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Apr 26
Understatement of the Day


"It was called an overreaction, a knee-jerk reaction," King said
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Phil King has backed off his proposal to require steroid testing for high school kids. I guess somebody finally told him it would cost tens of millions of dollars and unless he was paying for it, nobody has any money.

Unfortunately, we think 'overreaction' and 'knee-jerk reaction' could be used to explain the vast majority of all legislation coming out of this session.

PinkDome at 11:16 AM
 
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The committee came to attention when the atheletic director from the Mesquite ISD (Dallas suburb) said that they had been testing for steroids for ten years. When asked, the AD admitted that only one person had every tested positive and he had a prescription for a medical condition requiring steroidal treatments.

Alf Landon at April 26, 2005 1:15 PM
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