So, nat’ralists observe, a flea
Hath smaller fleas that on him prey,
And these have smaller still to bite ’em
And so proceed ad infinitum.

— Jonathan Swift

From Dr. James Cone to Barack Obama; the story of “Black Liberation Theology.”

Dean Barnett is in trouble tonight, and he could use a few prayers (even from you godless atheists).

My friend Duane “Generalissimo” Patterson tells me that Dean has had to be admitted to the hospital and is currently in the ICU with a terrible attack of his cystic fibrosis, and that the prognosis doesn’t look good. I’d like to ask Hot Air readers for their prayers for my friend and his family. I know they will appreciate the support.

Again, Dennis Miller gets it.

Come on, John! FIGHT!

An open thread for persiflage, badinage, and japery…

The Obama campaign is releasing a “scorecard” on the candidates, from the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), as proof that veterans should be supporting Obama.

John Lilyea has discovered some interesting things about IAVA—including the fact that a founding member is now the Barack Obama campaign’s Veterans Director: Well! Color me shocked! (is the sarcasm filter on?)

More details:
Why I am cancelling my IAVA membership immediately PART I
Senate to IAVA: I can haz skorecardz 2?

Admit it — you thought about this movie too when you saw the video of the creepy Obama kids.

The latest Gallup daily tracking poll: Obama’s Lead Expands to 11 Over McCain.

Note to script kiddies: it’s probably not a good idea to break into a vice presidential candidate’s email account. Lawmaker’s son indicted in Palin e-mail hacking.

WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury has indicted the son of a Democratic Tennessee state lawmaker in connection with the hacking of the e-mail account of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

David Kernell, 20, of Knoxville, Tenn., the son of state Rep. Mike Kernell, was scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge C. Clifford Shirley, according to a statement from the Justice Department.

There wasn’t any “hacking” involved in this case, though. He allegedly just guessed at the Yahoo security questions and succeeded in changing the account password.

Here’s the complete 90-minute presidential debate, via C-SPAN.

It took less than seven months to get from five million comments to the milestone we reached early this morning—comment number six million. Woo hoo!

Comment #6,000,000 was posted by “Equable,” who broke through the barrier with an appropriate sound effect.