Satan receives preferential treatment in OKC while lingerie football gets the boot.
Oklahoma City’s mayor has no problem with self-avowed Satanists conducting a “blasphemy ritual” at the Civic Center, but when it comes to scantily clad women charging the football field, that’s where he draws the line.
Watch Reason.TV explain why it crowned Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett its November “Nanny of the Month.”
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"The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, meant to prevent unwarranted search and seizure, is readable on TSA body scanners."
Airline passengers can now express their outrage to TSA “perverts” performing virtual strip searches without having to say a word, thanks to the creators of 4th Amendment Wear. Available in t-shirts, boxer shorts, bras, panties and socks, a special metallic ink illuminates during TSA body scans with a constitutional “challenge to their unwarranted searches.”
“The clothes are designed as a silent protest against the new reality of being searched to the point where we’re basically naked,” say 4th Amendment Wear founders Tim Geoghegan and Matthew Ryan. “We don’t intend for this to be anything more than a thought-provoking way to fuel the debate about safety vs. civil liberties.”
There are two different messages available for display on undergarments: One that simply states “Amendment IV” in its entirety and another that reminds TSA officials behind the scanners, “Read the 4th Amendment, perverts.”
“[T]hese clothes are meant to provoke debate rather than be read as a message aimed at specific employees who are just doing their jobs,” say Geoghegan and Ryan. “Hopefully, these clothes ask us all to re-examine how much we’re willing to go through for the sake of security.”
Here’s a refresher on the 4th Amendment in case your mind is a bit fuzzy:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
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Tagged 9/11, airline, airport, amendment IV, big government, bureaucracy, bureaucrats, children, civil liberties, conservative, crime, don't touch my junk, freedom, funny, government, homeland security, janet napolitano, liberal, libertarian, Matthew Ryan4th amendment wear, nanny state, news, obama, politics, republican, safety, security, sept. 11, september 11, terrorism, terrorist, Tim Geoghegan, transportation security administration, travel, TSA, virtual strip search
Grabbed from the Denver Post’s photo collection of TSA gropers in action.
Give us your best captions for this revealing image.
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Click to watch Principal Syzmaniak's justifying his "proactive" decision to outlaw a longstanding tradition at his new school.
A Massachusetts high school has banned the annual tradition of freshmen boys and girls wearing pink t-shirts to distinguish them from upperclassmen at a pre-Thanksgiving football game pep rally. According to the school’s new principal, the color pink is a magnet for bullying.
“Officially, nobody’s come to me yet this year,” said Whitman Hanson Regional High School Principal Jeffrey Szymaniak, ”but I’m trying to be proactive with that so that if one student feels inappropriate in this area, or one student doesn’t feel safe, that we’ve created an environment where all kids feel comfortable and safe.”
FOX-25 reporter Shannon Mulaire said students told her that in previous years, before their new principal arrived, “they weren’t forced to wear pink, but they did have the option, and some of them want that back.”
At this year’s pep rally, seniors will still wear their traditional black t-shirts, while juniors sport red and sophomores don their whites — but freshmen will be banned from wearing pink — no questions asked, Syzmaniak warns.
Szymaniak told Mulaire that any student who shows up to the pep rally wearing pink will be denied entrance and re-directed to the cafeteria where they can participate in “another activity.”
Michael Graham, a conservative talk show host in Boston, sums up the situation nicely: “Being picked on by a fellow student is too horrifying to bear, but being singled out by the principal and punished? It’s A-OK!”
Contact Principal Szymaniak if you are outraged by his arrogance. He has stigmatized the color pink and promoted it to his students as a sign of weakness that invites bullying — not vice-versa:
Email: jeffrey.szymaniak@whrsd.org
Tel: 781-618-7020
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000417334992
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Kudos to J. Michael Waller’s PoliticalWarfare.org for bringing this bit of humor to our attention, and to satirist Oleg Atbashian at ThePeoplesCube.com for creating this revealing glimpse of ‘Big Sis’ Janet Napolitano.
And, now, your captions!
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Anyone else think it’s odd that The Huffington Post finds humor in a comedian’s rant against government intrusion in citizens’ lives? In and of itself, that’s funny enough, but watch Lewis Black systematically dismantle the nanny state with his sarcasm and wit if your pants are still dry.
Click image to watch video on ComedyCentral.com
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Tagged absurd, ban, big government, bizarre, bureaucracy, bureaucrats, children, cigarettes, conservative, crime, daily show, drugs, fascist, fda, food, freedom, funny, government, grope, happy meal, health, humor, law, legislation, lewis black, liberal, libertarian, lifestyle, mcdonald's, michelle obama, nanny state, news, obama, odd, oddly enough, parents, republican, san francisco, smoking, strange but true, strip searches, tobacco, transportation safety administration, TSA
Want [more] proof that nanny state bureaucrats don’t trust citizens to be capable of making common sense decisions? Look no further than the new City Hall in Chandler, Ariz., where signs warn visitors against drinking from toilets and urinals.
Mayor Boyd Dunn told the Arizona Republic, “I’m certain there’s some regulation out there that requires that type of sign.”
Just in case you forgot. (Image source: Arizona Republic)
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Tagged absurd, big government, bizarre, boyd dunn, bureaucracy, bureaucrats, chandler arizona, city hall, funny, government, humor, nanny state, news, odd, oddly enough, politics, strange but true, weird
S.F. voters could outlaw circumcision, denying parents the right to choose what's best for their newborns.
There are rumblings in San Francisco that a measure to ban the circumcision of any child under the age of 18 could end up on the ballot in November 2011 when the city elects its next mayor.
CBS News reports that the author of the ballot measure, activist Lloyd Schofield, equates circumcising newborns with torture sanctioned by government and religious groups:
“Tattooing a child is banned as a felony and circumcision is more harmful than a tattoo,” said Schofield, who believes religious traditions should change.
“People can practice whatever religion they want, but your religious practice ends with someone else’s body,” said Schofield. “It’s a man’s body and…his body doesn’t belong to his culture, his government, his religion or even his parents. It’s his decision.”
Schofield’s anti-circumcision law would make it a “misdemeanor to circumcise, excise, cut or mutilate the…genitals,” but before his dream can become a reality, he must first secure 7,168 valid signatures to get it on the ballot.
What are your thoughts? Should circumcision remain a decision best left to parents or is it a form of torture, as the proposed ballot measure’s sponsor suggests?
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Eric Mar, San Francisco Board of Supervisors (Calif.)
Supervisor Mar led the city’s now infamous assault on children’s beloved Happy Meal toys and has also been busy in recent months trying to regulate citizen’s intake of soft drinks.
“I’m proud that we protect the public’s health,” Mar says. “We’re part of a movement that is moving forward an agenda of food justice,” he proclaimed upon securing a veto-proof vote to ban Happy Meal toys.
Mar gained extra points in our consideration with his crafty use of shoddy data to force his big government agenda down the throats of citizens both young and old.
When Mar’s not telling citizens what they can’t eat and drink, he can be seen pressuring pet stores to quit selling dogs and cats.
Congratulate Eric Mar on this honor on his Facebook page! Since he no longer allows citizens he doesn’t know or trust to look at or post on his Wall, click “Send Eric a Message” below his profile picture to make sure he receives your virtual high-five!
Does trampling on citizens' rights and liberties count as "torture," Eric?
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Kudos to NoisyRoom.net for bringing this must-see clip to our attention! Let’s help make this video go viral!
“Watch the Obamas tell you to sacrifice while they throw your money away on vacations and fancy parties.”
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