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The Wizard

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96. Maybe she really is crazy
Fri Oct 18, 2013, 09:27 PM
Oct 2013

She'll get her full salary for a while and if she can't return because of the voices she'll be terminated. Since she hears voices, her transcripts may contain information from the voices, and as such, unreliable. I imagine SSD is about $2400 a month now.

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Oh please............ Swede Atlanta Oct 2013 #1
eh? That's completely believable. I know people who have had similar experiences. Schema Thing Oct 2013 #4
Common mental illness and obsession with nutty beliefs antiquie Oct 2013 #14
Yeah butt.... Plucketeer Oct 2013 #29
Well done! Indi Guy Oct 2013 #57
DUZY! Randomthought Oct 2013 #59
Badda bing! valerief Oct 2013 #89
Well played. Jamastiene Oct 2013 #115
believable ? kardonb Oct 2013 #85
It seemed too disjointed to be calculated. Jesus Malverde Oct 2013 #112
This Week in God Heather MC Oct 2013 #110
Can one perform an exorcism to remove the Holy Spirit? n/t xocet Oct 2013 #2
LMAO!!!!! darkangel218 Oct 2013 #118
Cliff Notes: Mr.Bill Oct 2013 #3
Yeah she is Scairp Oct 2013 #74
If she wasn't a danger to herself or others she probably wouldn't be involuntarily kept. nolabear Oct 2013 #87
She might not have medical insurance. nt valerief Oct 2013 #90
I doubt she's been able to sign up for ACA marshall Oct 2013 #119
The sad thing is, this is the least crazy thing to happen in the House lately. BainsBane Oct 2013 #5
It's really sad JustAnotherGen Oct 2013 #7
That is about it! One needs to be careful who they hang out with mrdmk Oct 2013 #12
LOL tabasco Oct 2013 #76
God told me JustAnotherGen Oct 2013 #6
The sad thing is that it was Rush Limbaugh's crazy voice she heard SaveAmerica Oct 2013 #93
God wakes me up in the middle of the night, too. brer cat Oct 2013 #8
Is this a (chamber) pot joke? antiquie Oct 2013 #15
The Lounge is closed for repair, apparently... chervilant Oct 2013 #18
Me too LOL LiberalLoner Oct 2013 #80
Same thing happened to Billo gabeana Oct 2013 #9
What does she think about Free Masons? JDPriestly Oct 2013 #10
Nation founded on Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2013 #30
Thank you. JDPriestly Oct 2013 #65
The Freemasons are also "controlled by the jews" Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #42
Nonsense. I don't know that much about Masons, but I am sure they are not controlled by the JDPriestly Oct 2013 #63
No, I'm saying that's a longtime NWO conspiracy belief Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #67
Yes. Of course, everything gets blamed on "The Jews." JDPriestly Oct 2013 #73
Pentecostal......the original Holy Rollers... VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #43
Even the most devout.... HooptieWagon Oct 2013 #11
What would have happened if Ineeda Oct 2013 #41
You have raised an excellent point Delphinus Oct 2013 #120
These are Pentecostals...they believe in the laying on of hands and speaking in tongues... VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #44
Yes, but they never suddenly burst out in Mandarin or Finnish or Xosa, do they? hatrack Oct 2013 #71
I would hope an almighty creator would be more eloquent than that. nyquil_man Oct 2013 #13
+1, nt Lost-in-FL Oct 2013 #39
as my brother would say "want an Abilify?" lol CarrieLynne Oct 2013 #16
Not JUST talking to them.....THROUGH them! VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #48
Are you referring to Jim and Rexella? They are still around, nutty as ever on TV. LuckyLib Oct 2013 #60
I think his name WAS Jim! VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #61
I couldn't really laugh at those types. Jamastiene Oct 2013 #116
Sorry God, cynzke Oct 2013 #17
What are the free-masons exactly? CarrieLynne Oct 2013 #19
Here's a bit of information. atreides1 Oct 2013 #21
Oh Jesus!!! JimboBillyBubbaBob Oct 2013 #20
not much different than the outbursts handmade34 Oct 2013 #22
Is Bachmann Pentecostal...it WOULD explain alot. VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #49
I know how to shut her up, Bachman that is.... Rebellious Republican Oct 2013 #68
No more porn movies for her davidpdx Oct 2013 #100
Sorry, for a moment there I thought you were talking about this Weiner.... Rebellious Republican Oct 2013 #103
I was hence the spelling davidpdx Oct 2013 #105
Yeah, I kinda picked up on that, hence the photo's Rebellious Republican Oct 2013 #106
Well I'll continue to dog you with the puns davidpdx Oct 2013 #108
well I have never had a fan base here before, here ya go.... Rebellious Republican Oct 2013 #109
LOL, there are cntrygrl Oct 2013 #113
Please, share them with us, you are among friends here! Rebellious Republican Oct 2013 #114
Funny how such messages never ask the person to help the poor n2doc Oct 2013 #23
Yes, the messages just happen to always be what the person already thought. (nt) jeff47 Oct 2013 #38
I bet that's very reassuring to her employer. Skeeter Barnes Oct 2013 #24
Too many or too few drugs seveneyes Oct 2013 #25
Like the kid that massacred a family.. sendero Oct 2013 #26
With all that was going on in the House God chose HER to talk to??? cui bono Oct 2013 #27
I think the House is haunted. Maybe the Cruzer is a zombie. olddad56 Oct 2013 #28
Betrayal at House on Capitol Hill Frank Cannon Oct 2013 #123
there handmade34 Oct 2013 #31
i agree with what you said.... madrchsod Oct 2013 #40
She's Pentecostal...this is what they believe in! VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #50
I dated one before long ago, before religious kooks were considered ok.- they are fucking nuts..... we can do it Oct 2013 #97
that's where the term Holy Roller came from Pentecostals... VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #98
Yeah! we can do it Oct 2013 #99
I had a visit from a deceased relative once bucolic_frolic Oct 2013 #32
And we're still paying her to take notes? What if God tells her to falsify them? This is bullshit. freshwest Oct 2013 #33
Most likely she won't be working in Congress anymore riverbendviewgal Oct 2013 #35
Not mentally ill...Pentecostal...Holy Roller. VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #51
Uh, no, lady that was yer cat that woke you... louis-t Oct 2013 #34
So.... God made her do something stupid? Wow. God can do anything. Lint Head Oct 2013 #36
Why does Congress still need stenographers? Glorfindel Oct 2013 #37
to be an obsolete stenographer for all of the obsolete Congress members. olddad56 Oct 2013 #45
Damn if that isn't the best question I've read so far... Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #46
Furthermore: maxsolomon Oct 2013 #55
Someone has to create a written record of Congress' proceedings. Laelth Oct 2013 #69
Thank you. That makes sense. Glorfindel Oct 2013 #70
who says it ain't true? heaven05 Oct 2013 #47
Makes me want to holler, throw up both my hands BeyondGeography Oct 2013 #52
No different than the Prophets of the Bible maxsolomon Oct 2013 #53
There were Freemasons among the Founding Fathers LongTomH Oct 2013 #79
That's what I'm sayin'! maxsolomon Oct 2013 #83
I don't know. But if I was hubby, I'd sleep like a dolphin. bearssoapbox Oct 2013 #54
She cant be trusted to do her job anymore."."... hope the lord has a job in the wings for her Gin Oct 2013 #56
I don't think she should be let go. DaveJ Oct 2013 #58
you're kidding, right ? nt steve2470 Oct 2013 #64
People like your surgeon? n/t crim son Oct 2013 #121
I'm just relieved that there's a sensible explanation Orrex Oct 2013 #62
ell ohh ell! frylock Oct 2013 #88
Two and a half weeks and God couldn't come up with anything more lucid? tanyev Oct 2013 #66
She got thrown off-message when they touched her. maxsolomon Oct 2013 #84
She's COOCU for penndragon69 Oct 2013 #72
Too bad. tabasco Oct 2013 #75
Another radicalized, extremist NUT. SoapBox Oct 2013 #77
She's angling for an early retirement The Wizard Oct 2013 #78
How much is disability pay when you are getting $126,050 a year salary? Coyotl Oct 2013 #92
Maybe she really is crazy The Wizard Oct 2013 #96
"I imagine SSD is about $2400 a month now." Maybe for her but I know people on it who are expected cstanleytech Oct 2013 #111
SSD is determined by The Wizard Oct 2013 #117
So she takes orders from the voices zentrum Oct 2013 #81
***TRANSCRIPT OF SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, 2017*** xfundy Oct 2013 #82
4 burly men in white coats weilding tranquilizer syringes cosmicone Oct 2013 #86
The fact that mental illness can go unreported under cover of religion is scary. Socal31 Oct 2013 #91
Jefferson in the study with a candlestick reddread Oct 2013 #94
Hmmmm.... middle of the night... ReRe Oct 2013 #95
She was speaking in tongue davidpdx Oct 2013 #101
OMG these fundies have gone off the deep end! gopiscrap Oct 2013 #102
Odd that God would want a stenographer to grab a microphone Vinnie From Indy Oct 2013 #104
Well, I'm glad that's cleared up then! /nt Ash_F Oct 2013 #107
Someone needs to up their dose of Lithium. NoodleyAppendage Oct 2013 #122
having had a lot of exposure to that kind of belief system in my younger days - I am quite certain Douglas Carpenter Oct 2013 #124
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