the left: objects to their tax dollars being used to kill people

the right: objects to their tax dollars being used to save people

it is not complicated

…or so says his campaign. Just ignore the fact that RIM, the company that makes the blackberry, is Canadian.

Blinking Mooses with Lipstick

If you haven’t already seen it, check out the Washington Post’s graph showing how McCain and Obama’s tax plans compare, broken down into income groups.

If you make under $111,645 per year then you will get a bigger tax cut from Obama. If you make less than $226,981 per year then you get a tax cut from Obama, but a slightly larger one from McCain. If you make more than $603,403 per year… I don’t imagine you’re worried too much about money.

The WP sums it up nicely:

Obama’s plan gives the biggest cuts to those who make the least, while McCain would give the largest cuts to the very wealthy.

If everybody voted for their own financial self-interest then Obama would win by a landslide in November. Personally I think there are many other great reasons to vote for him.

Update: even better, here’s a version of the same graph that chartjunk adjusted to be to scale based on the number of people in each income bracket:

Large Hadron Rap

Justin Long just released a fantastic little app called Today that provides a bite-sized interface to your iCal events and tasks. Having tried it for all of 5 minutes it seems to be a nice blend of clean design and quick access to core schedule/to-do functions. And because it is an interface to ical rather than a replacement, it syncs beautifully with the iPod touch which has become my primary PDA.

Some music I’m listening to made available by muxtape. Make your own “tape” and send it to me… unless you’re into country music.

I’ve just gotten back to my Paris hotel room after having dinner at Le Grand Véfour. The dinner was very French – small, luxurious portions served with incredible attention to detail. I appreciate the chef going out of his way to accommodate my vegetarian diet – something that seems like it must be less common in France. As fantastic as the meal was, the most amazing aspect of the dinner were my dining partners – Dr. Robert Kahn, Louis Pouzin as well as Dr. Kahn’s wife, Patrice.I’ve had a few dinners with Bob and Patrice lately as I’ve been traveling with them for the last week or so. We’ve been talking about the Handle System and the Digital Object Architecture with various European groups such as ITU and UNESCO, but it was really amazing to hear these guys who changed the world casually talking about the “old times” and their work to bring packet-switched networks (ie the Internet) into a world dominated by entrenched telephone companies who entrenched in a world of circuit-switched networks. It is also amazing how normal and humble these two guys are.I’m trying hard to keep this experience fresh in my mind.

It’s nice to see one of the best places to eat on Broughton St. got a great review. I love this place, and they are really nice to India

I just noticed that an old favorite radio show (at least when we lived near a station that carried it), The Thomas Jefferson Hour is now available for free as a podcast. I can’t recommend it enough.