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Lessig on “Corruption”

Larry Lessig explains how the U.S. democracy, dependent on “corrupt” campaign contributions, is deteriorating.

He quotes President Reagan describing how democracies fail—by voting themselves into bankruptcy—
“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury.” —Unknown

Walkability of Madeira Ohio

Walkscore.com provides walkability scores for US addresses.

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Text Books

Federal Income Tax: Code and Regulations–Selected Sections (2008-2009)- Martin B. Dickinson; Paperback In Stock Shipped from: usedbooks4sale10 $67.26
Tax Stories (Supplement) - Paul L. Caron; Paperback In Stock $33.00
Federal Income Taxation (Casebook) - William A. Klein; Hardcove $108.00
Federal Income Taxation (Casebook) - William A. Klein; Hardcover In StockShipped from: oodys-books $81.25
Corporations and Other Business Organizations Cases [...]

“Real People Don’t Read Your Blog”

Damien Weighill of Your Face is right. “Real people don’t read your blog” but real people can get their face post on Your Face. Send Damien a picture and he will draw your face and post it to his blog.

Foxes in the yard


Timeline from Dipity


Brushing Lard on Parma Ham

Brushing Lard on Parma Ham

Originally uploaded by sebrenner

Flickr just added support for video. Yea! It appears the clip are limited to 90 seconds. I hope this limit is raised soon.

Hilarious TV Commercial

This commercial almost made me cry.  Top notch writing.  I think it is for insurance? Funny Dutch Commercial - For more amazing video clips, click here

Interesting stats on how much a good president costs…

Or at least how much elections cost Americans. It is not at all clear that American’s get what they pay for.