Three Signs That Your Superpower Is Becoming a Cheap Rip-Off of the Soviet Union

. . . care of the Rude Pundit:

"1. Members of the party in power pledge allegiance to their party's own symbol. At a GOP dinner in San Diego, the fine Republican attendees stood like good meerkats and began to say the Pledge of Allegiance until some observant Pavlovian diner noticed that there was no, you know, American flag to pledge to. "Pledge to the elephant," shouted one quick-thinking GOPer, and all the pledgers, including weepy Rep. Darrell Issa, turned to say the pledge to a starred and striped elephant banner."

Go Read Now. A glass of scotch can help here. . .

-Prodigal Son