Last month Republican Georgia Representative Paul Broun dismissed evolution, embryology and the Big Bang theory as “lies straight from the pit of hell,” and we have video:

I’m just glad those deer behind him are doing a good job keeping him in line. Don’t speak out of turn, Paul, or those deer with MAUL you!

What do you think about his comments? Leave your thoughts below on today’s post.

In today’s blog pics you’ll see hand-written (or typed) poison pen letters from John Lennon to various people he felt slighted him. They’re a very interesting read. Click the image and they’ll get bigger. You’ll also see a new WTFT shirt, we’ve selected our winner(s) and they will be invited down to watch Tom do a WTFT segment live…details to come.

Today is Columbus Day . . . where we celebrate Christopher Columbus' arrival in the Americas. But things are very different than they were in 1492.

Check out the Top Things Christopher Columbus Would Say if He Were Alive Today.

*When I arrived over 500 years ago, America was a destitute land with primitive people struggling to survive. Nice to see things haven't changed.

*I've decided to rename my boats The Kim, The Khloe and The Kourtney.

*It's nice to see my tradition of bringing STDs from Europe to America is being carried on by Lindsay Lohan.

*All that work I did to get us here, just to have my people represented by those "Jersey Shore" idiots?

*We fought so hard to gain a trade advantage over Asia, and they end up owning the joint anyway?

*How is it possible that my 600-year-old sextant is infinitely more accurate than the maps on the new iPhone?

*If I could have foreseen Honey Boo Boo, believe me, I'd have sailed right by.

Some of you might have the day off today (lucky!) and if so you might be enjoying some adult beverages. Just try not to drink as much as they do on Mad Men. Here’s a video of every single drink from the first five seasons: