You stay classy, Maxine...

This must be the new "civility" they were talking about...

“While the media plays up the Los Angeles congresswoman’s ‘the Tea Party can go straight to hell’ comments from this weekend, they are ignoring what she said right after that. When the wild cheers of the audience calmed down, Rep. Waters then said: ‘And I intend to help them get there.’ Is there any doubt that if a Tea Party representative had said that ‘the Congressional Black Caucus can go straight to hell and we intend to help them get there,’ we would be hearing loud condemnations about the hateful rhetoric from the extremists in the Republican Party?”

No...no doubt at all.

Video bonus: Remember the calls for "civility?"

In case you missed it...

Some of the more remarkable news items from this week...


Your "Recovery Summer" update: We're now up to 18 consecutive months of record-setting food stamp participation!



The administration's "stamps of approval"...


How's this for "insider trading?" U.S. Senators beat the market by 12% annually, twice as much as corporate insiders...


Taliban die in suicide attack on Kandahar airfield; their mission wasn't a total failure- $70 worth of fence destroyed...



The Taliban tank brigade...


An early indicator of voter turnout for upcoming elections? In Tenn., early primary vote breaks records in a big way...


Yoda Pelosi (D-Degobah): "Drain the swamp we did, because this was a terrible place." Darth Rangel not pleased...


It's looking more and more like "that war" back in the '60s-'70s...support sinking for Afghanistan War...


Meg vs. Jerry: his spending -$633,205 (with $23.2 million on hand); hers - $110 million (incl. $91 million of her own)...


Throwing good money after bad - "More Fed Money for Profligate States?"


"Al Gore gets a happy ending"... (h/t: Ann Althouse)


Multi-million dollar yachts, dodging taxes, a lavish wedding, pricey trips: is this the party of the "little guy?"



Sen. John F. Kerry's (D-Mass.) tax-evading, multi-million dollar yacht...


Where's "America's Worst Job Market?" Right here in the Golden State (El Centro) - " 27.6% Unemployment"...


Swamp drainage, Pt. 2: Will Maxine Waters get off with a slap on the wrist like Charlie Rangel?



The photo of Charlie Rangel (D-NY) showing him sacked-out at his tax haven in the Caribbean (which helped get him sacked as the House Ways & Means Committee chair...)


Apparently, "draining the swamp" really means "plugging the hole before the scum runs out"...

More D.C. fun!

From Reason’s “Hit & Run” blog (above): “Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke during testimony before the House Committee on Financial Services. Rep. Waters, a member of the committee since 1990, doesn't understand the difference between the federal funds rate and the discount rate. The difference between these two very distinct concepts, for those interested (and Rep. Waters, if she is reading), is explained here. CBS follows up with a reasonable question: ‘Is Maxine Waters really as dumb as she seems?’”

I thought you had to have some sort of qualifications – like experience – if you were going to be an important federal official. No, I’m not talking about that guy…no, this guy.

Another “friend” goes under the bus.

Wait – I thought they were going to get rid of The Patriot Act. Never mind…

Folks, this is just the warm-up to the day (coming soon!) that our national debt is effectively doubled.