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This is rather long, but I feel it is appropriate to place in this thread.

Pending Legislation - Americans With No Abilities Act

Washington , DC - Congress is considering sweeping legislation that will
provide new benefits for many Americans. The Americans With No Abilities
Act (AWNAA ) is being hailed as a major legislative goal by advocates of
the millions of Americans who lack any real skills or ambition.

'Roughly 50 percent of Americans do not possess the competence and drive
necessary to carve out a meaningful role for themselves in society,'
said California Senator Barbara Boxer. 'We can no longer stand by and
allow People of Inability to be ridiculed and passed over. With this
legislation, employers will no longer be able to grant special favors to
a small group of workers, simply because they have some idea of what
they are doing.'

In a Capitol Hill press conference, House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi
(D) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D) pointed to the success of
the U.S. Postal Service, which has a long-standing policy of providing
opportunity without regard to performance. Approximately 74 percent of
postal employees lack any job skills, making this agency the single
largest U.S employer of Persons of Inability.

Private-sector industries with good records of non-discrimination
against the Inept include retail sales (72%), the airline industry
(68%), and home improvement 'warehouse' stores (65%). At the state
government level, the Department of Motor Vehicles also has an excellent
record of hiring Persons of Inability (63%).

Under The Americans With No Abilities Act, more than 25 million 'middle
man' positions will be created, with important sounding titles but
little real responsibility, thus providing an illusory sense of purpose
and performance.

Mandatory non-performance-based raises and promotions will be given so
as to guarantee upward mobility for even the most unremarkable
employees. The legislation provides substantial tax breaks to
corporations that promote a significant number of Persons of Inability
into middle-management positions, and gives a tax credit to small and
medium-sized businesses that agree to hire one clueless worker for every
two talented hires.

Finally, the AWNAA contains tough new measures to make it more difficult
to discriminate against the Non-abled, banning, for example,
discriminatory interview questions such as, 'Do you have any skills or
experience that relate to this job?'

'As a Non-abled person, I can't be expected to keep up with people who
have something going for them,' said Mary Lou Gertz, who lost her
position as a lug-nut twister at the GM plant in Flint, Michigan, due to
her inability to remember 'rightey tightey, lefty loosey.' 'This
new law should be real good for people like me,' Gertz added. With the passage
of this bill, Gertz and millions of other untalented citizens will
finally see a light at the end of the tunnel.

Said Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL): 'As a Senator with no abilities, I
believe the same privileges that elected officials enjoy ought to be
extended to every American with no abilities. It is our duty as
lawmakers to provide each and every American citizen, regardless of his
or her inadequacy, with some sort of space to take up in this great
nation and a good salary for doing so.'

y'all should know that this humorous entry appears to have originally been published in the online satire news site "the onion", http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28982

yearasta & gerie, thanks for the laffs!

Whew it's a fictional story.........wait it reigns true, awnaa is alive & well here in the VI government offices!!!
Just ask the casino control........one is living the dream their last name & my tax dollars provide and it only costs me $100,000.00 a year!

Thanks, Anita. I should have guessed. It came to me in an e-mail with no credit attached. The Onion has some incredibly funny and timely stuff. I should check it more often.

LMBO! That was Hilarious. Thanks for the cheer up on a dreary WI day. Just what the Dr ordered