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WTF, World: Volume XXVIII

This week's "WTF, World" Wednesday, for no particular reason, will have a "Royal Tenenbaums" theme.

Because I said so.

And here's some links.

• So, a few weeks ago, in order to rally the public to offshore drilling in waters currently off limits to oil companies, Dick Cheney (among others) claimed that the Chinese were drilling off the Florida coast. This assertion happens to be completely untrue. As we're well aware, though, a lack of truth doesn't stop the good folks over at Fox News, who have pushed this claim on multiple occasions since it has been debunked. That's some sweet truthiness, there. SOMEWHAT RELEVANT QUOTE: "Well, everyone knows Custer died at Little Bighorn. What this book presupposes is... maybe he didn't."
• Guess who's behind the latest "traditional marriage" (IT'S ADAM AND EVE, NOT ADAM AND STEVE) amendment... Why, it's convicted bathroom sex solicitor Larry Craig and noted adulterer and diaper fetishist David Vitter! Evidently same-sex marriage is more of a threat to the institution than cheating on your spouse and, you know, breaking the bonds of marriage. Hypocrisy at its finest. Feel free to note that these people have been elected to office by way of popular vote. SOMEWHAT RELEVANT QUOTE: "You wanna talk some jive? I'll talk some jive. I'll talk some jive like you've never heard!"
• This week's "stupid vote cancels out educated one" story comes courtesy of the Washington Post' Eli Saslow. His story about the impact of rumor on Barack Obama's campaign in one small town can be best summed up by this money quote from one Findlay, Ohio resident: "I understand he's from Africa, and the first thing he's going to do if he gets into office is bring his family over here, illegally. He's got that racist [pastor] who practically raised him, and then there's the Muslim thing [...]". Nuff said. SOMEWHAT RELEVANT QUOTE: "Royal O'Reilly Tenenbaum (1932-2001): Died Tragically Rescuing His Family from the Remains of a Destroyed Sinking Battleship."