# House stenographer snaps, starts ranting about Jesus and Freemasons **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 17, 2013, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-stenographer-snaps-starts-ranting-about-jesus-and-freemasons/671471 "2013-10-17T10:40:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-stenographer-snaps-starts-ranting-about-jesus-and-freemasons/671471/61 "2013-10-19T15:13:13Z")
Headline: House Stenographer Credits ‘Holy Spirit’ for Her Rant Against Congress > **[House Stenographer Credits 'Holy Spirit' for Her Rant Against Congress](https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/10/house-stenographer-credits-holy-spirit-for-her-rant-against-congress/)** > > Woman erupted into a verbal tirade against members of Congress. > [@](#): > > “For the past 2 and 1/2 weeks, the Holy Spirit has been waking me up in the middle of the night and preparing me (through my reluctance and doubt) to deliver a message in the House Chamber,” the stenographer, Dianne Reidy, said in a written statement to Fox News. “That is what I did last night.” I’d say the Holy Spirit needs some serious updating and a better PR agent. We have the Internet now. HS seems stuck in the year 30. Maybe Mr. Holy has been napping? Visiting other planets and witnessing to aliens? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-stenographer-snaps-starts-ranting-about-jesus-and-freemasons/671471/62 "2013-10-19T15:32:05Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > How are they different from the Taliban? Prophet margins > [@hotflungwok](#): > > Dear Lord, we ask that you smack some sense into these fuckups, that they may see what epic level fuckups they are being. Deliver us from their weapons grade stupidity, especially that asshat over there who’s trying to claim that this clusterfuck is done by your will. Seriously, bounce some grapes of wrath off their empty noggins and make them cut this shit out. And please help the voters of this country remember what was done here in years hence, so that these fuckups won’t ever have the chance to be such incredible fuckups ever again. Amen. So Mote it Be! Another fun thing that this wasn’t quite is schizophasia, or word salad - actual words that are strung together, often but not always in grammatical order, that just make no sense in relation to each other. “Dogs sleep chicken pencil trees,” for example. You listen to it, and it seems like it should make sense, but it doesn’t, not even to the person saying it. It’s easily confused with poetry in some settings. 😉 But I think this lady was more coherent than that. It’s not hard to figure out the gist, it’s the details and veracity that are baffling. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-stenographer-snaps-starts-ranting-about-jesus-and-freemasons/671471/63 "2013-10-19T15:44:05Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > The poor woman obviously has some mental health needs. Let’s hope she gets the help she seems to need so desperately. Why is it obvious she has mental problems? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-stenographer-snaps-starts-ranting-about-jesus-and-freemasons/671471/64 "2013-10-19T15:48:11Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > Why is it obvious she has mental problems? 😕 I don’t know, I would say it’s either a mental breakdown or a severe disregard for one’s continuing employment to interfere with the functioning of the US House in order to deliver a screaming (not to mention factually incorrect) rant about the Freemasons not having written the Constitution, and to preach about Jesus. So she’s either got mental issues, or she doesn’t give a shit about carrying out her job in the expected fashion. ---
**Author:** ![aNewLeaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-stenographer-snaps-starts-ranting-about-jesus-and-freemasons/671471/65 "2013-10-19T15:48:33Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > Why is it obvious she has mental problems? 😕 Ranting incoherently at work while on cable tv and being recorded on the net is not rational behavior. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-stenographer-snaps-starts-ranting-about-jesus-and-freemasons/671471/66 "2013-10-19T15:51:29Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > But I think this lady was more coherent than that. It’s not hard to figure out the gist, it’s the details and veracity that are baffling. Not unlike Cruz’s filibuster. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-stenographer-snaps-starts-ranting-about-jesus-and-freemasons/671471/67 "2013-10-19T16:00:12Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > I don’t know, I would say it’s either a mental breakdown or a severe disregard for one’s continuing employment to interfere with the functioning of the US House in order to deliver a screaming (not to mention factually incorrect) rant about the Freemasons not having written the Constitution, and to preach about Jesus. > > So she’s either got mental issues, or she doesn’t give a shit about carrying out her job in the expected fashion. She’s not a Tea Party congressperson taking her turn at the podium? ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-stenographer-snaps-starts-ranting-about-jesus-and-freemasons/671471/68 "2013-10-19T16:10:06Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > \ I’d say the Holy Spirit needs some serious updating and a better PR agent. We have the Internet now. HS seems stuck in the year 30. Maybe Mr. Holy has been napping? Visiting other planets and witnessing to aliens? What do you expect from a talking pigeon ? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-stenographer-snaps-starts-ranting-about-jesus-and-freemasons/671471/69 "2013-10-19T16:10:24Z")
> [@aNewLeaf](#): > > Ranting incoherently at work while on cable tv and being recorded on the net is not rational behavior. _Unless_ one is vying for a reality television spot. More on that to come… ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-stenographer-snaps-starts-ranting-about-jesus-and-freemasons/671471/70 "2013-10-19T17:26:05Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > _Unless_ one is vying for a reality television spot. More on that to come… And now . . . _Here Comes Housey Boo Boo!_ ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-stenographer-snaps-starts-ranting-about-jesus-and-freemasons/671471/71 "2013-10-19T17:50:24Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > She’s not a Tea Party congressperson taking her turn at the podium? See, there’s the problem - she violated Robert’s Rules of Order. Otherwise it’d be just another day. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-stenographer-snaps-starts-ranting-about-jesus-and-freemasons/671471/72 "2013-10-19T18:29:58Z")
I keep reading this thread title as “House Stegosaurus snaps …” which is a much more entertaining visual. But I may just be playing too much Jurassic Park Builder. ---
**Author:** ![knel3030](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecae2f/32.png) [@knel3030](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knel3030)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-stenographer-snaps-starts-ranting-about-jesus-and-freemasons/671471/73 "2013-10-25T22:01:04Z")
She must’ve stared at the congressmen too long without blinking and realized their true lizardmen identity. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-stenographer-snaps-starts-ranting-about-jesus-and-freemasons/671471.md?page=3)