Dumb Arizona Law

Any misdemeanor committed while wearing a red mask is considered a felony.

Dumb City Law in Auburn, Alabama

Men who deflower virgins, regardless of age or marital status, may face up to five years in jail.

Paid not to Work - Common Sense ?

The Conservation Reserve program pays farmers $2 billion annually not to farm their land.

(Is the acronym misspelled?)

Was that Gulf War or golf course - Common Sense ?

Washington recently spent $1.8 million to help build a private golf course in Atlanta, Georgia.

Hurricane or Windfall - Common Sense ?

Auditors discovered that 900,000 of the 2.5 million recipients of emergency Katrina assistance provided false names, addresses, or Social Security numbers or submitted multiple applications.

Government Fast and Loose with Taxpayer Money - Common Sense?

The Federal Communications Commission spent $350,000 to sponsor NASCAR driver David Gilliland.

Who are the Prostitutes - Common Sense ?

Washington will spend $2.6 million training Chinese prostitutes to drink more responsibly on the job.

Use it or Lose it - Common Sense ?

Washington spends $25 billion annually maintaining unused or vacant federal properties.

Common Sense or Solar Rip-Off ?

$535 million

“Loan guarantees” from the Obama administration to Solyndra, the solar energy company that laid off 1,100 workers and filed for bankruptcy in September 2011.

Dumb Florida Law

It is illegal for a doctor to ask a patient whether they own a gun.

 A health care provider or health care facility shall respect a patient's right to privacy and should refrain from making a written inquiry or asking questions concerning the ownership of a firearm or ammunition by the patient or by a family member of the patient, or the presence of a firearm in a private home or other domicile of the patient or a family member of the patient. Notwithstanding this provision, a health care provider or health care facility that in good faith believes that this information is relevant to the patient's medical care or safety, or safety or others, may make such a verbal or written inquiry.

Dumb Baltimore, Maryland Law

It’s illegal to take a lion to the movies.

Dumb South Carolina Law

By law, if a man promises to marry an unmarried woman, the marriage must take place.

 Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses
CHAPTER 15.
OFFENSES AGAINST MORALITY AND DECENCY
ARTICLE 1.
MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES
SECTION 16-15-50. Seduction under promise of marriage.
A male over the age of sixteen years who by means of deception and promise of marriage seduces an unmarried woman in this State is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined at the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than one year. There must not be a conviction under this section on the uncorroborated testimony of the woman upon whom the seduction is charged, and no conviction if at trial it is proved that the woman was at the time of the alleged offense lewd and unchaste. If the defendant in any action brought under this section contracts marriage with the woman, either before or after the conviction, further proceedings of this section are stayed.

It is illegal to impersonate a person of the clergy. Dumb Laws in Alabama

Section 13A-14-4
Fraudulently pretending to be clergyman.

Whoever, being in a public place, fraudulently pretends by garb or outward array to be a minister of any religion, or nun, priest, rabbi or other member of the clergy, is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500.00 or confinement in the county jail for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. (Acts 1965, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 273, p. 381; Code 1975, §13-4-99.)

Drinking

I have always claimed Americans didn't want a drink as bad as they wanted the right to take a drink if they did happen to want one.  ~Will Rogers

Book Burning

Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.  ~Heinrich Heine, Almansor, 1823

Censorship

The only valid censorship of ideas is the right of people not to listen.  ~Tommy Smothers

Reforming the world?

We cannot reform the world.... Uncle Sugar is as dangerous a role for us to play as Uncle Shylock.  ~John F. Kennedy

The IRS and common sense?

Did you ever notice that when you put the words "The" and "IRS" together, it spells "THEIRS?"  ~Author Unknown

Taxes and Common Sense?

When there's a single thief, it's robbery.  When there are a thousand thieves, it's taxation.  ~Vanya Cohen

Sports Common Sense

I always turn to the sports section first.  The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page has nothing but man's failures.  ~Earl Warren  

Common Sense?: Makes Sense?

Democracy:  The state of affairs in which you consent to having your pocket picked, and elect the best man to do it.  ~Benjamin Lichtenberg

Makes Sense?

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.

-- P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian

Congressional wisdom?

In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is a congress.

-- John Adams

Congress and Common Sense?

Common Sense?: Few words of widom.: You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity, by legislating the wealth out of prosperity.

Talking congress?

Talk is cheap...except when Congress does it.-- Anonymous