Troubletown.UNTIL NOW, PRESIDENT BUSH HAD NEVER MET A BILL HE COULDN'T SIGN. PORK-LADEN CORPORATE HANDOUT THAT PUNISHES THE POOR? BRING IT ON! BUT WHEN AN IRAQ APPROPRIATIONS BILL CONTAINED A LINE FORBIDDING TORTURE: I WILL USED MY VETO PEN! WHAT'LL BE NEXT? A BILL THAT DISALLOWS THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH FROM FEEDING PEOPLE TO] TIGERS? VETO! DON'T TIE MY HANDS IN THE WEAR ON TERRA. A HIGHWAY BILL THAT SEVERELY CRIMINALIZES HUMAN TRAFFICKING: VETO. WE MIGHT WANT TO DO THAT TO AL QAEDA DAUGHTERS. AN ENORMOUS TAX CUT THAT LIMITS THE SADISTIC TORTURING OF CUTE ANIMALS: VETO, CHENEY CAN'T LIVE WITH IT. AN EDUCATION BILL PROHIBITING THE USE OF HUMAN SKULLS AS CEREAL BOWLS: TOO RESTRICTIVE. VETO A FAMILY LEAVE family leave, social policy permitting workers to take a specified amount of time off from the job to attend to pressing family needs. The U.S. Family and Medical Leave Act (1993) attempts to balance family and work obligations. This law, which covers companies with 50 or more workers and employees with at least a year of service, mandates up to 12 weeks of leave per year for various family medical emergencies and for the birth or adoption of a child. ACT THAT LIMITS THE WATTAGE OF A SCROTUM lymph scrotum elephantiasis scroti. scro·tum (skr   t m)n. pl. TASER TO 1440 VOLTS: VEETIE VEETIE TOE A FOOD-SAFETY BILL THAT RULES OUT COMMITTING GENOCIDE: VETO. HEY, YOU NEVER KNOW ... WHEN IS THE *#6% CONGRESS GOING TO SEND ME SOMETHING I CAN SIGN? www.TROUBLETOWN.com [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] |
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