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In the spirit of "I'll know it when I see it" idiot legislation, Texas lawmaker's have been concentrating on banning something that is a danger to us all - "suggestive" cheerleading.

http//story.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050504/ap_on_re_us/suggestive_cheerleading&printer=1

"Girls can get out and do all of these overly sexually performances and we applaud them, and that's not right," said Democratic Rep. Al Edwards, who filed the legislation. Edwards argued bawdy performances are a distraction for students resulting in pregnancies, dropouts and the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. Ribald performances are not defined in the bill. "Any adult that's been involved with sex in their lives, they know it when they see it," he said.

Can Texas just f*ck off?

even the Dems down there are mad as hats.
jesus.

cheerleading needs to be banned because it is stupid. not because it spreads Aids.

Sounds good to me.
and for good measure we should take any current or former cheerleader with any Texas connection who has done more to spread AIDs worldwide that any single person in history (bar the last Pope and probably the current one) and ban them from holding any public office D

Otherwise I second Manc.

Hey, not going to get any argument from me. Although I would like an "Austin Exemption" there (albeit one where a committee of me, Rob and Manc get a absolute veto right over anyone we don't like). How's that for a plan? Let me know if it works and I'll run it up the street to the legislature.

Oh, and I did not realize the Pope was a cheerleader. Oh wait, did I read that too fast?

It does liven up a bad game though. I say more suggestive cheerleading is needed. :o

Sounds good. :D

A to the Pope, the dead one was more of a goal keeper I understand. We better not get into what the current, not so dead, one did in his youth :o

absolutely completely agree, cheerleading is the dumbest, most infantile thing I think I have seen, and of course you can get a scholarship to get through college on it. And the same as what Manc said about Texas.

takes me back to "debbie does dallas "and all the *bad * D things she and her friends on the cheerleading team did.

I like cheerleaders expecially when they forget to put there panties on. D D D D D


JJ GUYS

Let's have some burka-clad cheerleaders.

/mmmm... cheerleaders... D
//Kirsten Dunst in "Bring It On" is a total hottie

Hey, there are clubs here where gentlemen will give them money for the same routines.

/or so I've heard :oops:

Ive heard that rep al edwards, is a secret member of the raincoat crowd , or so ive heard ....... :D :D

Well now hasn't the best cheerleader of all left Texas for the big white house up north.

http//sf.indymedia.org/news/2004/10/1703988_comment.php

Yup, if there's a reason to ban cheerleading it's right there in pictures. D

Texas cheerleaders can't shake it

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Texas lawmakers sent a message to the state's high school cheerleaders on Wednesday no more booty-shaking at the game.


The state's House of Representatives voted 85-55 to approve a bill that would forbid sexy cheers and give the Texas Education Agency authority to punish schools that allow "overtly sexually suggestive" routines at football games and other events.


The proposal must go to the Texas Senate for consideration.


"People are calling and telling me how disgusting it is to see sexually suggestive routines on the part of marching units or cheerleaders," said State Rep. Al Edwards, a Houston Democrat who sponsored the bill.


He complained of cheerleaders "shaking their behinds, breaking it down," but the proposal does not define what constitutes suggestive cheering.


Democratic state Rep. Senfronia Thompson, also of Houston, said the bill was a waste of valuable time.


"I think the Texas Education Agency has enough to do making sure our kids are better educated, and we are wasting our time with 'one two three four, we can't shake it any more?'" Thompson told legislators.
[end of quote ]



Well our religious wackos"deep in the bible belt " have won the first round and now they are going to waste more tax payers money talking about it in the senate . it seems to me senator thompson hit it on the head ,when he says it is a ...... "waste of time "


Define suggestive behavour ? if we had that rule here Bungles avator would make a quick exit as he is definatly "shafting somebody" in his space suit D D D JOKING MATE


Point is censorship af any kind is a dangerous road to travel down and most things banned or resticted by govt action are in more demand than if they wasnt ,,this will intice those who never go to see a football match to go to focus on the cheerleaders just to see if any * unlawfull acts *are in evidence .

wonder if the dallas cowboys football team cheerleaders will ever be able to do high kicks again . )

http//story.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/no_louie_louie

well I opened my big fat gob far too soon.

"the FBI spent two years investigating the lyrics before declaring they not only were not obscene but also were "unintelligible at any speed."

Good to see are tax dollars are being spent wisely then . :roll: