links for 2008-10-30

• LAT: Effigy of Sarah Palin hanging by a noose creates uproar in West Hollywood
  LAPD says this lynching-in-effigy is not a hate crime. Apparently one can only really hate selected minorities, and members of those minority groups are exempt. I'd take advantage of this legal distinction, but I'm not sure if I'm a selected minority.
  (tags: politics crime law stupidity)
• Alarming News: Oooooooooooh! Ohhhhhhhh! Buuuuuuuuuuurn!
  Former Obama speechwriter endorses McCain. Go to Google news and count how many mentions of it were made. Now compare that to Colin Powell's or Chris Buckley's endorsements. Talk about "shunnnnn, shunnnn the unbeliever."
  (tags: politics media)
• WSJ: Most Presidents Ignore the Constitution
  The sad truth, writes Andrew Napolitano, is that everyone from Adams to Bush, and the Congresses in between, have run roughshod over the Constitution at some point. The exception, of course, will be His Holiness and President, Our August Lord and Savior Barack Obama (peace be upon him). He will be nice and uphold the Constitution with a smile to protect all Americans. Except anyone who's making too much money, of course–they'll be summarily executed.
  (tags: law politics)

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