And I thought the idiot law-makers in Washington were bad

South Carolina seeks to outlaw profanity

Well, not all profanity. Just profanity in a public area or accomadation which could be read/heard/made available to minors. But it's not just profanity either:

It is unlawful for a person in a public forum or place of public accommodation wilfully and knowingly to publish orally or in writing, exhibit, or otherwise make available material containing words, language, or actions of a profane, vulgar, lewd, lascivious, or indecent nature.

Seriously, what the fuck? Do they honestly think that this will change anything if it passes and gets signed by the governor? Don't the police have better things to do then be the "naughty-words" police? You know, like arresting real goddamned criminals? Oh no, we have to make sure innocent minds aren't corrupted by swearing or someone saying the word "vagina" in public.

And the penalties for being convicted of this (and it's being proposed as a felony)... up to five years in prison and/or up to a $5000 fine.

Damn, that's a stiff penalty. It's the same level of penalty as threatening a public official.

Think about that. Dropping the f-bomb in public, where a child could hear it, is the same punishment as telling (hypothetically) a public official that you're going to kick his ass.

I really hate this state sometimes.

I think I've got this shit figured out

Every so often, I get a phone call from "out of area". Most of these end up being nothing but clicking noises (no, not a fax machine, I know what that sounds like).

These are usually followed days later by calls from annoying shits trying to sell me services because "I signed up for it somewhere".

I'm guessing the first set of calls are robo-callers checking to make sure the number is valid. And since I pick up the phone and answer it, then I get added to a list which is then subsequently sold to a variety of sales-asshats.

Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a way to actually talk to a goddamned Bellsouth technical support person. Their automated phone system doesn't seem to fucking recognize the concept that I (or any one of their customers) might want to talk to a real live person.

Fortunately, I think I have found a way around this, and have disabled anonymous calling on my phone. If this works, hooray. If it doesn't work, I'm going to start sending nasty letters to Bellsouth.

Fuck me, I like this guy already

AG-nominee Holder says "No, fuckers, waterboarding is torture."