The internet has been chock-full of hilarious controversy this week [Think fast, young blogger, do you link to GOP.com or the McCain boobs? Uh... both, of course!] — and the hits just keep coming, this time from Kansas, where a state legislator has gotten himself in trouble for posting a "rap song" about Barack Obama on YouTube. (Back off, Steele, I saw this first.)

The video has since vanished, but a quick-thinking Kansas reporter "caught" what Rep. Bill Otto "spit," so you can still "have a taste." Enjoy…

Otto first introduces his creation saying, "It's a redneck rap from the no-bull zone."

Then he launches in: "Yo, Barack, my man with the plan / You’re laying us low with this czar scam / You promised things would be different, and it looks like they are / But worse wasn't the change people voted for / Don't send them Gitmo killers in our backyard / Send them to the internal revenue service so they can get tortured real hard."

Oh yes, there is more. Much more, in fact, because some people who just don't get redneck comedy are taking issue with the grande finale of Rep. Otto's solo…

Otto's musical commentary ends with him pointing to his hand-lettered cap and saying: "Opossum, the other dark meat. A little greasy, but hey."

Otto, a LeRoy Republican easily re-elected in 2008, said he isn't a racist. The reference to "dark meat" wasn't about Obama, he said. It was meant to be a joke about his ancestors living in rural Arkansas dining on opossum, he said.

Racist against black people? Racist against rednecks? Racist against vegans? Who can tell, these days? One thing is for certain: Rep. Otto won't be hanging up his mic any time soon, boyeee…

Otto said he wouldn't give into pressure to stop producing videos with a political flavor that get under the skin of some people. "I've been a ham for a long time," he said.

Aw snap! Get it? Get it?? Pork! The other white meat!

This is Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), and everyone's chattering about a thing she said during a recent town hall, in an attempt to explain if/how the GOP can get its act together to defeat Barack Obama in 2012…

"Republicans are struggling right now to find the great white hope," Jenkins said to the crowd. [...] "So don't, you know, lose faith if you are a conservative."

Ruh-roh!

Now if it were me, and people were writing about my "racist" use of the phrase 'great white hope,' I'd be all, "Duh, I meant to say 'great white shark,' because as I'm sure you're aware Carcharodon carcharias is the biggest predatory fish in the world, which is obviously a metaphor for Republicans, who will require many rows of metaphorical teeth in order to defeat Barack Obama."

But hey, what do I know? Let's find out how Team Jenkins handles the spin…

[Spokesperson Mary] Geiger released the following statement on Jenkins' behalf: "There's no doubt the Republican Party has gone through some dark and challenging times in recent years, but thankfully bright young leaders have stepped up to lead the party into the future and she hopes to be a part of it."

Yep, I'd go with the sharks.

Hey, crazy people in the world. Here's a lesson for you: If you work hard enough, harass people with whom you disagree persistently enough, allow blind hatred to become the driving force of your life enough, and get at least one of your buddies to murder people enough, then all of your dreams can come true…

The Wichita abortion clinic run by a doctor who was shot and killed will remain closed permanently, his family said on Tuesday.

Dr. George R. Tiller’s clinic was one of the few in the country to provide abortions to women late in their pregnancies, and for decades, women had traveled there from all over the nation and from overseas. It was also the only remaining abortion clinic, even for first trimester abortions, in the Wichita region.

It's so heart-warming to see American fundamentalist terrorist organizations really taking to heart all the things they've learned from their counterparts in the Middle East.

It's so bittersweet. You work tirelessly for years and years and years in pursuit of a single goal, and then when you finally achieve it, you face a really odd situation. You're super proud for having realized your goal, but you're also kind of adrift, purposeless.

That's pretty much what the anti-abortion protesters in Kansas must be experiencing right now…

For the first time in years, only a Wichita police car has been waiting outside the abortion clinic of Dr. George R. Tiller, who was shot to death a week ago. Gone are the trucks bearing enormous images of bloody fetuses, the signs offering the home addresses of clinic workers, the crowd of protesters yelling to women as they enter…

Over almost 20 years, a vocal, diverse constellation of anti-abortion forces has grown up in this conservative city with an intensity rarely seen elsewhere, converging around Dr. Tiller’s practice. With his death, its future suddenly seems uncertain, too.

"I don't know what the future holds," said Troy Newman, the president of Operation Rescue, one of the most well-known anti-abortion organizations. Seven years ago, Mr. Newman moved his organization's national headquarters, its leaders and his family from Southern California to Wichita to focus a national spotlight on Dr. Tiller, whom he described as "the flagship" of the country's abortion business.

"I think it's too early to say what comes next," he said.

Yeah, who can really say what comes next? Will they find another abortion doctor to harrass continuously? And will they ultimately murder that doctor or perhaps just torture him until he can't remember his name? Will they just begin randomly snipering women as they walk out of planned parenthood facilities?

Or maybe — just maybe — they'll pray so hard and so seriously that they'll be able to coax Jesus down from His Kingdom in Heaven, and he'll pull out his semi-automatic and lead the charge against the agents of evil, the godless and the everyone else who contributed money to Democratic campaigns.

It's just too early to say what comes next.

Every once in a while, I get a pang of guilt over all the pigs and cows and chickens and mountain lions I've eaten in my life, and I seriously consider giving up meat and making an attempt at vegetarianism.

But then I think: If you do that, you'll be on the same team as PETA. And then I immediately run to the nearest BBQ place I can find and see how many dead animals I can shove into my face before I throw up.

From Feministing…

PETA is treating the assassination of Dr. Tiller as an opportunity to spread their message to the pro-life and pro-choice communities. According to Kansas.com the animal rights organization is planning to erect two billboards in Wichita, one that says "Pro-Life? Go Vegetarian," and one that says "Pro-Choice? Choose Vegetarian." Both show images of baby chicks…

PETA is not a social justice organization. Their primary media tactic is to appeal to the worst bigotry in U.S. culture in an attempt to stir up controversy and shock people into vegetarianism. Their tactics in working for animal rights is an affront to the cause of justice.

Hopefully — for PETA's sake — a whole bunch more people will be violently murdered before this controversy is over. It'd be a shame if they ran out of reasons to send women out into public to smear on body paint and get naked in the name of stopping all the exploitation.

The Senate Republicans are afraid. Oh so very afraid…

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa whoa! Hold it right there. I was under the impression that these Gitmo prisoners were gonna be relocated into new military prison cells where they would be guarded by soldiers and kept safely away from the general public.

If Obama's planning on moving them into the foreclosed house down the street, my parents' spare bedroom, and the crawl space under my nephew's crib — as this ad seems to be suggesting — I am not cool with that.