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The Whizzinator: A House Panel's No. 1 Priority(your tax dollars at work barf alert)
http://www.washingtonpost.com ^ | 5 18 05 | Mark Leibovich

Posted on 05/18/2005 7:32:08 AM PDT by freepatriot32

Every so often, in the hushed galleries of Congress, history unfolds in a manner that casts the momentous business of Capitol Hill in stark, even humbling relief.

Then there are moments spent discussing the Whizzinator.

Yesterday morning in Room 2123 of the Rayburn Building, Rep. Bart Stupak, a sober-voiced Democrat from Michigan, held up an advertisement for the "drug-test subversion device," which received national attention last week when it was learned that an NFL player had been detained at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport after authorities found the state-of-the-art prosthetic in his luggage (with a packet of dehydrated urine). The player -- Onterrio Smith of the Minnesota Vikings -- was detained, word of his predicament leaked (ahem), and Smith became an inadvertent billboard for the Whizzinator.

The Whizzinator isn't quite the gold standard in athletic endorsements. Rather, Stupak is bemoaning the ease with which people can buy Whizzinators with credit cards, money orders or checks, and have them delivered by U.S. mail or UPS or FedEx.

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Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) bemoans the Whizzinator while holding an advertisement for the device. At left is Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.), the subcommittee chairman. (By Robert A. Reeder -- The Washington Post)
1 posted on 05/18/2005 7:32:11 AM PDT by freepatriot32
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To: Wolfie

ping


2 posted on 05/18/2005 7:32:33 AM PDT by freepatriot32 (If you want to change government support the libertarian party www.lp.org)
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To: freepatriot32

I thought the Republicans were supposed to be calling the shots these days.


3 posted on 05/18/2005 7:35:42 AM PDT by newgeezer (Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary.)
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To: freepatriot32

Oh crap! Just when Red McCombs was set to dump the Vikings, now this! Evidently, some of the players are finding more creative ways to spend their bucks!


4 posted on 05/18/2005 7:37:02 AM PDT by Froufrou (Froufrou Loves The Spurs!)
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To: Abram; Annie03; Baby Bear; bassmaner; Bernard; BJClinton; BlackbirdSST; blackeagle; BroncosFan; ...
Libertarian ping.To be added or removed from my ping list freepmail me or post a message here

I am so glad I work my ass off in order to send tax money to the government so they can piss it away (no pun intended) on stupid marxist crap like this.If they are going to raise us like they are our daddys I want my 18 years of back child supports that these s.o.b.s owe me .

5 posted on 05/18/2005 7:37:13 AM PDT by freepatriot32 (If you want to change government support the libertarian party www.lp.org)
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To: freepatriot32
Easy solution: end pot prohibition and stop wasting time on such nonsense \common sense.

Yeah, right. :-(

6 posted on 05/18/2005 7:37:40 AM PDT by bassmaner (Let's take the word "liberal" back from the commies!!)
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To: freepatriot32
an NFL player had been detained at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport after authorities found the state-of-the-art prosthetic in his luggage

By what authority did the airport police detain him?

This is the dangerous direction we are moving with all this security paranoia.

The device is legal. It is not a danger to aircraft, yet some busybody decided they have been appointed school yard discipline mother for the whole nation.

I'm going to save this article.

7 posted on 05/18/2005 7:39:28 AM PDT by ElkGroveDan
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To: newgeezer
I thought the Republicans were supposed to be calling the shots these days.

How niave can you be.There are no republicans and democrats in congress or the senate you only have the single republicrat party its time for people to start voting for t he only second political party the libertarians

8 posted on 05/18/2005 7:40:01 AM PDT by freepatriot32 (If you want to change government support the libertarian party www.lp.org)
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To: ElkGroveDan
an NFL player had been detained at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport after authorities found the state-of-the-art prosthetic in his luggage

I am fuming. The frightening part of this story is NOT the fools in Congress having the hearings. It's the airport security's behavior. Where the heck does this end? What's going to happen when they discover tax returns in someone's luggage filled out two diferent ways? Will they then turn the owner in to the IRS?

This is both eye-opening and ominous.

9 posted on 05/18/2005 7:46:00 AM PDT by ElkGroveDan
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To: ElkGroveDan
By what authority did the airport police detain him?

IIRC, it was because of the vial of dehydrated urine, which was a white powder. There was also a bottle of pills labelled "clearing agent", I think. Basically, the justification for detaining him was suspicion of carrying illegal drugs.

10 posted on 05/18/2005 7:50:44 AM PDT by BlackRazor
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To: ElkGroveDan
The device is legal.

Agreed. No different than radar detectors in autos.

11 posted on 05/18/2005 7:57:29 AM PDT by KidGlock (Get in the pit and try to love some one)
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To: freepatriot32

I'm with you on voting for another party. But choice is the Constitution Party, the only REAL conservative party around today as far as I'm concerned.


12 posted on 05/18/2005 7:57:59 AM PDT by frankiep
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To: freepatriot32
received national attention last week when it was learned that an NFL player had been detained at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport after authorities found the state-of-the-art prosthetic in his luggage (with a packet of dehydrated urine).

If the devices are not already illegal, why was he detained?

13 posted on 05/18/2005 7:58:00 AM PDT by The_Victor (Doh!... stupid tagline)
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To: pissant; TheBigB; mhking; MeekOneGOP; genefromjersey

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INTRODUCING THE WHIZZINATOR 5000

IT'S UNDECTABLE

FOOLPROOF

AND RE-USABLE...

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WHIZZINATOR EVEN WORKS GREAT ON PUTTING OUT SMALL FIRES!

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GET WHIZZINATOR AND SAY GOODBYE TO TESTING!

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THE WHIZZINATOR What a pisser!


14 posted on 05/18/2005 8:25:13 AM PDT by sully777 (If anyone asks, I'm a monger-monger.)
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To: sully777

I assume they come in the proper flesh tones. I wanna black one!


15 posted on 05/18/2005 8:26:11 AM PDT by pissant (Pissant - Life coach extraordinaire)
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To: sully777; Conspiracy Guy; Boazo; Smartass; Happy2BMe; yall
LOL!

16 posted on 05/18/2005 8:30:38 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: pissant

BILLY MAZE HERE.

I MAKE MAD, LOUD PASSIONATE LOVE TO MY WIFE BUT LIKE MOST WHITE GUYS I CAN STAND TO USE A FEW EXTRA INCHES...

THANKS TO SPACE AGE SCIENCE THE WHIZZINATOR 5000 HAS COME UP WITH A BRAND NEW WHIZZINATOR

COLORED IN DARK BROWN THE WHIZZINATOR (LDS) IS SURE TO IMPRESS FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE PEOPLE

(Voiceover: Buy a Whizzinator 5000 (LDS) in four easy payments of $500 and well rush you a free CD from 50 Cent and Al Green absolutley free.

Whizzinator 5000 LDS: Black Power!


17 posted on 05/18/2005 8:33:32 AM PDT by sully777 (If anyone asks, I'm a monger-monger.)
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To: sully777

ROTFLMAO


18 posted on 05/18/2005 8:33:37 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (Caution. Contents under pressure.)
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To: freepatriot32
Then there are moments spent discussing the Whizzinator.

So al Qaeda is using these to kill people? Or do the puritans reckon it's better to die sober than live buzzed?

19 posted on 05/18/2005 8:35:48 AM PDT by Know your rights (The modern enlightened liberal doesn't care what you believe as long as you don't really believe it.)
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To: freepatriot32
The Original Whizzinator:

Available in WHITE, TAN, LATINO, BROWN, & BLACK

LOL!

20 posted on 05/18/2005 8:45:41 AM PDT by blues_guitarist (http://mundane-noodle.blogspot.com)
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