Don't Ever Yell at the Coach

I know there is probably more important things for me spend my time on but I just could not resist taking a look at the recent outburst by Addison Graves Wilson, (he prefers Joe) a U.S. Congressperson from South Carolina who stood up and shouted "You Lie" at President Obama recently during an address to the American Congress. I always thought educated men from the south were supposed to have reams of self control, tempered with chivalry and love of country. So much for all of that finery. If I would have turned on CNN during this outburst I would have thought I was watching the Venezuelan Assembly or the North Korean Parliament, not the Congress of the United Sates. America is that wonderful place where we can agree to disagree and still be civil. That's how we have been able to accomplish so much over the years, not by shouting one another down. Especially when that person is the President of the United Sates. Our economic and political systems in America only work when the person who is standing mid-way down the ladder respects the position of the person further up. You don't have to agree with that person or you might even aspire to replace that person but while they hold that position we have to be cordial. Without this type of personal control and responsibility we will end up like any other third world country. Not only did everyone in the U.S. see Mr. Wilson's display of his backside but the whole world was privy to our dirty laundry. I don't know about Joe but when I was a kid an outburst like that in church would have gotten me the back of my mother's hand. I wonder if Joe got a call from his mom on this manner. Perhaps it is something in Joe's background that made him so anti-Obama. In 2000 Joe was one one of only seven South Carolina State Senators to vote to keep the Confederate Flag on top of the South Carolina State House. I'm just saying. Thankfully smarter people prevailed and the Flag was removed on a 36 to 7 vote. What to do . . . what to do? First let me ask, where was the congressional security? Joe was easily over the line, obviously unbalanced and cross ways of the Congressional rules but what if he had continued? What if he rushed the podium, is this allowed too? What if he does it again? This is not first amendment freedom of speech here this is common manners that we all learned in elementary school. You don't shout at the teacher, boss or coach. If you do you will be spanked, fired or thrown off the team, end of story. Joe needs to be sent back to the State of South Carolina where he will be free to paint a confederate flag on his garage door and throw rubber bricks at the TV like the rest of us bad actors. Thanks for listening . . .Tony