wet-noodle

And regulators let Schwab use these wet-noodle warnings — just as the fund industry always has whenever it flogged risky portfolios as if they were safe.

Why Regulators Can't Keep 'Safe' Bond Funds From Sinking Jason Zweig 2011

Romney's wet-noodle economics won't create American jobs.

Robert Reich: Mitt Romney's Wet-Noodle Economics 2010

Under the changes to the City Charter in 1999, these "advisory boards" -- whether for parks or otherwise, should have been dissolved years ago in favor of the neighborhood councils, which are supposed to work with ALL city departments -- not just the ones that don't self-select their own wet-noodle puppet advisors like Wrecks and Parks does.

Follies and Doings of a Connected Non-Profit in CD 14 2010

Romney's wet-noodle economics won't create American jobs.

Robert Reich: Mitt Romney's Wet-Noodle Economics 2010

Then they began to wallow, swatting at each other with their wet-noodle trunks.

The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007

Then they began to wallow, swatting at each other with their wet-noodle trunks.

The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007

Then they began to wallow, swatting at each other with their wet-noodle trunks.

The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007

Green Kids: Benjamin Adelson with sisters Rowan and Lisa Mr. Dahlin says he put Luke off at first, not wanting to "just give in and sound like a big wet-noodle parent."

Inconvenient Youths 2007

Then they began to wallow, swatting at each other with their wet-noodle trunks.

The Elephant's Secret Sense Caitlin O'Connell 2007

In the previous drug agreement, a wet-noodle deal if there ever was one, Selig only scored a 10-day suspension for first-timers, a 30-day suspension for second-timers, and a 60-day suspension for third-timers.

USATODAY.com - Baseball looking good with updated steroid deal 2005