Writing on the Wall in the mens room in the U.S. House of Representatives

IV / III / MMX | pansgold

[pansgold]

If pro is opposite of con, then what is the opposite of progress?

Congress!

[GinaLolaB]

Good one!

[theDentist]

I *think* that was Lenny Bruce, but it could well be far older than that.

[NRPM]

I saw that thirty years ago. But it doesn’t actually work, as the con in congress is not short for contra, like the con in pro and con. It’s from com-, a Latin prefix meaning with.

[humblegunner]

Actually, I was there recently and photographed the grafitti:

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Giving power and money to Congress is like giving liquor and car keys to teenage boys.

- P.J. O'Rourke
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I like this one better!

[RightOnline]

“Goodness....just dropped another Democrat.”

[John-Irish]

“Suppose I was an idiot. Suppose I was a member of Congress. But I repeat myself’’.— Mark Twain.

[gwilhelm56]

**If pro is opposite of con,...**

then the opposite of CONstitution is ...???

[Nateman]

That’s why I hate the term “Progressives” they should be called “Congressives”