Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., is known for championing a vast array of legislative issues, from halting sex trafficking and human chimera research to promoting soil carbon sequestration and an official apology to Native Americans. Still, it’s surprising to learn that this month he introduced 17 bills to suspend the duties on different types of footwear, from shoes "with open toes or heels" to "certain house slippers." One bill applies to "certain leather footwear for persons other than men or women." To which The Hill responded: "Which leaves what, exactly? Humanoids? Extraterrestrials?" Actually, the amendments — Alan Bjerga, The Eagle’s Washington, D.C., reporter, explained– were related to shoes made for Topeka-based Payless Shoe Source.
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“It started out innocently enough. I began to think at parties now and then, just to loosen up.
“Inevitably, though, one thought led to another, and soon I was more than just a social thinker.
in no mood to deal with theemotional drama. “I’m going to the library,” I snarled as I stompedout the door .
“I headed for the library, in the mood for some Nietzsche. I roaredinto the parking lot, with NPR blaring on the radio, and ran up to the big glass doors…They didn’t open. The library was closed.
To this day, I believe that a Higher Power was looking out for me that night. Leaning on the unfeeling glass, whimpering for Zarathustra, a Poster caught my eye, “Friend, is heavy thinking ruining your life?”it asked.
“You probably recognize that line. It comes from the standard ThinkersAnonymous poster.
“Which is why I am what I am today: a recovering thinker.
“I never miss a TA meeting. At each meeting we watch a non-educational video; last week it was “Porky’s.”
“Then we share experiences about how we avoided thinking since the last meeting.
“I still have my job, and things are a lot better at home
“Life just seemed…easier, somehow, as soon as I stopped thinking.
“I think the road to recovery is nearly complete for me.
“Today I made the final step:
I registered to vote as a Republican.”
Hahaha . . . funny stuff, JM!
Yup, obviously there is a lobbyist feeding Brownback shoeboxes full of 50’s and sure enough we need look no farther than Payless Shoes of Topeka.
Too bad about the revenue we need to run this country . . . just pass it on to future generations . . .
Ok this one is just…….weird.
Brownback never met a “duty” he liked?
Like maybe doing his job?
Maybe the filthy traitor simply has a foot fetish?
V.L.R.B!!!