Death And Taxes

Wanna get a good close look at where all the money goes?

Here it is.

A few screen shots:

Wow

The pic down there at the bottom is a very high-res composite, pieced together by a guy named Miloslav Druckmuller from Brno University of Technology in The Czech Republic.  

(y'know, if them Euro schmucks are so smart, how come they can't come up with catchy nicknames; like Czech Tech?  They prob'ly don't even have a real football team. Just sayin')

Anyway - I dunno what all happens if you click on the image; it might make your monitor explode or something - but give it a try.  And while you're gazing at it in wonderment, wonder this too: how come it seems like nobody from the US ever does this kinda thing anymore?

How come we think it's OK to build a coupla thousand M1A1 tanks that sit in mothballs doing nothing; will never be used for much except maybe target practice; and will most likely end up making some politician's brother-in-law quite wealthy 20 years from now when he suddenly discovers his burning passion for the scrap metal business), but we can't send a guy to the Pacific to take a few snapshots of something that's damned close to the most amazing thing our part of the universe has to offer?

Deficit And Debt

No really - all your talk about your horrible tax burden and your right to keep the money you (haven't really) earned on your investments, and all the rest of the crap Repubs are always on about means precisely dick.