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Crazy Horse and Running Deer-in-the-Headlights?

Friday, Sept. 23, 2011 5:53 AM

Presidential wannabe Rick Santorum told the crowd at yet another GOP debate* that gays in the military are a problem, and that he would reinstate DADT.

"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge in 2010. Santorum just told us he's incapable of keeping his oath of office should his religious beliefs conflict with written law.


At the same event, Rep. Michele Bachmann proposed eliminating income tax altogether, because 'it's your money, not the government's money,' although she allowed that the government should keep some money in order to pay wealthy legislators run.

She might want to read the Constitution, which grants the authority to collect taxes in both Article I, Section 2; and in the 16th Amendment.


Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg unveiled his new vision of Facebook, featuring a 'timeline' that will incorporate data from social applications, enabling Facebook to document what you're watching, what music you're listening to, etc.

Um, no. Clearly my idea of 'social' is different than yours.


* This was the third GOP Candidate Debate this month, so what, exactly, was so pressing about the first that they couldn't defer to President Obama's request to address a joint session of Congress?


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