Don’t you think you owe him a little something…?

That’s right, the Supreme Court has just expanded the government’s right to seize private property for “the public good”—which, in the case of New London, Connecticut, means tearing down people’s homes in order to make way for a Pfizer office complex: [Lawyers representing the Connecticut home owners] argued that cities have no right to take their land except for projects with a clear public use, such as roads or schools,

“Ow, fuck!  Jesus!” *

Just shelled out $63.57 on eBay for the red, white, and blue cotton bandana Charlie Daniels used to mop the flop sweat from his brow during the first ever Sean Hannity Freedom Concert.  I’m also the current high bidder for Leanne Rimes’ empty Dasani bottle, so, y’know—keep your fingers crossed.

Dissent being the height of patriotism, Ted Kennedy (D-MASS) today confronted Donald Rumsfeld with what he insisted was the undeniable fact of an intractable Iraqi QUAGMIRE and called for the Secretary of Defense to resign—thus reserving his place in the pantheon of Great American Patriots Who Love This Country So Damn Much That They Strengthen It By Forcing Us to Beat Back A Propaganda Attack That They Themselves Have Spearheaded