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For sale: 'Two captured ghosts, trapped inside bottles of holy water to make them sleepy'

Raw Audio: Pentagon Shooter's Anti-Government Rants

Man seriously needed some meds. More here, here, here, and here.

If at first you don't secede, try, try again

By GottaLaff

Texas Secede!

For an independent Texas Republic

www.TexasSecede.org

Commenter Babzter found this fun, informative little site for us. New! Improved! Fun for the whole family!

Texas Secession Facts

• Doesn't the Texas Constitution reserve the right of Texas to secede?
• Didn’t the outcome of the “Civil War” prove secession is not an option for any State?
• Didn’t the U.S. Supreme Court in Texas v. White prove secession is unconstitutional?
• Is Texas really ripe for a secession movement?
• How would Texas—and Texans—benefit from secession?
• Are there any organized efforts to promote a Texas secession?
• Why exactly are y'all selling this stuff?

For more Texas-sized inspiration, toddle off to this Very Special Web Page. Your every question will be answered, your every revulsion will be realized, your every mockery will be vindicated.

And that's not all, folks! A flag like this can be yours, for only $12.95! Get yours today!

And the Rushpublics are still outraged over that DHS report? Really?

Man outraged by zoo's Buddha statues

This is why the GOP is shriveling up. Better keep an eye on those subversive Chinese restaurants...

KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 14 (UPI) -- A patron at Missouri's Kansas City Zoo has complained about the zoo's Buddha statues, calling them "infuriating to God."

David Engle said he was shocked when he saw zoo visitors rubbing the heads and bellies of two smiling Buddha statues at the entrance to the zoo's Tiger Trail area while visiting the attraction with his family, the Kansas City Star reported Wednesday.

Engle, a Christian, described the presence of the statues as idolatry and "infuriating to God."

"We can't have a cross or a nativity scene on public property," the Overland Park, Kan., man said. "It is phenomenal to me that the zoo would put up Buddha statues."

Zoo Director Randy Wisthoff said Engle's complaint was the first he has received about the statues since they were purchased a few years ago to accent the Tiger Trail's Asian theme.

Willard Romney: Obama is not a socialist

By GottaLaff

What a rogue!

While John McCain's campaign has tried to tie its Democratic rival to socialism, one of the Arizona Republican's top surrogates said Barack Obama is not a socialist. [...]

“You know, I don’t think Barack Obama’s a socialist..."

Of course, he went on to disagree with Obama's positions, but oops! I guess this makes him a maverick, a diva, or a whack job.

Sarah Palin and the Birchers

Personally I think this is much ado about nothing, and believe me, if I thought there was any sane way to pin this on Palin I would.

In a picture supplied by Sarah Palin's family to the Associated Press, Palin appears with some rather odd reading matter: The magazine of the ultraconservative John Birch Society.

The picture, dating to 1995, when Palin was a member of the Wasilla City Council, ran beside a profile of Palin in Saturday's New York Times. The magazine, The New American, is sitting on top of her calendar on her desk, unopened.

(snip)

"Any attempt to link her to the John Birch Society would be ridiculous," he said of speculation on the liberal blogs that first noticed the magazine, first noted by the photo site BAGNews.

"This photo from the early to mid 90s shows the Governor having her photo taken in front of a three ring binder of information from local citizens presented regularly to Wasilla council members by the town clerk," said Palin spokesman Michael Goldfarb. "These binders featured material given by members of the public to all council members."

"We sent thousands of copies of that newsletter out to all kinds of people trying to forestall the constitutional convention," McManus recalled. "The plan at that time was for us to send copies of that newsletter to county commissioners, mayors, state legislators, local officials."