A Boss-Ass Missouri Senator Filibustered with 50 Cent's Self-Help Book

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Filibusters are usually boring affairs where senators drone on for hours on end about nothing in order to attempt to delay or prevent a legislative vote. They'll read the phone book or recite recipes for fried oysters or whatever—anything really to waste time and table a bill.

But on Monday, Democratic Missouri state senator Maria Chappelle-Nadal had the decency to filibuster with some style—she read from the pages of 50 Cent's self-help book, The 50th Law, the AP reports.

In The 50th Law, 50 Cent and co-author Robert Greene—whose bestselling book The 48 Laws of Power greatly influenced 50's career—basically attempted to write the Bible for success in life and work based on one principle: fear nothing.

The book is full of stories from Fiddy's life in the streets and in the boardroom, and focuses on the success he's found in both. The 50th Law is billed as being "perfect for entrepreneurs as well as anyone interested in the extraordinary life of Curtis Jackson." Apparently Chappelle-Nadal figured that the Missouri senate might be interested, so she cracked it open and started reading.

Chappelle-Nadal opposes a plan that would allow unincorporated areas of Saint Louis County to vote on a sales tax to fund law enforcement. She doesn't believe the county's government should reap additional funding until it addresses some key issues, including the way law enforcement handled the protests in Ferguson following the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown at the hands of police, and fought back against the tax with the power of The 50th Law.