Moneyshot Quotes of the Week

Greg has already expounded, so let me just repeat what these two idiots said:

"We have found weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, chemical weapons ..."

-- Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA)

"I don't think we have racial bias in Texas any more."

-- Rep. John Carter (R-TX)


Update (6/27): Think Progress administers another smack to Carter's head with this:

Texas leads the nation in several categories of voting discrimination, including recent Section 5 violations and Section 2 challenges. … Section 5 of the VRA, the preclearance requirement, was extended to Texas in 1975 due to the State’s history of excluding Mexican Americans from the political process. … Texas is home to the second largest Latino population in the U.S.

Pride Parade photos

These are from last year and were originally posted at Todd's, but they're representative of last night's atmosphere. More -- and more current -- shortly.

Update: Lyn has posted some good ones from yesterday.

Update II: And Robb Zipp has some from this year's Pride Parade, including some interesting ones of Taylor Dane (let's just say that they don't call them backup singers for nothing). Thanks, RZ; by that time I was sound asleep from the day's sweat.