Have You Heard Of The Waffle House Index?
Apparently, FEMA uses it as a way to measure natural disasters…
Craig Fugate, the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, came up with the idea of the “Waffle House index” as an informal way of measuring the impact of a disaster. The chain, which has a large number of branches in tornado-prone areas, has a robust emergency management plan.
The index has three levels. If the local Waffle House is up and running, serving a full menu, a disaster is classed as green. If it is running with an emergency generator and serving only a limited menu, it is a yellow. If it is closed, badly damaged or totally destroyed, as during hurricane Katrina, it is a red.
No word on whether or not Yankees employ an “IHOP Index“…
More Arrogance Of Authority
Previously, we learned that Lois Lerner, the Director of the IRS Exempt Organizations division, is “an attorney, not an accountant” and therefore, “not good at math”…
But, as we all know, sometimes even accomplished attorneys need to take the advice of other attorneys and not answer any questions.
There are some nifty lawyer tricks going on here…particularly interesting at around the 5:10 mark when Issa points out that by claiming she has done nothing wrong, she is actually testifying hence, waiving her 5th amendment right. Most fun is at 6:26 when the gallery starts applauding as that very point is reiterated; watch the woman behind Lerner’s lawyer…she starts clapping ant continues to louder as she raises her hands directly behind the guy’s ear. The look on his face is beautiful…
The Arrogance Of Authority
I just turned on MSNBC to see some coverage about the House Ways and Means Committee hearings with the IRS guys. Right off the bat they went to the man on the scene, Luke Russert, and he went in to a whole bit about how the hearings quickly became partisan.
Every time I turn on the news it seems like partisan and bi-partisan are the two most important words in the English language.
I can’t recall an actual conversation with an actual human being that was about partisanship.
This thing with the IRS is about the arrogance of authority. And, believe it or not, that IS something that I find coming up in actual conversation.
Mike Kelly got it right while raking Steven Miller over the coals. If you are short of time, the best part starts at around the 4:30 mark…
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