The Best-Named Law - Ever.

Historical-nonfiction:

When Virginia senator William B. Spong Jr. first went to Washington in 1966, he worried that the media might mistakenly pronounce his name as “Sponge.” But he observed that his Senate colleagues included Russell B. Long (D-La.) and Hiram L. Fong (R-Hawaii).

So in introducing himself at the National Press Club, he announced that the three of them would be introducing a bill to protect the rights of songwriters in Hong Kong. It would be called the Long Fong Spong Hong Kong Song Bill. They never introduced the bill, but the media never mispronounced Spong’s name.

March 5th, 2018 9:26pm

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Newer	Post #171617800798	07 March 2018
This post	Post #171581108378	06 March 2018
Older	itscolossal: Long Exposure Photos Capture the Light Paths of Drones Above Mountainous Landscapes	06 March 2018

Posts by platform by year, 1999–2026
	Blog	Facebook	Twitter	Tumblr	Instagram	Path	Vimeo	Strava	Mastodon	Bookwyrm	total

total	518	2286	3892	2387	132	16	38	566	2251	72	12158
1999	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7
2000	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10
2001	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0
2002	23	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	23
2003	35	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	35
2004	85	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	85
2005	150	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	150
2006	83	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	83
2007	72	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	88
2008	33	546	169	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	748
2009	10	407	744	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1161
2010	6	195	352	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	556
2011	4	383	290	8	20	–	–	–	–	–	705
2012	–	372	254	124	19	16	1	–	–	–	786
2013	–	165	512	196	–	–	3	–	–	–	876
2014	–	73	670	270	–	–	–	6	–	–	1019
2015	–	74	889	554	–	–	11	2	–	–	1530
2016	–	55	12	389	1	–	3	–	–	–	460
2017	–	–	–	429	47	–	5	7	–	–	488
2018	–	–	–	414	45	–	–	7	123	–	589
2019	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	–	210	–	211
2020	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	2	452	–	457
2021	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	8	404	–	419
2022	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	4	422	–	427
2023	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	48	214	13	276
2024	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	167	205	33	405
2025	–	–	–	–	–	–	2	222	154	22	400
2026	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	93	67	4	164
total	518	2286	3892	2387	132	16	38	566	2251	72	12158

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The Best-Named Law - Ever.