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Many of us have breathed a sigh of relief that Congress hasn’t been foolish enough to pass Barack Obama’s jobs bill. However, U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) says Congress’ failure to pass the legislation is an act of rebellion — and that Obama should declare a “state of emergency” and simply give government jobs to 15 million unemployed Americans.

It’s always seemed that logic was purely optional in the Jackson family, and it seems that Jesse Jr. hasn’t turned out any better than his crazy father. The scary part is that the younger Jackson is actually a member of Congress, not just a publicity-seeking gadfly the way his father’s always been.

To make sure you see that his words aren’t being taken out of context, watch the video here. Jackson compares Congress not passing Obama’s jobs legislation to the Confederate states seceding from the Union. Jackson said Obama simply needs to act on his own, in the way he imagines Abraham Lincoln might have in the face of rebellious states. In addition to employing 15 million Americans for five years — at an average salary of $40,000 a year — Jackson says Obama should also unilaterally spend hundreds of billions of dollars more to bail out all cities and states across the country. He says the total cost of the plan would be $804 billion.

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Charlotte and her sisters got their names — from the writing Bronte sisters — because of their tendency to spend time with books. When she was a kitten, she had a “thing” for a specific copy of “Fahrenheit 451,” which I always thought was funny. In this week’s picture from the zoo, she’s atop a biography of 19th century English minister George Mueller a few days ago. I’ll bet they read the books when I’m not looking.

On Saturday, we looked at how insane and stupid the left-wing MSNBC host Ed Schultz was to charge a Republican U.S. senator with racism when there wasn’t a hint of it. Today, we look at how right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh is just as partisan and ignorant in a knee-jerk way.

Late last week, Barack Obama sent 100 U.S. troops into Uganda to train government troops in how to fight against a violent religious group calling itself the Lord’s Liberation Army. I’m strongly opposed to Obama’s move to involve the United States in any country’s affairs, but that doesn’t mean the rebel group isn’t vicious and savage — as evidenced by this example of the group’s typical punishment for people who don’t co-operate, which is cutting off lips, noses and ears.

However, since Obama is supporting the faction attacking the Lord’s Liberation Army, that was good enough for Rush Limbaugh to give his support to those barbarians in a knee-jerk way. On Friday, Limbaugh’s website featured a story with this headline: “Obama Invades Uganda, Targets Christians.” The copy seems to be a transcript from Limbaugh’s show, on which he said:

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