Should member's of Congress be tested for drugs?

[maxrandb]

There is a huge push to drug test Welfare receipients...and mark my words...those collecting unemployment are next, so why should the people who take a much larger portion, by percentage, of our tax dollars not have to submit to random drug testing?

If we want to ensure folks aren't using drugs while on the government "teat", I can think of no better place to start than the members of COngress.

[Drale]

1. O hell yes

They should also be drug tested before they are aloud to register to run for office. That would weed out most Republicans.

[Donnachaidh]

2. kick and rec.

:kick:

What's good for the goose....

[independentpiney]

3. No, they should have to blow a breathalyzer before each session

[ladjf]

4. Yes. And while they are at it, how about literacy and IQ tests?

[Ganja Ninja]

5. Not only that but before they are allowed to speak on house or senate floor

they should be required to blow into a breathalyzer and the results posted on c-span as they speak.

[Nancy Waterman]

6. Breathalizer fo Boehner

He looks drunk at least half the time to me.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

7. Some of them need to be tested for a pulse.

"When politics enter . . . government, nothing resulting there from in the way of crimes and infamies is then incredible. It actually enables one to accept and believe the impossible."

"In . . . politics people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at issue but have taken them at second-hand from other non-examiners, whose opinions about them were not worth a brass farthing."

"The government of my country snubs honest simplicity, but fondles artistic villainy, and I think I might have developed into a very capable pickpocket if I had remained in the public service a year or two."

"Right here in this heart and home and fountain-head of law, this great factory where are forged those rules that create good order and compel virtue and honesty in the other communities of the land, rascality achieves its highest perfection." Mark Twain

[JohnnyRingo]

8. I feel the same as I do for testing in the public sector.

I'd rather see IQ testing.
I don't care if a congressman or cashier smokes weed on their day off if they're not idiots at work.

[Historic NY]

9. Yes, I want to know what makes them so stupid.

[madrchsod]

10. drug testing for high risk jobs ....

and drug testing for those who make important decisions that effects other people`s lives.

[BrendaBrick]

11. I'd rather see a Sociopath instead for some of them:

Sociopath Test, Toxic Personalities & Warning Signs

Sociopaths are very good at manipulation and deception. If you believe you might be dealing with a sociopath, psychopath or other type of toxic personality, proceed with caution. It might be best to avoid the person for your best interest. If you need help figuring out if a person is a sociopath, then you might want to consider taking a sociopath test. Bear in mind that a sociopath or a psychopath are unlikely to look for help, so you’ll be taking the test for them, hoping that the test will help you draw a conclusion with more basis. That said sociopath test should not be considered as a means for diagnosis, the test should serve like an additional tool or a helping factor to identify the condition.

Warning signs:

•inconsistencies between what a person says and does
•excuses or subject changing when caught in a lie
•no feeling of shame when caught an embarrassing situation
•going around the question, answering it in a way that doesn’t really answer it
•ability to sense vulnerabilities and motivated in using them for personal gain or pleasure, manipulate without remorse
•seeing any social situation as a contest or a test
•ability to understand rules & laws and judging them as a part of “the game”, but no ability for empathy or emotional understanding behind the rules
•poorly connected speech and abundance of excuses, during speech using more hand gestures than normal. These tendencies reflect difficulty in converting thoughts and feelings into speech
•repeatedly performing acts that can serve as grounds for arrest
•irritability and aggressiveness, indicated by repeated physical fights or assaults
•disregard for safety of self or others
•cruelty to animal

Source: http://sociopathx.com/sociopathvspsychopath.php

...and another little interesting tidbit:

NOTE: In the 1830's this disorder was called "moral insanity." By 1900 it was changed to "psychopathic personality." More recently it has been termed "antisocial personality disorder" in the DSM-III and DSM-IV. Some critics have complained that, in the attempt to rely only on 'objective' criteria, the DSM has broadened the concept to include too many individuals. The APD category includes people who commit illegal, immoral or self-serving acts for a variety of reasons and are not necessarily psychopaths.

Source: http://www.mcafee.cc/Bin/sb.html

Now...how someone would actually try to go about this....? Maybe some kind of loophole...SOMEWHERE???

[Obamanaut]

12. Yes, and it's *members* without apostrophe. nt

[maxrandb]

13. Man...I can never get that right

It's, its, member's jacket, members of the committee...

Not even Sister Colleen smacking my hands with a ruler could make me consistently get this correct...of course, Sr. Colleen was pretty hot!