WINGNUTS ARE FUNNY

Even when they don't intend to be. Here's a photo caption from Malkin's blog:

Wounded Iraq war veteran Josh Sparling receives CPAC's Defender of the Constitution Award presented by Col. Ollie North.

Anyone recall the Iran-Contra Scandal? No? - OK, here's a refresher:

U.S. political scandal in which the National Security Council (NSC) became involved in secret weapons transactions and other activities that either were prohibited by the U.S. Congress or violated the stated public policy of the government.


In early 1985 the head of the NSC, Robert C. McFarlane, undertook the sale of antitank and antiaircraft missiles to Iran...

A portion of the $48 million that Iran paid for the arms was diverted by the NSC and given to the Contras, the U.S.-backed rebels fighting to overthrow the Marxist-oriented Sandinista government of Nicaragua. The monetary transfers were undertaken by NSC staff member Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North


SOURCE:Iran-Contra Affair. (2007). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved March 4, 2007, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: http://search.eb.com/eb/article-9042741