“The Obama foreign policy is to subjugate ourselves to the United Nations, which gives Russia and China a veto power at the Security Council. So we are giving these two countries you mentioned — these two powers who do not share our values — undue, needless unnecessary clout because we’re running everything through the Security Council.” [WaPo, via TPM]

Our guest columnist is concerned that the latest wave of truth-telling might get out of hand.
On its opening evening in Tampa, the Republican National Convention should vote on prime-time television to denounce Akin, reject his wretched comments, disassociate the party from him, and pledge that no GOP resources will be deployed to support his campaign. Each delegation should express itself on this matter through a roll call of the states. The decision should be overwhelming, if not unanimous, against Akin.
Akin: Face the Wrath of the GOP Convention [NRO]
“A Republican candidate for Hillsborough County Sheriff said Wednesday that he believes elective abortions are unlawful and he wouldn’t reject the use of deadly force to stop them… [Frank] Szabo said he doesn’t have any background in law enforcement, but he said his business background gives him the experience to run for the position of sheriff.” [WMUR, via TPM]
Our guest columnist is Tom Head, “judge” (executive) of Lubbock County, Texas.
[Obama’s] going to try to hand over the sovereignty of the United States to the U.N., and what is going to happen when that happens?
I’m thinking the worst. Civil unrest, civil disobedience, civil war maybe. And we’re not just talking a few riots here and demonstrations, we’re talking Lexington, Concord, take up arms and get rid of the guy.
Now what’s going to happen if we do that, if the public decides to do that? He’s going to send in U.N. troops. I don’t want ’em in Lubbock County. OK. So I’m going to stand in front of their armored personnel carrier and say “you’re not coming in here”.
And the sheriff, I’ve already asked him, I said “you gonna back me”, he said, “yeah, I’ll back you”. Well, I don’t want a bunch of rookies back there. I want trained, equipped, seasoned veteran officers to back me.
Lubbock Co. Judge warns of potential danger if Obama is re-elected [Fox 34 Lubbock, via TPM]

Our guest columnist is an Oxy-Addled Fat Fuck.
So we got a hurricane coming. The National Hurricane Center, which is a government agency, is very hopeful that the hurricane gets near Tampa. The National Hurricane Center is Obama. It’s the National Weather Service, part of the commerce department. It’s Obama.
The media, it’s all about the hurricane hitting next week, and they’re not talking about Biden, they’re talking about this Hurricane Isaac thing.

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