Pontificating blow-hard. Pompous ass. You name it. That's my U.S. House of Representatives rep. Jim Senselessbrenner, who today held a "town hall" at the fire hall in the little, run-down, fly-blown, poverty- stricken, has-been of a town called Helenville, about 15 minutes north of Whitewater.

Less than a dozen "constituents" in attendance. All but one, including my neighbor Phil and me, in opposition. I guess it was a "listening session" if you figure those of us in the peanut gallery were the listeners. Our representative preferred to talk, using threadbare talking points, at high speed in a flat monotone, making sure he was never interrupted.

As he frequently said, "Who's next?"