Oh so very much going on

Between work and trying to keep up with the /when it rains it pours/ news cycle we're currently experiencing, it's hard to know what's worth commenting on at the moment. But if you're into one-stop shopping for the most outrageous plat du jour, feel free to start here:

• Once a First Lady, not always a First Lady
• FEMA head 'Brownie' replaced (and Time says he exaggerated his resume)
• The 4th and 5th amendments do not apply to US citizens
• Mr. Empathy thinks people who refuse to obey evacuation orders should be punished
• Schwarzenegger doesn't think the state legislature can decide who can be married
• Police officers are pointing guns at journalists in New Orleans
• If you're avoiding prison by claiming to be wheelchair bound, better stay in your chair.
• Jobless and stranded at the Astrodome? Be all that you can be.