California Assembly passes resolution for Cuss Free Week (not a joke)

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http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_14470806?source=email&nclick_check=1


Feeling a little salty, Californians? Better get it out of your system while you can.

Amid the ongoing — and occasionally tense — debate over how to clean up California's budget mess, lawmakers are trying to tidy something else, almost as unmanageable: our language. Thursday morning, the Assembly approved a ceremonial resolution turning the first week of March into "Cuss Free Week."

With the Senate expected to follow suit next week, all Californians will be asked to bite back on four-letter words and a few choice compound phrases. WT (bleep)?, you ask. Don't sweat: Police officers won't be waiting with soap. That's not the point.

According to sponsors of the measure — inspired by a Southern California teen whose creation of a "no cussing" school club sparked an international movement — it's more about minding the delicate sensibilities of those around you. Like your grandmother. "When we're at our grandmother's house," said Anthony Portantino, D-Pasadena, "we have respect and decorum."

Aren't there more important things on government's agenda right now? Sure, Portantino concedes. But maybe a little civility is just the prescription to help "break through that logjam." To keep things honest, Portantino is handing out no-cuss jars to all 120 legislative offices in the Capitol — and to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Every time a naughty word slips out, a few coins get dropped in. He'd like us all to try it at home, too. How's that for a deficit-reduction strategy?
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damn nitwits

[Codeine]

1. Fuck that.

The governator can suck my dick.

[ensho]

2. lol

nt

[Bitwit1234]

3. Think republicans will vote no no no no.

they seem to be the only ones cussing on the senate floor.

[scorpiogirl]

4. I'm going to make sure I cuss more, in protest n/t

[Duer 157099]

12. Me too. I bet I can singlehandedly compensate for at least 100

probably more

[bridgit]

5. WTF!? Fuck that shit! Those idiots should try being *smart* for a week first see how it goes

:rant:

[ensho]

6. bingo! you are on to something - *smart* wk.

nt

[NV Whino]

7. Break out the duct tape!

I'll never fucking make it.

[damntexdem]

8. Hey, one week? Fine!

As long as we get the rest of the year to speak normally.

;-)

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

9. What a bunch of fucking douchebags.

Pigfuckers can eat shit and die.

[smirkymonkey]

10. Like they don't have bigger problems to work on?

I'm sorry, but how Fu**ing stupid.

[Blackhatjack]

11. Nothing like shining the deck of the Titanic With An Iceberg Dead Ahead...

[Cleita]

13. How stupid! With all the real problems California is going through, they are

focusing on bad language?

[Jokerman]

14. Obscenity?

"The rich is getting richer and richer and richer while the middle class is getting more poor/ Making billions and billions and billions of bucks/ well my friend if you weren't already rich at the start well that situation just sucks/cause the riches mother fucker in five of us is getting ninety fuckin eight percent of it/ and every other motherfucker in the world is left to wonder where the fuck we went with it/ Obscenity?... I mean, those boys over there on the monitor/ they want a government smaller and weak/ but the be speakin for the riches 20 percent when they pretend they're defendin the meek/ Now, shit, fuck, cocksuker, that's the real obscenity"

- Bullworth

[applegrove]

15. And this from a State the is bankrupt. Couldn't they have spent the time and $$$ on

better things? Like a forced unpaid holiday for all legislators.

[KamaAina]

16. Oh shit.

I already blew that this afternoon when I told some asswipe at a mall food court to fuck off because he was out of motherfucking gyro meat. Of all the goddamned chickenshit bullshit!!