It's the handiwork of Florida businessman Mike Meehan, and he's paid to have three of them raised around Orlando. According to Meehan, who says it's important for voters to remember to focus on the war, he is a proud Republican and "a man of God." What God thinks about using the deaths of thousands of people for political gain, nobody knows.

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Here it is, the fiery polemic from Reverend Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama's pastor, the man who baptized both Obama's daughters and who married Barack and his wife, Michelle. According to Slate, Wright's been taking a lot of heat on the Internet since the above sermon ended up on YouTube. Though his speech was long and weighty, the Reverend is being chastised specifically for these comments:

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See, smokers? Cigarettes are like 9/11. Every time you smoke, you're being a terrorist. No, we have no idea how the two are similar, but when did controversial imagery stop being a strong case for and against things? So, thanks a lot, you bastards.

Fun fact: More than one rabid, unthinking ad agency thought this would be a good idea.

Six years ago today I woke up in my extra-long twin dorm bed — late, as usual — and turned on the television while I debated whether or not to go to my first class. It was African American Political Thought — cool concept, but I hated the professor. It was a struggle making myself go every Tuesday and Thursday. It turned out I didn't need to make a decision on that particular day, which I spent the majority of on the floor, trying to get my stupid cell phone to make one successful phone call to somebody —- to my sisters, my mom, my aunts, my uncles — who could tell me that my father, who worked in the Pentagon, was okay.

He was, of course. It took so long for him to contact us because he and the rest of the medical personnel at the Pentagon were immediately dispatched to the scene to help with recovery. He later received a medal of commendation from the Army for doing things that he has never wanted to speak about. I don't blame him.

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