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crispini

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Fri Mar-18-05 02:44 PM
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Bill would ban suggestive cheerleading

Edited on Fri Mar-18-05 02:50 PM by crispini

School districts would lose funds if schools permit risqué routines
By April Castro
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Friday, March 18, 2005
The Friday night lights in Texas could soon be without bumpin' and grindin' cheerleaders.

Legislation filed by Rep. Al Edwards, D-Houston, would put an end to sexually suggestive performances at athletic events and other extracurricular competitions.

"It's just too sexually oriented, you know, the way they're shaking their behinds and going on, breaking it down," said Edwards, a 26-year veteran of the Texas House. "And then we say to them, 'Don't get involved in sex unless it's marriage or love, it's dangerous out there.' And yet the teachers and directors are helping them go through those kind of gyrations."

Under Edwards' bill, if a school district knowingly permits such a performance, funds from the state would be reduced in an amount to be determined by the education commissioner. Edwards said he filed the bill after he saw several such ribald performances in his district.

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http://www.statesman.com/news/content/shared/tx/legislature/stories/03/18cheerleader.html

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Yes, sure, the Republicans are the party for getting big government off your back... and we're the party for ... what?

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NewJeffCT

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Fri Mar-18-05 02:46 PM
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1. To me...

to me, any teenage girl in a skirt is automatically sexually suggestive.

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gnofg

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Fri Mar-18-05 02:48 PM
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4. Burka BURKA BURKA

All women in Burkas immediately

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BrightKnight

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Fri Mar-18-05 07:10 PM
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28. Texas Taliban -n/t

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Momgonepostal

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Fri Mar-18-05 03:01 PM
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11. I wouldn't go that far but cheerleading skirts are SHORT

A girl wouldn't be able to get away with wearing a (non-cheerleading) skirt that short at many schools. I'm not sure why short skirts of a cheerleading variety get a pass. I think the uniform itself is suggestive.

ITA that defining what is suggestive is going to be difficult. None of that high leg kicking stuff, I guess. No bending, no splits. They'll only be allowed to stand there and yell, "go team!"

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NewJeffCT

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Fri Mar-18-05 03:36 PM
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19. well, I'm sure when * was a cheerleader, it was nonsexual

Ugh, that really ruins their image in my head.

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Momgonepostal

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Fri Mar-18-05 04:56 PM
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24. I prefer to think of * in a non-sexual way...lol

BLEEEEEECH!

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TheModernTerrorist

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Fri Mar-18-05 03:04 PM
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14. hahahaha

I don't wanna say it, but I second that. ;-)

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coloradodem2005

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Fri Mar-18-05 02:47 PM
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2. And what would they define as suggestive?

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Hobarticus

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Fri Mar-18-05 02:51 PM
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6. Anything they can't do themselves...

Maybe they'll end up having to do the Charleston again, with just a flash of ankle.

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BlueEyedSon

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Fri Mar-18-05 02:47 PM
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3. Is this looney tune a DEM??? Ouch.

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punpirate

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Fri Mar-18-05 02:50 PM
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5. Well, after all...

... a Texas Dem is a creature unto itself. As Molly Ivins quotes a legislator from Texas, "if you took all the fools out of the Lege, it wouldn't be a representative body any longer."

Wonder if this will apply to the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders? Would make a lot of Dallas fans very unhappy....

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Longhorn

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Fri Mar-18-05 02:53 PM
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7. How in the world would such a law be enforced?

Who gets to decide what's suggestive or vulgar or whatever they want to call it?

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RaleighNCDUer

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Fri Mar-18-05 03:10 PM
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15. "Ah cain't zactly define it,

but Ah know it if Ah see it."

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Wilms

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Fri Mar-18-05 02:57 PM
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8. They need only outlaw this vulgar cheerleader

......George Bush........

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Up2Late

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Fri Mar-18-05 02:57 PM
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9. This "Bill" is Obscene

This is just TOO stupid to justify with further comment.:mad:

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EST

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Fri Mar-18-05 03:00 PM
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10. Wonder if he came to this momentous conclusion

just after his wife caught him ogling the majorettes and playing with his erection set?

Perhaps his daughter recently became a high school freshman.

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Maddy McCall

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Fri Mar-18-05 03:03 PM
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13. LOL! Same thing I thought.

Great minds think awry. ;)

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EST

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Fri Mar-18-05 05:12 PM
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25. Probably a sign...

The "Grand Disease" finally getting a foothold, I suppose.

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WolverineDG

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Fri Mar-18-05 03:03 PM
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12. Actually

a couple of years ago, i went to my 20 year reunion. at the reunion was a friend of mine who was a cheerleader. mind you, having grown up in the 70's/80's neither of us are prudes, but our jaws dropped when we saw what passes for "routines" at the pep rally. :wow: my friend turned to me & said "if WE'D done that, we'd have been expelled."

while i think highschool (& younger) cheer leaders have no business doing routines that are little more than "bump & grind," i also think a law banning it is pretty damn stupid. :dunce:

dg

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Cassandra

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Fri Mar-18-05 03:21 PM
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17. At least they are training for a job...

that can't be outsourced. ;-)

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WolverineDG

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Fri Mar-18-05 04:14 PM
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20. That would be extremely funny

if it weren't so true at the same time. ;)

dg

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mongo

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Fri Mar-18-05 03:21 PM
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16. The talibornagain jihad rolls on

But who will think of the CHILDREN!

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Hand

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Fri Mar-18-05 03:23 PM
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18. Molly Ivins is gonna have a field day with this one! nt

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derby378

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Fri Mar-18-05 04:21 PM
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21. Al Edwards...

...was the only Texas House Democrat to vote for the tax increase bill earlier this week. Which means he wants special taxes on soda, popcorn, junk food, and BOTTLED WATER.

I say we jettison the dead weight and serve Edwards his walking papers.

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johncoby2

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Fri Mar-18-05 04:21 PM
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22. Al Edwards doesnt have enough to do with his time

What a stupid bill. It is about as important as steroid use in major league baseball.

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derby378

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Fri Mar-18-05 04:29 PM
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23. I think Al Edwards wants to be the cheerleader uniform inspector

And he'll pay extra-special attention to the cheering briefs, I tell you what... :evilgrin:

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BrightKnight

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Fri Mar-18-05 07:46 PM
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30. Naturally, he will need to thoroughly research the issue.

I can see him attending football games with binoculars and a camera. He will of course be spending many hours pouring over video tapes. I am certain that he will take his job very seriously.

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merci_me

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Fri Mar-18-05 06:11 PM
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26. At first glance, I thought who has that much time on their hands

then I see it's Al Edwards and I can't stop laughing.

The man is starting to look like a Ron Wilson knock-off. Maybe he should pay attention cause Ron got knocked off in the primary last go 'round. It can happen again. There are people who would love to run for his seat, but don't challenge him, because he's sorta been "loyal"

Al can play his 'splainin' game all he wants, he's playing footsie with the wrong side. There are people who think he's been there too long and would love to run for his seat, but don't challenge him, because of the loyalty factor, which he seems to be p!ssing away.

Not that I think the current trend in cheer leading is a good thing, but most of the cheerleaders are minors and have parents who should intervene. On the other hand, Al is an adult, who has voters who just might right now be looking at this as the time for them to "intervene".

Mary

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NoPasaran

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Fri Mar-18-05 06:50 PM
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27. I was kinda sorta starting to buy his excuse for voting for HB 3

(so that there'd be a Democrat in the conference committee when they hash things our with the Senate) but his interest in the cheerleading crisis makes me wonder if he hasn't been drinking from the glass they use for the village idiot.

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Fri Mar-18-05 07:39 PM
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29. deleted - n\t

Edited on Fri Mar-18-05 07:40 PM by BrightKnight

posted in error

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