Cuss free week??? WTF?

[Wapiti]

Is this what happens when politicians get bored? Only in California (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.), I hope. Forget the budget crisis, your swearing is in need of control. Maybe thats part of the plan, to tax it. California must be so proud.

[SShack]

Well, speaking as a Californian, the time they spend crafting stupid resolutions is time not spent on stupid ideas that actually cost taxpayer money or creating new unnecessary laws and/or regulations.

[Seriously]

:huh:

:irked:

:shout:

[firebee]

State legislatures do this sort of thing all the time -- it's something akin to buying in to a star registry or something. Some organization or another contacts their representative with some sort of person or concept they want to have recognized, they pass a resolution declaring an "Official Day of the Turkey Sandwich", the text of the resolution is written up all pretty-like and framed. Possibly there is a photo op.

It's some kind of social bonding ritual, I presume. Not anything of real legal consequence.

[INTJRyan]

Is this what happens when politicians get bored? Only in California (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.), I hope. Forget the budget crisis, your swearing is in need of control. Maybe thats part of the plan, to tax it. California must be so proud.

Oh noes. How can we possibly survive a ceremonial resolution, inspired by a teenager, that is completely unenforceable?

[ArtistTyrant]

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ahahahhahahahhhahahhahahahhahahah

[freeeekyyy]

Is this what happens when politicians get bored? Only in California (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.), I hope. Forget the budget crisis, your swearing is in need of control. Maybe thats part of the plan, to tax it. California must be so proud.

Because if you can't cuss, you aren't living, right?

[Synchronicity]

What a load of bullpoop!

[WoodsWoman]

There are times when that is the only possible mode of expression, absolutely nothing else will serve... I do sincerely hope they don't enforce something so ridiculous if one of their legislative members has a family catastrophe - if they do they should publicly be called all the four letter descriptives ever invented.

[True Rune]

The money in said jars will be used to make soap cannons, to clean those dirty mouths off the street.

[kepstein8888]

Tell you what. I'll stop cursing as soon as Arnold's wife stops yapping on her @#$%$#@ cell phone every time she gets in the @#$%$#@ car.

I'm glad I don't live in California, so my tax dollars aren't paying for all of those @#$%$#@ jars.

[Cooper]

Ah, fuck 'em.

[Shauru]

Ah the fun things that get done for......whatever reason.

My associates and I have crafted a response.
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[rahdam]

I intend no irony when I say "fuck that shit"

[pip]

You know, there's a scene in that little film 'Demolition Man' where Sly stands and swears at a swear-fine-machine for a few minutes to get enough paper to wipe his arse with.
Due to awesomeness, I would like to emulate this.
Just sayin' :)






fuckfuckfuck (didn't want to be left out)

[Hamburglar]

Oh noes. How can we possibly survive a ceremonial resolution, inspired by a teenager, that is completely unenforceable?

I was just having this exact conversation with a fellow who works for the Hon. Cameron Smythe. You say it's ceremonial, but it has outraged hundreds of people and is now wasting staff money and attention from dealing with real issues. His phones have been off the hook w/regard to this one issue. To the point that the Assemblyman is actually answering the phone himself and repeating your words verbatim. Well, except to one constituent who was expressing his 1st amendment rights, to which the Assemblyman responded "fuck you" and hung up. This is indicative of a worthless, inexperienced, special-interest oriented legislature.

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You know, there's a scene in that little film 'Demolition Man' where Sly stands and swears at a swear-fine-machine for a few minutes to get enough paper to wipe his arse with.
Due to awesomeness, I would like to emulate this.


The California Constitution itself is far more useful for that procedure.

[ClydeB]

I intend no irony when I say "fuck that shit"
I second that.

Company I work for just instituted that exact same thing.
Use of profanity or disrespectful language;
Fearless leader of marketing just sent out the manifesto.

Haven't seen the Budweiser swear jar come out yet here. Sure its coming though.

[SeaCzar]

Do you mean to tell me that those cocksucking, corn-holing, salad-tossing, shit eating bastardly mother fuckers have nothing better to do in Sacramento?

Pass me the jar......

[INTJRyan]

I was just having this exact conversation with a fellow who works for the Hon. Cameron Smythe. You say it's ceremonial, but it has outraged hundreds of people and is now wasting staff money and attention from dealing with real issues. His phones have been off the hook w/regard to this one issue. To the point that the Assemblyman is actually answering the phone himself and repeating your words verbatim. Well, except to one constituent who was expressing his 1st amendment rights, to which the Assemblyman responded "fuck you" and hung up. This is indicative of a worthless, inexperienced, special-interest oriented legislature.

What special interest got this bill through? The anti-swearing lobby? A kid started a no swearing campaign and it caught on nationally. They honored him with this resolution. Big fucking deal. That "hundreds" of people are "outraged" only shows that there are "hundreds" of idiots out there.

[Hamburglar]

As stupid as that sounds Ryan, yes; an anti-swearing lobby. I'm not saying it's an evil plot, but it's not exactly something to be proud of when you cannot even pass your constitutionally mandated budget.

[INTJRyan]

As stupid as that sounds Ryan, yes; an anti-swearing lobby. I'm not saying it's an evil plot, but it's not exactly something to be proud of when you cannot even pass your constitutionally mandated budget.

Now see, not being able to pass a budget is a legitimate gripe. It also is a false dichotomy, and has nothing to do with the topic at hand, unless you are somehow saying that this resolution is preventing the legislature from passing the budget, which I hope you are not. The real problem is the ability of voters to vote in unfunded mandates, which are typically paid for by floating bonds, not some stupid ceremonial resolution.

[Melchizedek]

Well, speaking as a Californian, the time they spend crafting stupid resolutions is time not spent on stupid ideas that actually cost taxpayer money or creating new unnecessary laws and/or regulations.

I agree. A government in gridlock is a government not doing something stupid.

[Causa Mortis]

And the irony of that article is that my grandmother probably could have played one of the cops in The Departed and my grandfather would launch into these hilarious irate blue streaks whenever he was fixing something.

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I agree. A government in gridlock is a government not doing something stupid.

Its about to be an insolvent government that closes schools and fire departments because its so incredibly ideologically radical and unwilling to negotiate. Thank god I'm leaving by June.

[ya lyublyu tebya]

Ah, California bans everything. Personally, I only curse in Japanese, so it wouldn't affect me, anyway. >P

[firebee]

Ah, California bans everything. Personally, I only curse in Japanese, so it wouldn't affect me, anyway. >P

It wouldn't affect anyone. It's a ceremonial resolution granting a recognition-week to a Bright Young Kid's awareness campaign. My school has a similar one done every year in recognition of its awesomeness or something, and yet we do not have any higher odds of getting laid on that weekend... well, maybe we do, but not by order of the state legislature.

The articles about this are distorting the actual nature of what is going on in order to tweak outrage buttons. It's entertainment, and the fact that many people seem not to have figured this out is kind of disturbing.

[AnimalEssence]

California sometimes. Its ridiculous. Is it bad that I'm not surprised in the least?

This is the same state that banned trans fat in LA, tried to (or did they? I'm not sure) outlaw mcdonalds in certain districts, and another current proposal is to put a tax on soda and sugary drinks to "fight obesity" :|

[jesse]

:laugh:

What will they think of next?

You'd think this sort of crap is limited to when there are no serious problems to worry about, but hey, there's a first time for everything.

[Hamburglar]

Now see, not being able to pass a budget is a legitimate gripe. It also is a false dichotomy, and has nothing to do with the topic at hand, unless you are somehow saying that this resolution is preventing the legislature from passing the budget, which I hope you are not. The real problem is the ability of voters to vote in unfunded mandates, which are typically paid for by floating bonds, not some stupid ceremonial resolution.

It's almost impossible to "characterize" California's problems, but a huge funding problem comes from Howard Jarvis and his cronies, but then there are the initiatives as you mentioned, or perhaps the gerrymandered hard-line ideologue voting districts, etc, etc...Soooo, I guess that boils down to: I want the legislature working on fixing systemic problems in California, not topical ones like cussing.