Can we lock our pols in the toilet?
Protest at Maoist toilet lock up (BBC News)
Thousands of local government workers in Nepal have gone on strike after a Maoist minister locked up an "errant official" in a toilet.
The official had incurred the minister's wrath for allegedly running an illegal stone mine.
Striking workers said that his incarceration inside a toilet was an "inhumane and objectionable act".
But the minister responded by saying that the official now knows what it is like to live in a "foul environment".
Reports from Nepal say that the Minister for Forest and Soil Conservation, Matrika Yadav, locked up local development officer Dandu Raj Ghimire for one and a half hours on Tuesday inside a toilet room.
I can't help but think that the American political system could benefit from locking up our pols in the toilet room. Given what they produce so much of the time, it would seem an appropriate gesture.
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/19/08 13:38 | Other | Technorati
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Have you been to DC? I think you could argue they already are.
Posted by ethan @ 16:18 on 06/19/08
Larry Craig's all for the idea!
Posted by Mr. Hutchison @ 08:42 on 06/20/08
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