Jeez

No sooner had Jim Treacher got settled into his new job and life in DC when he gets hit by an SUV driven by someone working for the State Department. The kicker? The driver didn’t stop to help — he (or she) just kept going. Our tax dollars working for us!

(Via Kathy Shaidle.)

Update: I’ve stuck this post to the top for a while, just because.

Second update: what the fuck? I had forgotten to mention the fact that they’ve charged Treacher with jaywalking, which I’m sure they do to hit and run victims every day in our nation’s capital… You know, getting run over by a government vehicle and not being able to bring the miscreants (the driver, that is) to justice is an old Washington “urban myth” but the vehicle was always affiliated with one of the foreign embassies (and thus the “foreign diplomats can get away with murder!” addendum to the tale), not our own government. Really, I love how they are stonewalling being thuggish and not being cooperative and basically acting like “we’re the government, we can do anything to you we want.” Possibly this has been endemic to DC bureaucracy long before President God was elected, but this whole incident just underscores the fact that thinking voting for cute liberals will make everyone nicer and more humane is laughably childish and naive. (Via Kathy Shaidle again.)

Third update: okay, off the top with you.