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'Lunatic' banned from Congress

Submitted by sharpsteve on Mon, 12/10/2012 - 23:15
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Congress banned the word "lunatic" from being used in laws. CNN's Candy Crowley reports.
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Lunatic Job Fair! Congressmen, come one. Come all but one.

Submitted by Mark Twain on Tue, 12/11/2012 - 02:40.

Massive job fair on United State Capitol Steps.

  • Hiring preference for admitted Congressional lunatics.
  • No need to prepare resume.
  • We have your voting record on file.

Please call ahead for special accommodations.

Terms & conditions: Revolving door, bonus, & applicable commission to be paid by hiring corporations.

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Disclaimer: Mark Twain (1835-1910-To be continued) is unlicensed. His river pilot's license went delinquent in 1862. Caution advised. Daily Paul ☑

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LOL x 2

Submitted by Cyril on Tue, 12/11/2012 - 03:01.

LOL x 2

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My name is pronounced like "see real". Its root is "Lord".

"The demand of a great people is always at the scale of their most serious misfortunes." De Gaulle

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Well to be fair, when would

Submitted by nothappy on Tue, 12/11/2012 - 02:37.

Well to be fair, when would it ever be appropriate to use a vague term like lunatic in a law?

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You just hit the nail on the coffin. Or almost.

Submitted by Cyril on Tue, 12/11/2012 - 04:33.

You just hit the nail on the coffin. Or almost.

Your question answers itself and calls for the next :

so, THAT was WELL WORTH those THOUSANDS HOURS (total cumulated time) of Congressmen salaries paid on the tax payer's back, WASN'T IT ?

(at $170,000/year/congressman)

LEECHES.

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My name is pronounced like "see real". Its root is "Lord".

"The demand of a great people is always at the scale of their most serious misfortunes." De Gaulle

http://Laissez-Faire.Me/Liberty

Anyone else reminded of 1984

Submitted by LibertyAndRonPaul on Tue, 12/11/2012 - 02:34.

Anyone else reminded of 1984 where the government cuts the dictionary and introduces doublespeak?

We Need A Tax Revolt

Submitted by Alliance With None on Tue, 12/11/2012 - 02:26.

The things we're made to chip in for!

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Commerce with all nations, alliance with none.--Thomas Jefferson

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LOL

Submitted by Cyril on Tue, 12/11/2012 - 02:34.

LOL

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My name is pronounced like "see real". Its root is "Lord".

"The demand of a great people is always at the scale of their most serious misfortunes." De Gaulle

http://Laissez-Faire.Me/Liberty

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I move that they ban the word

Submitted by The Granger on Tue, 12/11/2012 - 02:16.

marijuana.. if congress bans the word marijuana then we can move past slang and back into production and industry.

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Lunatic

Submitted by Nansea on Tue, 12/11/2012 - 01:46.

Free Speech!

Gee

Submitted by Betty Liberty on Tue, 12/11/2012 - 01:29.

we have a fiscal cliff, the GOPacalypse, 22% unemployment, wars... but we can't go and offend any mentally-challenged folks because that would be wrong.

The one lone dissenting vote said they should keep the word because it describes Them! I love it.

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When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign: that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. ~J. Swift

Just found this

Submitted by WalterKavenaugh on Sun, 12/16/2012 - 19:32.

straight from 1 U.S. Code:
Sec. 1. Words denoting number, gender, and so forth
" ...the words "insane" and "insane person" and "lunatic" shall

include every idiot, lunatic, insane person, and person non

compos mentis; "

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"The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization." Sigmund Freud

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I so wholeheartedly agree.

Submitted by Cyril on Tue, 12/11/2012 - 02:06.

I so wholeheartedly agree.

Someone, PLEASE, fire this congress ! Or stop sending them their paychecks. Damn it.

What a bunch of USELESS, in their VAST majority.

Ohhh, yes... THAT is soooo important ... to ban that word ... at the 112th Congress. Yeah, right !

They gonna do the entire dictionary, then urban dictionary, after that, OR WHAT ?!

At least Dr. Ron Paul CAN sell HIS speeches at 50 grands a piece. And I'd buy them at $1 million if I were event organizer.

THAT is how politics should work. Got ideas and guts to represent the People ? Good. Show you can EARN your bread - FIRST - if you want people to listen. And maybe... vote for you.

But "them" ... rent-seekers ... BLOCK their paychecks.

PLEASE, someone !

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My name is pronounced like "see real". Its root is "Lord".

"The demand of a great people is always at the scale of their most serious misfortunes." De Gaulle

http://Laissez-Faire.Me/Liberty

Apparently

Submitted by WalterKavenaugh on Mon, 12/10/2012 - 23:36.

Gohmert is the only one who isn't a lunatic.

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"The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization." Sigmund Freud

my sentiments exactly

Submitted by ggb45601 on Tue, 12/11/2012 - 02:12.

my sentiments exactly

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"and the truth shall make you free"
John 8:32

That's funny right there.............

Submitted by Ricky on Mon, 12/10/2012 - 23:30.

....I don't care who you are.