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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 529196" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>I live in Tennessee too <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/bag.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":bag:" title="bag :bag:" data-shortname=":bag:" /> and I'm sorry to admit it but they've come up with a few things that were even sillier than this! I firmly believe that they dream up this nonsense to distract the public so they won't notice that they're not dealing with the <em>real</em> problems like high unemployment and budget issues! They seem determined to make it look like everyone in the whole state is a bunch of damn fools ... no, it's not everybody, just the legislature! Who could ever forget the "road kill" law ... yes, folks, you can no longer peel that dead possom off the pavement, cook it and have it for dinner- that's illegal now! The media had a real field day with that one! But what they really did with that law is to put a stop to the decades-long practice of deputy sheriff's salvaging usable meat from deer that have just been hit by cars. They would take freshly killed deer to a processing plant to be butchered and the venison would be distributed to the schools, the county nursing home and the food bank programs - can't do that any more. Good work, folks!</p><p></p><p>Ah, yes, our state legislators are a highly esteemed bunch! We're so proud! They just succeeded in weakening the civil service system so badly that it will be easier than ever to hire friends and relatives for state jobs. One lady from a powerful political family was elected after her brother was forced out of office and sent to prison for his business dealings and taking bribes. He also was known to take pot shots at other vehicles while driving down the interstate but they never got him for that. When the sister took office she was only there a short time before being out for months ... medical problems (rehab)! She fell off of a bar stool while drinking her lunch - she claimed it was soup but most people don't go to a bar to eat soup! And then there was the story on the news just the other day ... they showed the legislature ready to take a vote on a critical issue and at least a third of them weren't even there! They all have those things on their desks with the buttons they push to vote "yes" or "no"on the bills. And they showed one guy (not sure now who he was) who got up and was pushing the buttons on all the empty desks, voting for the ones who didn't bother to show up! He voted at least 15 times - they have video of him doing it! And he had a long STICK in his hand and if he couldn't reach the buttons comfortably, he'd lean over and push the buttons with his stick! I swear! And when the reporters asked him about it, he acted very highly offended that they had the audacity to question him on it! I'm sure that Tennessee isn't the only state to have elected officials like this but we do seem to make the news more often.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 529196, member: 1883"] I live in Tennessee too :bag: and I'm sorry to admit it but they've come up with a few things that were even sillier than this! I firmly believe that they dream up this nonsense to distract the public so they won't notice that they're not dealing with the [I]real[/I] problems like high unemployment and budget issues! They seem determined to make it look like everyone in the whole state is a bunch of damn fools ... no, it's not everybody, just the legislature! Who could ever forget the "road kill" law ... yes, folks, you can no longer peel that dead possom off the pavement, cook it and have it for dinner- that's illegal now! The media had a real field day with that one! But what they really did with that law is to put a stop to the decades-long practice of deputy sheriff's salvaging usable meat from deer that have just been hit by cars. They would take freshly killed deer to a processing plant to be butchered and the venison would be distributed to the schools, the county nursing home and the food bank programs - can't do that any more. Good work, folks! Ah, yes, our state legislators are a highly esteemed bunch! We're so proud! They just succeeded in weakening the civil service system so badly that it will be easier than ever to hire friends and relatives for state jobs. One lady from a powerful political family was elected after her brother was forced out of office and sent to prison for his business dealings and taking bribes. He also was known to take pot shots at other vehicles while driving down the interstate but they never got him for that. When the sister took office she was only there a short time before being out for months ... medical problems (rehab)! She fell off of a bar stool while drinking her lunch - she claimed it was soup but most people don't go to a bar to eat soup! And then there was the story on the news just the other day ... they showed the legislature ready to take a vote on a critical issue and at least a third of them weren't even there! They all have those things on their desks with the buttons they push to vote "yes" or "no"on the bills. And they showed one guy (not sure now who he was) who got up and was pushing the buttons on all the empty desks, voting for the ones who didn't bother to show up! He voted at least 15 times - they have video of him doing it! And he had a long STICK in his hand and if he couldn't reach the buttons comfortably, he'd lean over and push the buttons with his stick! I swear! And when the reporters asked him about it, he acted very highly offended that they had the audacity to question him on it! I'm sure that Tennessee isn't the only state to have elected officials like this but we do seem to make the news more often. [/QUOTE]
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