U.S. Representative Joe Wilson lied last night.

When President Obama was speaking before the Congress, he not only had to advocate for bipartisanship, he had to correct the record on lies which have been spread about health care proposals.  One of those lies, was the lie that Democratic health care proposals, including his, would cover illegal aliens.

All of August, we have heard the Teabaggers screaming, "Read the Bill."  We have to assume that Joe Wilson read the bill.  The bill in question setting up the public option does so through "affordability credits." 

Section 246 of the Bill is captioned as follows:
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"Sec. 246. No Federal Payment for Undocumented Aliens."

Then Section 246 reads as follows:

"Nothing in this subtitle shall allow Federal payments for affordability credits on behalf of individuals who are not lawfully present in the United States."

Joe Wilson holds a law degree from the University of South Carolina, and a law license from that state.  South Carolina's Bar has enacted rules of professional conduct.  Rule 8.4 states that it is professional misconduct for a lawyer to: engage in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation.

Joe Wilson said that President Obama  was lying.  By doing so he lied.

An apology is not enough, Joe Wilson should be referred for disciplinary action to the South Carolina State Bar.  Any other South Carolina lawyer who heard the statement and has read the bill is also under a duty to report the misconduct under Rule 8.3.

Great Britain, an ally of the United States in the War on Terror, managed to do a fair job of disrupting terrorist plots and bringing terrorists to justice without resorting to torture.  But the bumbling Vice President of the United States made their job more difficult, British Newspapers report. 

As the house of cards that is the justification for torture begins to fall, where are the enablers?  They worked in broad daylight, calling out any nation which stood for restraint with trade sanctions, threatening to unhinge NATO.  But Great Britain stayed with the United States, and what thanks do they get.  We leave them in the awkward spot of explaining that they may not be able to take us at our word that we do not condone torture.

Is it any surprise that this crowd, now out of power, is trying to bully the rest of us again?

Someone should start punching the bully in the nose!