From the Lauri blog. I know entirely too many people called some version of this name, including myself and my father’s first wife, who died before I was born, to whom I am not actually related, and for whom I am named. It’s obviously a supernaturally loaded nomenclature.

And this post is a fine testament to the wonders that can be discovered by clicking on amusing titles in “Most Recently Updated WordPress Blogs.”

The Americans With No Abilities ActJuly 5th, 2006

 07-05-2006 , 01:32 PM

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WASHINGTON, DC – Congress is considering sweeping legislation,
which provides new benefits for many Americans. The Americans With No
Abilities Act (AWNAA) is being hailed as a major legislation by
advocates of the millions of Americans who lack any real skills or
ambition.

“Roughly 50 percent of Americans do not possess the competence
and drive necessary to carve out a meaningful role for themselves in
society,” said Barbara Boxer. “We can no longer stand by and allow
People of Inability to be ridiculed and passed over. With this
legislation, employers will no longer be able to grant special favors to
a small group of workers, simply because they do a better job, or have
some idea of what they are doing.”

Finally, the AWNA ACT contains tough new measures to make it
more difficult to discriminate against the Nonabled, banning
discriminatory interview questions such as “Do you have any goals for
the future?” or “Do you have any skills or experience which relate to
this job?”

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“As a Nonabled person, I can’t be expected to keep up with
people who have something going for them,” said Mary Lou Gertz, who lost
her position as a lug-nut twister at the GM plant in Flint, MI due to
her lack of notable job skills. “This new law should really help people
like me.” With the passage of this bill, Gertz and millions of other
untalented citizens can finally see a light at the end of the tunnel.
Said Senator Ted Kennedy, “It is our duty as lawmakers to
provide each and every American citizen, regardless of his or her
adequacy or inadequacy, with some sort of space to take up in this great
nation. As I firmly stated when I first entered the Senate too many
years ago, “Let us never forget, everybody has got to be some place at
some time or other.””