Crazy GOP Laws (NOT The Onion)

[lame54]

http://www.commondreams.org/further/2012/02/15-0

In New Hampshire, GOP legislators want to save the economy by eliminating lunch breaks for (very likely) dawdling workers.

In North Carolina, Republican Rep. Larry Pittman wants to deter crime by reinstating public hangings, especially for “abortionists, rapists, and kidnappers.”

In Missouri, GOP Rep. Vicky Hartzler, "a big believer in visuals," wants anti-choice activists to post pictures of aborted fetuses in college dorms.

Then again, Oklahoma GOP State Sen. Ralph Shortey wants a law to ensure that aborted human fetuses are NOT used for "enhancing flavor" in manufacturing food.

In New York, meanwhile, Fox News is worried about another "nightmare" - overpaid hotel maids. And Rick Santorum is worried the famously-anti-religion Obama administration is "on the path" to guillotining Christians.

In Arizona, GOP legislators want to ban swearing by teachers in classrooms or anywhere else on school property, and ban any profanity in any book or other material used in the classroom, which means good-bye to a whole mess of great literature from Catcher in the Rye to pretty much all of Shakespeare.

[ZombieHorde]

1. And they call themselves the party of small government.

So laughable.

[RevStPatrick]

5. Absolutely right.

Their hypocrisy knows no bounds.

[FSogol]

2. Wow, requiring that all legislative proposals include a quote from the Magna Carta

didn't even make the list. (NH again: http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2012/01/24/nh_lawmakers_wants_magna_carta_reference_in_bills/ )

As for swearing in schools, is there an exception for workers who hit their thumbs with a hammer?

[AsahinaKimi]

3. Yes...

IF they get into power, we will be in a world of ... "EXPLETIVE INSERTED HERE" .

[Proud Liberal Dem]

10. +1

Yup!

[Liberal Veteran]

4. "Flavor enhancer"? I thought it was used as a substitute for Melange.

It is going to be awhile until we can get the real stuff from Arrakis.

[getting old in mke]

6. Nice.

The Newt's moon base could be a step in that direction.

[Bigmack]

8. Mmmmmmm.... fetus.... tastes like chicken. nt

[Tyrs WolfDaemon]

15. You'll get more people wanting to eat fetuses if you say they taste like bacon.

[Cowboy8541]

7. These people are INSANE.

Modern day conservatism is a mental illness, pure and simple

[rustydog]

9. WOW, these nuts are......fucking nuts.

I am serious here, how in Hell do these dangerous idiots get elected? How?

[ikri]

12. Politics as team sport

Few people care enough about who they're actually electing, just as long as their team wins.

They'll vote for utter lunatics as long as they're on the right side whilst decrying any policy position by the other team, even if that policy was originally proposed by on of their own.

[hifiguy]

11. Everything not mandatory will be prohibited

and vice versa.

[noiretextatique]

13. the gop vs. The American People

does anyone else believe these folks need psychological testing? these proposed laws are not just crazy: they are INSANE.

[zbdent]

14. one solution for one of these ...

and all it takes is one woman who "has an affair" with Pittman (NC). Gets the DNA sample ... and then claims he raped her.

See how soon he begs his own law to be repealed ...