Dan Burton, Protecting the House From Terrorists (Alone)

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Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.) is still tilting at windmills, or large fruit as it were. Burton, whose infamous conspiracy theories during the Clinton years earned him the nickname "Watermelon Dan," is at it again.

Last night he tried to offer one of the wackier amendments to the legislative branch appropriations bill - a measure that would order a cost benefit analysis of building a transparent shield around the House chamber to protect members from getting killed.

"What this bill does is it would authorize a study to look at enclosing the chamber, the gallery chamber, with Plexiglas so that somebody can't throw a bomb down on the floor and kill a lot of us," Burton explained in testimony before the House Rules Committee.

The committee, which sets debate time and decides which amendments may be made in order to legislation on the House floor, rejected Burton's measure despite the terrifying, albeit remote, possibility he described.

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Before rejecting his amendment, members of the committee stared at Burton dumbfounded



(more at link, including his detailed plans re: how a terrorist could "lose half of us" via a watch bomb!)

Edited -- forgot the damn link:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/sleuth/2009/06/_rep_dan_burton_r-ind.html?wprss=sleuth

[Chipper Chat]

1. Hey Dan, just cover the Dome with Neethrell

or just hire Superman to protect you.
Sheeeesssss