Logically Sound

Mr. DeLay, the Texas Republican who had been the House majority leader, crowed that he had been "found innocent." But many of Mr. DeLay's actions remain legal only because lawmakers have chosen not to criminalize them.

-- New York Times editorial on the Justice Department's decision to drop its investigation of Tom DeLay

Who can contest such insightful logic?

"This blog is only active because Google has yet to shut it down."

"The only reason we're out of milk is because someone drank it all."

"Obama is president merely because the Electoral College voted for him."

(H/T Michael Flynn)