I have a hard time believing he was not going for laughs here, but seeing as how it's getting late it gets the post.

"I love the president, and I believe he truly likes me," Cao told the New Orleans Times-Picayune in a profile published on Thursday.

Cao has backed Obama on several major initiatives, voting for Wall Street reform and a repeal of the ban on openly gay and lesbian members serving in the military. Cao also voted for healthcare reform the first time in the House, but pulled his support after restrictions on funding for abortion were weakened in the final version of the legislation.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/116895-gop-rep-cao-i-love-the-president

Everyone is jumping back on the Obama train now that he got us out of Iraq, even hard-core Republicans like Cao.  Thanks for the tip Fat.

The Coast Guard is responding to a reported rig incident south of Vermilion Bay.

A Coast Guard spokesman said that 13 people were on the rig and that one person was injured and the other 12 have been accounted for.

The rig remains on fire. There is no word on whether an explosion caused the fire.

Rescue choppers and cutters are responding to the scene.

The rig is owned by Mariner Energy. CNN reports that it was not an active well.

http://www.wwltv.com/news/local/Coast-Guard-reporting-rig-explosion-south-of-Grand-Isle-102065593.html

"All programs on Discovery Health-TLC must stop encouraging the birth of any more parasitic human infants and the false heroics behind those actions." (source)

"The bulls' testicles are the best, goulash style." (source)