Still, if plutocratic rage is any indication, the reform isn't as toothless as all that.
And the state agency responsible for environmental stewardship is about as toothless as a clam.
Opponents condemn this as toothless, but it might give wavering Democrats the figleaf they need to vote in favour.
Apparently, it is as toothless as the enforcers of European financial discipline.Yet the debt brake is "clearly better" than the regime it replaced, says Heinz Gebhardt of RWI.
That has made the board an easy target for conservatives, as well as some genocide scholars, who condemn it as toothless.
The government has already determined that the reformed second chamber will be as toothless as the current one (which has limited power to delay and revise legislation).
"Say Goodnight Gracie" is as toothless as a 100-year-old man, but to carp about it is pointless, like punching a marshmallow or criticizing a bedtime story.
"In Perth, Aus look as toothless as a bowling unit as England do in Mohali.. with one exception," says Gary Naylor.
It is no good them simply blaming the EU, which, after all, is not always as toothless as is popularly caricatured - and was not toothless yesterday.
The bureau had been leaderless through the entire Obama administration, thanks to the usual coalition of Republican Senators and the National Rifle Association, which preferred the A.T.F. to be as toothless as possible.
(I'm trying to sound as toothless as possible, so as to not anger anyone)." At a time like this, would Jesus have retreated into the comfortable opulence of the church's administrative offices?
