And then the world explodes. Well, maybe not, but at least you can have the bike.

So I look at this table, and I really want to know - where's the tax breaks for the rich? (Note - this is TOTAL federal tax burden, not just income tax). Looks to me like the rich pay most of the taxes (top 20% pay 65% of the taxes, and the top 40% pay over 80% (!) of total federal taxes. Even if you define the middle class as the three middle quintiles (which I doubt it actually is, most places), those quintiles on tot up to 33%. If the poor are the two lowest quintiles (lowest 40% of the...

Glenn Reynolds doesn't exactly need more traffic, but I'll give him some anyway.

While you're there, check out this . And follow the Rebecca's Remarks link at the bottom. Priceless

Interesting observation on the job creation front - see here and here . I realize that there are " lies, damn lies, and statistics ." But in my various courses that required plotting a trend, my profs would have given me an extremely hairy eyeball if my plot had anything quite so blatant in it. I doubt you can blame the current administration, they are hurt by it (and weren't even in power during the time in question). But we all know the previous administration would never engage in diddlin...

Between stuff like this and this I've figured out the theme song for the new liberal talk radio (and for the leftist anti-war types that aren't just against us). It is The Folk Song Army by Tom Lehrer

I forget where I saw this, but it's a definite stress-reliever

I think I saw some of these things...

More than meets the eye - indeed

I'm broswing through my blogs this morning, and I read today's Bleat. Cute story about small child? Check. Rambling commentary on classic media? Check Miscellaneous socipolitical commentary on the ltest blogospheric outrage? Check The latest outrage is Target's decision to no longer permit Salvation Army kettle-ringers on Target's property (this was a longstanding exemption to Target's blanket policy of not permitting solicitors on their properties at all). Myself, I'm of neutral opi...

As those of you who know me personally no doubt are tired of hearing, I want to own a PT Cruiser. If it turns out I end up getting one in white, I will seriously consider getting a vanity plate RMN-CL56. Anyone want to guess why? (those of you who know my reading habits should be able to guess this one pretty easily). Hint in the comments

Just noticed, this is my 101th post to JU! Now back to your regularly scheduled semi-political tirades... (I guess I'm going to have to find something else to blog on soon)

Via the Volokh Conspiracy comes this Neal Stephenson trivia contest - but see note (Enoch Root is not the answer).

If you haven't heard of Rain-X, it's a product that you can apply to automotive glass that significantly increases the point at which water beads up on the glass and flows off. You can get in several different forms and ways to apply it to glass (I get it as my windshield wiper fluid). the end result of it is that I have to run my wipers a lot less often in the rain - as the incoming rains beads up immediately, and slides off, making for a much less obscured view. One of the niftiest thing...

And I thought I had issues, learning to drive in the metro DC area