Finally, a real-life example of a Libertarian talking point:

Imagine your home catches fire but the local fire department won’t respond, then watches it burn. That’s exactly what happened to a local family tonight…

The homeowner, Gene Cranick, said he offered to pay whatever it would take for firefighters to put out the flames, but was told it was too late. They wouldn’t do anything to stop his house from burning.

Each year, Obion County residents must pay $75 if they want fire protection from the city of South Fulton. But the Cranicks did not pay.

The mayor said if homeowners don’t pay, they’re out of luck.

Damn straight. Why should freeloaders get the benefit of emergency services?

Just ask Cranick’s neighbor. When the fire crossed the property line, the firefighters leaped into action. After all, the neighbor had paid up.

Firefighters watch as home burns to the ground [WPSD, via ThinkProgress]

As our devoted readers know, the political world was rocked over the weekend by Christine O’Donnell’s claim that her father played Bozo in Philadelphia — a claim that cannot be confirmed, even after extensive research.

Well, the political world should have been rocked. But so far, nobody’s picked up on this game-changing controversy. Even after we launched a national billboard campaign Sunday to take the issue to the People of These United States.

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This is real. We swear. We just saw it nailed to a utility pole across from the Stinque World Domination Pub. But we prefer to think that Andy’s sending some bitchin’ street art from the Other Side.

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Of all the private homes I’ve seen that were designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, this is the one I’d most like to reproduce and live in. Built for a doctor and his nurse wife in 1950, the house is located in Manchester, New Hampshire. It’s owned by the Currier Museum of Art. I saw the house in the early spring of 2000. The above photo is of the back – for some reason I didn’t take a full-length of the front.

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Title: “The Roots of Obama’s Rage”

Author: Dinesh D’Souza

Rank: 1

Blurb: “The Roots of Obama’s Rage reveals Obama for who he really is: a man driven by the anti-colonial ideology of his father and the first American president to actually seek to reduce America’s strength, influence, and standard of living. Controversial and compelling, The Roots of Obama’s Rage is poised to be the one book that truly defines Obama and his presidency.”

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Ninth-ranked Stanford (4-0) travels this week to the Nojo homeland to take on #4 Oregon (4-0). Kick-off at 5 pm PDT.

And the trash-talking has already begun, as Stanford’s Tree told Sports Illustrated that he was rounding up his homies to take on Oregon’s Duck. The Duck’s response: “Don’t come in my house and push me around.”

Given the ass-kicking the Duck gave the University of Houston Cougar a few years ago, the Tree better be ready.  Video after the jump.

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