Cox Smoker

The selection of wingnut asshole Chris Cox to replace Bill Donaldson as SEC chairman reminds us of the last time he crossed our radar, when he lied at the Conservative Political Action Committee conference, a collection of morons whose keynote address was delivered by none other than Dick Cheney himself.

Here's what this pinniped had to say then (presumably while balancing a beach ball on his nose):

"America's Operation Iraqi Freedom is still producing shock and awe, this time among the blame-America-first crowd," he crowed. Then he said, "We continue to discover biological and chemical weapons and facilities to make them inside Iraq."

Ark! Ark! Good boy Chris, have a nice raw fish.

You may also remember Chris The Wonder Seal from his antics during the last administration, when he attempted to prove that the Chinese government had bought and paid for Bill Clinton.

Hang on to your wallets, folks. If Cox brings the due diligence and attention to detail to financial matters, that he has to other fact- and reality-based issues, we're in deep shit.

Unless, as always, we're shareholders.