An open-carry gun rally in Maine worried African-American and other residents who saw the prominently-featured Confederate flags waving above anti-Obama signs. But remember: Republicans “never” use President Obama’s race to provoke anger. (Portland Daily Sun)
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has been running a secret torture prison in Baghdad without the knowledge of his own Human Rights Ministry. Good thing we got rid of that Saddam guy! (LA Times)
Armed wingnuts will be gathering in a Virginia national park, which they can only do because of President Obama and the federal government, to protest President Obama and the federal government. (WaPo)
The same Christians who whine about “special rights for homosexuals” (like being able to visit dying loved ones in the hospital) would now like to have the special right to discriminate against people they don’t like. (NPR)
The rest of the world does not hate America as much now as they did when George W. Bush was president. Obviously this means that President Obama is surrendering to Europe and their Freedom Toast. (BBC)
Chairman of the Joint Chief Adm. Mike Mullen says we should definitely not attack Iran, even if they might be developing nuclear weapons. Why does this lowly admiral hate war hero maverick John McCain so much? (Wired)
Our Vice President Joe Biden will be on “The View” this Thursday. What hilarious gaffe will he make to offend Elisabeth Hasselbeck and all of America’s women, at once? (CNN)
Obama Wants to Take Your Guns Back to Indonesia With Him
Even though he already told everyone he wouldn’t, Rep. Mark Kirk (R-IL) will run for Senate to replace America’s Senator™ Roland Burris, whose seat was once held by some other black guy with a funny name. We forget who, though. (CNN Political Ticker)
Buy a truck from Kansas City car dealer Mark Muller, and he will give you a free AK-47 for, ummm, hunting? Self-defense? Obama’s a Muslin? Gotta be one of those… (Telegraph)
Hey, here’s something else that George W. Bush fucked up (no pun intended): teen STD infection and pregancy rates rose under the abstinence-only sex education policies of the Bush years because, surprise!, kids are having sex anyway. Somehow, this will be all Bill Clinton’s fault. (Guardian)
Your President Obama is planning a trip to Indonesia, one of his several alleged countries-of-birth. (Ben Smith)
And speaking of the birthers, Rep. Mike Castle (R-DE), who is thinking of running for Joe Biden’s old Senate seat, pissed off a crowd of Republicans for having the audacity to say that Barack Obama is American, even though he doesn’t carry his birth certificate around in a plastic baggie like the crazy lady in this video. (Washington Independent)
Fun DC factoid: laws passed by the DC Council do not apply to members of the DC Council, according to the, um, DC Council. (DCist)
The Second Amendment means you are allowed to shoot your political opponents when you lose elections, according to Virginia wingnut and House of Delegates candidate Catherine Crabill. (Not Larry Sabato)
The Jews who secretly run Hollywood are big Tina Fey fans, based on this year’s list of Emmy nominees. (LA Times)
Stephen Colbert will not rest until Keith Olbermann declares him the Worst Person in the World. (Huffington Post)
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