Something smells fishy about Nancy Pelosi...

And it's not her cooter, but rather a large employer in her Congressional district being exempted from the hike in the minimum wage.

This story tells us that:

--On Wednesday, the House voted to raise the minimum wage from $5.15 to $7.25 per hour.

The bill also extends for the first time the federal minimum wage to the U.S. territory of the Northern Mariana Islands. However, it exempts American Samoa, another Pacific island territory that would become the only U.S. territory not subject to federal minimum-wage laws.

One of the biggest opponents of the federal minimum wage in Samoa is StarKist Tuna, which owns one of the two packing plants that together employ more than 5,000 Samoans, or nearly 75 percent of the island's work force. StarKist's parent company, Del Monte Corp., has headquarters in San Francisco, which is represented by Mrs. Pelosi. The other plant belongs to California-based Chicken of the Sea.--

Okey dokey, Pelosi. You're bringing home some swag for your district. That's your job, no matter how much it makes a moose like me vomit that you guys run things that way.

So just admit it. You're helping a bunch of paunchy White California businessmen in suits get richer, at the expense of a captive labor market in American Samoa. 80% of the employed folks there work in tuna processing. There's not much else to do. If you work, it involves tuna.

And you mean to tell me that tuna, a fucking HUGE industry in this country, is going to go bust if they pay those American Samoa workers seven bucks an hour?

Disclaimer: This is not an endorsement of minimum wage laws, just an observation that when people can pay less, they will. Look at the chicks at Hooters, who get paid two and a half bucks an hour plus tips equal to the size of their tits.

Back to what we were talking about, there's no reason to continue to exempt American Samoa from the minimum wage, except Stinky Cooter Pelosi pleasing the parties that gave her lots of money to get elected. And really, she should just admit that.

But she hasn't. Instead, she claimed it was a coincidence, and said she's going to introduce legislation to "close the loop-hole."

Right on, Pelosi Who Softens Penises. I totally believe that. Now pull my other leg. Yeah, the middle one. Don't worry if it smells like tuna. That just means it had an adventure.