Guys, I have known about this story for two weeks.  I kept trying to come up with a way to make it funnier, but I can’t.  I give up.

However, you should not miss this story.  If for no other reason than to prove that crazy people live everywhere, including very Democratic Vermont.

So state Sen. Joe Benning — a Republican who was actually trying to do a good thing, which he has probably learned to never try again — introduced a bill to adopt the motto “Stella quarta decima fulgeat.” — May the fourteenth star shine bright.” Because Vermont was the 14th state, see? Benning noted that when Vermont briefly minted its own currency, it was engraved with “Stella Quarta Deccima,” so the phrase had real historical cachet.

He was doing this at the request of a school student.  The public response was amazing.  Go to the link and read some of them.

Thanks to everybody and their Aunt Matilda for the heads up.