Bill Maher has a great rant, saved for your viewing pleasure over at Crooks and Liars. Therein he pokes all sorts of holes in the notion that Christians are in any way oppressed in this country — one zinger includes the comment that oppressed groups tend not to gather in the opulent ballroom at DC’s Omni Shorham hotel. He continues:

The worst part is that the people bitching loudest about being persecuted for their Christianity aren’t Christians at all. They’re demagogues and con men and scolds and the only thing they worship is power. If you believe Jesus ever had a good word for war or torture or tax cuts for the rich or raping the earth or refusing water to dying migrants then you might as well believe bunnies lay painted eggs. […] Thomas Jefferson called the type of Christian who trumpets his own belief in the divinity of Jesus rather than the morality of Jesus “pseudochristians,” and that’s who’s running our country today. And since they thrive so much on turning water into whining, and get off on their endless pretend persecution, this EAster season, let’s give them what they want: let’s go to the zoo, get some lions, and feed them Tom DeLay.

The right-leaning Houston Chronicle is reporting that Tom DeLay will announce he’s dropping his re-election bid on Tuesday, and will in fact RESIGN by early summer. It’s confirmed by an exclusive interview at Time. The BugMan will resign and move to his condo in Alexandria, VA, a move that allows the local GOP to put someone else on the ballot for November.

Hey, Tom? Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.