Father, Son, and Thirty-aught-Six

I know there are various interpretations of "The Ten Commandments", many badly acted -- the Catholic Church has spent years trying to shoe-horn in clerical celibacy into them -- with some notable exceptions. But I don't recall any Bush, be it burning or non-sentient, proclaiming that your right to a .38 Special comes directly from the Almighty.

But in questioning Elena Kagan on their obviously mutual love of fire-arms, Chuck Grassley manages to demand the recognition of such a right from God, while hilariously misquoting the Declaration of Independence. Sadly, it appears that Steve King now does all the thinking, such as it is, for Iowa's congressional delegation.

So remember America, in the past 24 hours we've learned from the GOP: rape and guns are part of God's plan -- as is getting off your retirement age ass so we can keep financing awesome wars (and bank bailouts) just so we can have young soldiers come back and be homeless.

USA! (bang bang) USA! (bang bang) USA! (bang bang)

[cross-posted at Firedoglake]