Democrats in the Senate failed to grasp the irony of a satirical newspaper article displyed by staff. From the latest edition of The Onion, the article pokes fun at the idea of an easily-alterable framework for our government.
"That's actually a good idea; I can't imagine why my colleagues would not want poeple to be able to copy and paste things into our Constitution. What else could possibly create a right to kill babies?" The New York blowhard remarked.
Schumer then tried in vain to consult the online document to check if the President or People For the American Way had the authority to appoint a justice to replace Sandra Day O'Connor.
The article:
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/40990
Congress Abandons WikiConstitution
September 28, 2005 | Issue 41•39
WASHINGTON, DC—Congress scrapped the open-source, open-edit, online version of the Constitution Monday, only two months after it went live. "The idea seemed to dovetail perfectly with our tradition of democratic participation," Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said. "But when so-called 'contributors' began loading it down with profanity, pornography, ASCII art, and mandatory-assault-rifle-ownership amendments, we thought it might be best to cancel the project." Congress intends to restore the Constitution to its pre-Wiki format as soon as an unadulterated copy of the document can be found.
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