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So this is one of the pressing, important issues that faces California today. Whether or not people are cussing. Geez Louise, the state is bankrupt, but the Mamalukes that run the state of California are worried about people cussing.

We have good reason to cuss Damn it. Mostly because you idiots in Sacramento have ruined the state of California with your socialist policy that has turned the state into a mecca for lazy ass people and illegal aliens to come glom off of the welfare system and all the other built in freebies you assholes have created.

Feeling a little salty? Better get it out of your system while you can.

Amid the ongoing — and occasionally tense — debate over how to clean up California’s budget mess, lawmakers have taken time out to tidy something else almost as unmanageable: our language. This morning, the Assembly approved a ceremonial resolution turning the first week of March into “Cuss Free Week.”

Once the Senate follows suit, say good-bye to four-letter words, a few choice compound words and probably certain gestures, too. Not that police officers will be waiting with soap. That’s isn’t the point.

According to sponsors of the measure — inspired by a Southern California teen whose creation of a “no cussing” school club sparked an international movement — it’s more about minding the delicate sensibilities of those around you. Like your grandmother.

“When we’re at our grandmother’s house,” said Anthony Portantino, D-La Canada/Flintridge, “we have respect and decorum.”

Are there more important things on government’s agenda right now? Sure, Portantino concedes. But maybe a little civility is just the prescription to help “break through that log jam.”

To keep folks honest, Portantino is handing out no-cuss jars to all 120 legislative offices in the Capitol — and to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. Every time a naughty word slips out, a few coins get dropped in.

How’s that for a deficit-reduction strategy?