The truth, with pictures

…because I’ve seen this a couple of places now, and more people should realize that cutting taxes on > 90% of americans is being called raising taxes by the media.

…because expanded offshore drilling isn’t going to do anything except destroy the rest of our fishing industry.

Many-Eyes and Pork per Capita

Above is one of the many cool visualizations already in many-eyes (direct link here for rss readers that don’t display it), a social visualization site from IBM. I’d heard a little bit about the site but after today’s session at MIT thought it was time to check it out further. It’s a little slower than I like, but pretty neat regardless. Plus, the Pork / Capita numbers are pretty telling.