Don’t make trouble
by digby
I’ve often used this famous Yiddish joke to describe certain events in Democratic politics:
There were these two Jewish men standing before a firing squad in Czarist Russia. Their crime? Being Jewish. So the Cossack captain heading the firing squad looks at Abie and Yankele and shouts, “Jews, take off your hats.” Abie takes off his hat. But Yankele says, “No, I won’t take off my hat.” So Abie leans over to Yankele and whispers, “Yankele, don’t make trouble.”
There are hundreds of versions of that joke out there. This one comes from a retired professor from San Francisco State named Ralph Beren who now leads seminars at synagogues about Jewish humor and how it’s gotten the people through rough times for millenia.
Anyway, what made me think of it today do you suppose?
Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi announced that she will appoint the following Members to the Select Committee on Benghazi. Pelosi also announced that Congressman Elijah E. Cummings of Maryland will serve as Ranking Member.
The following Democratic Members will serve on the Select Committee on Benghazi:
Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Ranking Member, Committee on Oversight & Government Reform Adam Smith (D-WA), Ranking Member, Armed Services CommitteeAdam B. Schiff (D-CA), Committee on Appropriations (Subcommittee on State & Foreign Operations), Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence,Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Committee on Ways and Means (Subcommittee on Oversight)Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Armed Services Committee, Committee on Oversight & Government Reform
.