Is that the top rate that payers BEGIN their calculations from? Or is that AFTER the numerous deductions created as loopholes for the wealthy are actually applied? I should think it important to assess whether that reflects a gross rate or a net result rate. (If the former, then it's pretty misleading.)

There's worse fates possible. For ex-primates, they'll usually provide a good pension and build them a library in Texas or California.

The Father and the Holy Spirit are slumming, it seems, with Jesus H. Limbaugh in the new ratpack. And after three days, the stone wouldn't budge, apparently because rocks are godless liberals. Amen.

Oh, btw, Matt's right: I'd rather see Larisa's smilin' face than that horsefaced hatemonger blowmonkey. Sexy is within and without in the former case and notably absent in the latter. And JEA? You need to recheck your interpretation of the Constitution - as does Prejean. That freedom means 'without government suppression.' It's totally irrelevant to the matter at hand. She can be derided and mocked and even have her mike taken from her, should the sponsors want. As a liberal, I'm content to let her speak, to demonstrate what an immature twirp she is. And if she can't take the critique, she has the right to cry the mascara off. And cry 'no fair!' It'll still be grade school logic.

Careful... you realize you're applying a rational analysis of a person who exists to create and advance controversy solely for her personal gain, right? She's all about the money. And hate sells to a select group of bigots. Beyond that, there's nothing else there worth noting. Or quoting. RESPONSE FROM LARISA ALEXANDROVNA But it is sure fun;)

Besides its 3-D quality, which gives the impression of post-shot tampering, there's a bulge running vertically up McCain's back, and the radio host is leading the discussion.

And he's proclaimed tomorrow as Sanctity of Life Day. Life, reduced to a craven political footnote, it seems.