There are lazy people in the world. You know the kind. They're the ones who will spend 15 minutes in a mall parking lot looking for a space close to the store they want to shop at, instead of just parking just a little bit farther and walking. I'll admit it was the same for me when I was younger and lived about 250 yards from Helix High School in La Mesa. Then, once I got my license, I drove to school every chance I got. Today, if I worked that close to here I lived, I would certainly walk.

To quote Bill Cosby: "I told you that story so I could tell you this one..."

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) has an aide pick her up every day in a government leased car and drive her 1 1/2 blocks to her office. Both of these things, the leased government car and the use of an aide as a chauffer, are a violation of House ethics rules. If a reporter or a camera crew should be sitting outside her apartment building to witness this unethical activity, the Capitol Hill Police are called to harass them.

All of this was reported today in the Weekly Standard and Foxnews' "Special Report with Brit Hume."

If you read the entire article, you'll find that nothing is more important to Ms. Lee than Ms. Lee. Her actions with the "little people" are reminiscient of Leona Helmsley, the hotel magnate who once said that "only the little people pay taxes."

Take, for example, the morning of Dec. 6, a balmy Thursday when the temperature in Washington would climb to 73 degrees. At 8:43, a blue Ford Contour with government plates � the car Jackson Lee's office has leased � pulled up to her building. For the next 23 minutes, the aide impeded traffic on one of Capitol Hill's busiest streets, pulling in and out of alleys and reserved parking spaces. Finally, at 9:06, Jackson Lee appeared.

The aide jumped from the car and hurried to help the congresswoman. First she opened the rear door so Jackson Lee could deposit a bag and sheaf of papers; then she opened the passenger door. But Jackson Lee took this opportunity to place a phone call, and the aide stood patiently by. After a minute or so of this, Jackson Lee determined she was ready to climb in. But something was wrong. An uncomfortable moment passed as the congresswoman and aide stared at each other. Of course! Jackson Lee's coat and shawl were still on!

The aide sprang to remove the garments, and Jackson Lee gave an exasperated look. After Jackson Lee climbed in, the aide gently closed the door, scurried around the rear of the car to the driver's seat, and they were off to the office, a block away. It was such a short trip, Jackson Lee didn't even bother to fasten her seatbelt.

Houston voters would do well to toss Ms. Lee out on her keister. I don't think she'll be able to get the same treatment in the private sector.