Minor Items Round Up

If anyone ever mentions that poor people are voting Republican because of cultural issues, tell them to >read this and actually bother to find evidence next time.

>Supposedly good news on Cotton Subsidies

Yglesias points out that currently we neither have the accountability of a Parliamentary system, but also suffer from the party discipline of one, a “worst of both worlds” that has rarely affected American politics throughout history.

Neil links to a good post on the nature of law that make me happy in it’s appreciation for how organic most law is.

Oh, anyone who watches The Daily Show, here’s the list Kurt Vonnegut wrote up a while ago about “Liberal Crap I Never Want to Hear Again” that they promised to put on their website.

LIBERAL CRAP I NEVER WANT TO HEAR AGAIN
Give us this day our daily bread. Oh sure.
Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.
Nobody better trespass against me. I'll tell you that.
Blessed are the meek.
Blessed are the merciful. You mean we can't use torture?
Blessed are the peacemakers. Jane Fonda?
Love your enemies - Arabs?
Ye cannot serve God and Mammon. The hell I can't! Look at the Reverand Pat Robertson. And He is as happy as a pig in s**t.