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Britain's First Jedi Member of Parliament
earthlingpink writes "In his maiden speech to the House of Commons, the Hon. Member for Copeland, Jamie Reed MP, announced that he is a Jedi: "as the first Jedi Member of this place, I look forward to the protection under the law that will be provided to me by the Bill" (the quotation is a fair way down the page; search for 'Jedi,' not surprisingly). How long before we have a Congressional equivalent?" Update: 06/29 23:15 GMT by T : Reader JE_Hoover adds a correction: "Although the previous MP for Copeland was the Hon. Member for Copeland, the current MP for Copeland is not a member of the privy council. Debretts make it all clear."
This whole Jedi religion dreck has now officially gone too far. To those misguided simpletons out there who insist on calling themselves 'Jedi knights', I offer you this chance to prove yourselves:
What's that...you can't? Don't have suitable raw materials, you say?
OK...that's fair...how about this, then:
Are you doing it? I'm not feeling anything...
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Am I the only person who doesn't see the Jedi belief system flawed? I could only imagine the devestation to the republic if this became popular.
Peace out, homies.
This is not the article you are looking for.
Not every argument requires reduction to absurdity.
This is not the congressman you're looking for.
How long before we have a Congressional equivalent?
Oh, but we have. Problem is... they're all Siths. And the greedy kind.
"How long before we have a Congressional equivalent?"
They get Jedi, we get Sith...
"We are all geniuses when we dream"
- E.M. Cioran
As if there wasn't enough lunacy in Parliament.
Finding God in a Dog
Or maybe Count Obama?
Somehow "Master Kennedy" just doesn't have the same ring to it. And "Darth Delay" is only slightly better than "General Grievous"
Don't disappoint your bird dog. Go to the range.
This is an absolute insult to those of us who hold religious beliefs. Now the faiths of Christianity, Judaism and Muslimism are on par with something made up in a movie!
Clearly, the Congresscritters in the US will never go Jedi, as they're already devotees of the Book of Bokonon. This can be seen by their tendency to speak in foma, or as the rest of us call them, "reassuring lies." ;-)
"My strength is as the strength of ten men, for I am wired to the eyeballs on espresso."
...you're doing waving your hand around like that?
I'm a Congressman. Mind tricks don't work on me. Only money.
With all these people going Jedi on us, I'm wondering how many people check their roots and realize that it is not the Jedi that they are, but Numenorians??! Why do people give up on teh Valar so easily?
Lucky for him, there are no active volcanos in the British Isles.
Sorry about the writing. Robot fingers, you know? Cliff Steele in DOOM PATROL #23
L Ron Hubbard didn't wait thousands of
What kind of parent names her child 'L'. No wonder he came up with all those whacky ideas later in life.
Actually, I always thought his name was "Elron"
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What about white muslims? I can still make fun of Cat Stevens, right?
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I think his name was "LaFayette", which explains why he went by "Ron".
Ah. I see. For a second, I thought his mom gave him a weird name.
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That can be fairly easily done with a Postfix header check (see other story) or MimeDefang.