Still Not King...

• Statistics we ignore (via Brilliant at Breakfast, from The Opinionated Liberal, with sources).
• Conservative David Brooks tries to create a groundswell for Mitch Daniels (Indiana Republican Governor); Doghouse Riley throws counterwaves:

  The brief response here--I know you're probably exhausted already--is that 1) Indiana's budget is "balanced" only if we ignore the $2 billion it owes the Feds in loan repayment, plus interest and penalties (ignoring it is the same thing we're hoping the Feds do) and don't ask too many questions about what's been sloughed off on local governments; 2) slashing spending is an argument, not a miracle process he invented, and it's easy to do if both houses of your legislature are dominated by the tax-and-program-cutting extremists of your own party; 3) the program record doesn't bear scrutiny any better than the budget, and the arguments for his accomplishments depend, for one thing, on ignoring the billion-dollar FSSA Pooch Fuck, largest boondoggle in Indiana since the Michigan Road, perpetrated personally by Mitchell Elias Daniels and Cronies, and based on his Randian super-knowledge.

• Jurassicpork on the Wisconsin State Assembly and the governor.

Included is some language not geared for Disney movies.