the dharma bum's recipe for a fascist state:

  pinch of evangelical christians
  two tablespoons government
  one cup of the media

put all ingredients in a "melting pot," so to speak, and mix until indistinguishable.

hmm, the media, you say? sure, fundies have made many inroads in the government lately, but has the media been as involved in that particular "crusade" as much as they were in say, the road to war in iraq? lest there be any doubt, read on...

This is a crosspost from the Kos-affiliated Political State Report.

In a suprising development, Minnesota's conceal and carry gun law was declared unconstitutional today by a Ramsey County District judge on grounds that the law's 2002 passage was illegal because it was bundled with an unrelated bill. [for backstory and now-story and future-story and story story story, see the extended copy!]