A. “Do you want to go down the road of Nigeria and corruption and have a country in which, as long as he’s popular, he can break the law?” (Newt Gingrich)

B. “Presidents are not ordinary citizens. They are extraordinary, in that they are vested with so much more authority and power than the rest of us. We have a right; indeed, we have an obligation, to hold them strictly accountable to the rule of law.” (John McCain)

C. “Under the Constitution that we swore to defend, these are serious crimes, crimes that our constituents would go to prison for. And do we hold the president, the top-ranking law enforcement official in our country, to a lower standard?” (John Boehner)

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This is a Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe.  It costs a great deal of money.  Eddie Murphy has one, and so does Beckham. You can get yours with a brushed stainless steel hood and teak on the back, like a fine yacht.

And as sure as night follows day, some philistine has fucked one up.

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It would be so easier to come up with a caption if this was Dubya’s crew.

First 100 Days – Delivering on Change [Flickr/White House]

Another reason to let Texas secede:

HOUSTON — A 7-year-old boy died Saturday and a 30-year-old family friend was in serious condition after authorities said they were shot by a married couple who thought the off-roaders were trespassing on their property.

Donald Coffey Jr. died Saturday morning at a Houston hospital, less than two days after the boy was struck in the head with a shotgun blast, Liberty County Sheriff’s Cpl. Hugh Bishop said.

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If you visit Larry Klayman’s Freedom Watch website, you’ll find the usual complaints about “a new Obama-Clinton regime that is using the economic crisis as an excuse to turn our nation into a socialist Euro-style welfare state,” the usual proclamation of “true American values,” the usual anti-immigration paranoia.

What you won’t find is Klayman’s certainty that the government is covering up UFO evidence.

Which wouldn’t be news, except that wingnut digest and teabagger enabler WorldNetDaily made that its top story Sunday. And Klayman’s claim to fame is founding Bubba-stalker Judicial Watch.

Upon which everything suddenly makes sense. It’s like discovering that the Smoking Man is Mulder’s father.

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My outrage meter is on the blink, so I’m reduced to catblogging.

Title: Sarah Palin: Poised to Become America’s First Female President

Author: Recaldo Ochoa

Rank: 329,289

Blurb: “During the campaign, the media attacked her, as did her detractors from within and outside of the Republican Party. But Americans saw a tenacious political warrior who would not acquiesce in a male-dominated political battle.”

About the Author: “Recaldo Ochoa is a high school teacher who has taken over three hundred of his students to the halls of Congress and the White House to experience their federal government in action.”

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