It's official: Dems and GOPers come together to eliminate the US Constitution

From HuffPo:

So I have some great news folks! The Republicans and the Democrats in Congress and the White House FINALLY came together and agreed on something. This is HUGE. These guys disagree on EVERYTHING! Getting them to see eye-to-eye is like getting the Jews and the Palestinians to do a trust fall together. Or getting Eskimos and polar bears to play Jenga.

I'm referring to the bill H.R. 347 that was signed by President Obama the other day, passed unanimously in the Senate, and 388-3 in the House. That's nearly EVERY SINGLE lawmaker. The last time they agreed that closely on something, it was a bill raising monthly Congressional pay to include a box of Ding Dongs, two erotic cakes featuring Bonanza star Pernell Roberts, and a gentle yet inquisitive prostate exam every Tuesday.

What did this magical universally-loved bill say? Well some are calling it the anti-Occupy law and it allows the government to bring charges against Americans involved in many kinds of political protest at any location the secret service, quote, "is or will be temporarily visiting." So basically if the government wants to shut down a protest, they just send a secret service officer down there to scratch his balls, and then they can start putting people in jail for a year or more.

See, like the 2nd Amendment only applies to muskets, the 1st Amendment only applies to people in white-powdered wigs who all died 200 years ago.

Comments

delacrat said…

Steve,

This happened over a year ago.

July 24, 2013 at 12:42 PM

Delaware Watch said…

Why, Steve, I never knew you thought the constitution was a living document. :-)

July 24, 2013 at 3:54 PM

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