Banana Republicans

The Republicans in Wisconsin and other states are trying to bust unions, a move that will give us more in common
with what we used to call "Banana Republics." I suggest we start carrying a banana with us to demonstrations,
or perhaps a Carmen Miranda hat, with signs that identify us as banana republicans.

Jesus and His Brother, Satan

Mike Huckabee has (somewhat disingenuously, one suspects) suggested that Mormons believe that Jesus and Satan are brothers. While the idea seems only perhaps a shade more original than the idea that Jesus was sired by a god and born of a virgin, it was clearly an attempt to discredit Mitt Romney with Republican Christian evangelicals.

I think Jesus and his brother Satan laugh when they hear the word Republican. And they weep when they hear the word Democrat. On the other hand, there is no reason to believe that Jesus and his brother Satan even care about what an atheist like me thinks.

Or his sister Salome.