Meet Al Gerhart. Al’s 54, an Oklahoma carpenter. Al’s also a cofounder of the Sooner Tea Party, which inclines him to send emails like this:

“Branan, Get that bill heard or I will make sure you regret not doing it. I will make you the laughing stock of the Senate if I don’t hear that this bill will be heard and passed. We will dig into your past, your family, your associates and once we start on you there will be no end to it. This is a promise.”

“Branan” is Cliff Branan, an Oklahoma state senator. Who — golly! — is a Republican. Cliff chairs the Energy and Environment Committee, which inclines him to receive emails discussing the issues of the day from civic-minded people like Al.

Cliff was so interested in Al’s email, he forwarded it to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, which forwarded it to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, which forwarded it to the Oklahoma County District Attorney, because everybody in Oklahoma is interested in Al’s concerns.

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“I would point out that if you’re a believer in in the Bible, one would have to say the Great Flood is an example of climate change, and that certainly wasn’t because mankind had overdeveloped hydrocarbon energy.” —Texas Congresscritter Joe Barton, defending the Keystone pipeline. [BuzzFeed, via Political Wire]

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I’m at Museum of Sex (New York, NY) 4sq.com/ZkGIle

— Ian Kahn (@LuxMentis) April 9, 2013

[WJHL, via Political Wire]

Title: “The God Argument: The Case against Religion and for Humanism”

Author: A. C. Grayling

Rank: 28

Blurb: “What are the arguments for and against religion and religious belief — all of them — right across the range of reasons and motives that people have for being religious, and do they stand up to scrutiny? … Equally important: what is the alternative to religion as a view of the world and a foundation for morality? Is there a worldview and a code of life for thoughtful people — those who wish to live with intellectual integrity, based on reason, evidence, and a desire to do and be good — that does not interfere with people’s right to their own beliefs and freedom of expression?”

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You know who else supports amnesty besides Marco Rubio? Communist Party USA. po.st/MfE32h

— Bryan Fischer (@BryanJFischer) April 7, 2013

Bryan Fischer would welcome comparisons to Joe McCarthy, so we won’t give him the pleasure. Instead, we applaud the Shaming of Wingnut Apostates, and heartily encourage other Batshit Patriots to step up and clean house. You folks keep hankering for a civil war, so why not start at home?