Thursday, June 14, 2007

Filibuster

"Faced with the choice between changing one's mind and proving that there is no need to do so," said John Kenneth Galbraith, "almost everyone gets busy on the proof." --- via prospect
This quote cuts close to home, and cuts both ways.

The Republicans have a perpetual motion machine in the filibuster. John Kerry responded.

Monkeygrinder and Big Gav discover this simple but telling editorial cartoon.

In the more-fun-with-proofs category, Khebab has another installment at TOD of his periodic production forecast reviews.