This ad by the Courage Campaign is pretty damn genius in my opinion.
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Democrats do and say the darnedest things, don’t they? Take Louisiana State Senator John R. Smith, for example… according to Smith a ban on sex toys takes priority over some of the issues that could be seen as currently causing havoc in his state.
Ask anyone in Louisiana to name the most pressing challenges facing the state, and you’ll get a laundry list of serious issues: our woeful public education system, battered infrastructure, rising health insurance and flood insurance costs, coastal erosion and a crucial, looming budget battle over how to best spend taxpayer dollars.
Democratic Louisiana state Sen. John Smith of Leesville, however, is thinking about sex. Smith’s Senate Bill No. 712 purports to “regulate sexually oriented businesses and their employees.” Smith’s concerned that, say, an adult video store could open next to a church or school, apparently unaware that no city council is going to let that happen anyway.
The most interesting part of all of this is, in my opinion, the fact that Smith has gone out of his way to spend office time detailing what he deems needed for the bill language.
For example, “Nudity or state of nudity means the showing of the human male or female genitals, pubic area, vulva, anus, anal cleft or cleavage with less than a fully opaque covering, or the showing of the female breast with less than a fully opaque covering of any part of the nipple or areola.”
And for the unaware, Smith offers a helpful primer on sex toys: “Sexual device means any three-dimensional object designed and marketed for stimulation of the male or female genitals, anus, female breast, or for sadomasochistic use or abuse of oneself or others and shall include devices such as dildos, vibrators, penis pumps, and physical representations of the human genital organs.”
Gee, Senator, do you think you can get your mind out of the gutter and work on something… you know… important?
This one came via Chuck Muth’s newsletter.
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An old, blind man wanders into a bar in Washington, DC, by mistake. He finds his way to a barstool and orders a beer. After sitting there for a while, he yells to the bartender, “Hey, you wanna hear a Dumb Democrat joke?” The bar immediately falls absolutely silent. In a very deep, husky voice, the woman next to him says:
“Before you tell that joke, sir, I think it is only fair, given that you are blind, that you should know five things: One, the bartender is a Democrat with a baseball bat. Two, the bouncer is a Democrat. Three, I’m a 6-foot-tall, 175-pound Democrat with a black belt in karate. Four, the woman sitting next to me is a Democrat and a professional weightlifter. And five, the lady to your right is a Democrat and a professional wrestler. Now, think about it seriously, Mister. Do you still wanna tell that joke?”
The blind man thinks for a second, shakes his head and finally mutters: “Well, no; not if I’m gonna have to explain it five times.”
“We have an opportunity to give some money back to the people, while we sit here awash in money,” said Smith, R-Bossier City.
Well, the money most likely shouldn’t have been taken from the people in the first place, but at least Louisiana law factory workers like Smith are looking in the right direction for money in the state’s surplus. In fact, there is serious talk about completely getting rid of the state income tax until 2017.
Theoretically, the idea would appeal to many voters: a gradual phase-out of income taxes until 2017, when they would disappear entirely. In an increasingly conservative Legislature, with many freshmen who ran on anti-tax platforms, voting “yes” has its merits.
Gotta love Bob Barr! (If the video isn’t working click here to view the original post)
This just in via The Union Label Blog…
And for another perfect example of why teachers unions is antithetical to the welfare of the kids AND the budget of the state, we have a union that has forced the State of New York to spend $81 million dollars to pay teachers NOT to teach!
The New York Times article being quoted says “The New Teacher Project, which estimates that the city has been paying $81 million over two years in salaries and benefits for teachers who have not been able to find permanent jobs.
Under the new free-market system, teachers who lose their jobs because of budget cuts, program curtailments or school closings are supposed to go into a reserve pool for a short time before they are hired elsewhere in the system. An overwhelming majority of more than 2,700 teachers sent into the pool in 2006 did just that.”
The U.S. Secretary of Transportation has a new blog set up called “Welcome to the Fast Lane”. Check it out.
H/T: Josh Shultz
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