Well, it sure was the first thing that went through mine! And I must confess to smiling at the thought.