'Toontime: Sec'ty of Splainin Stuff

[credit: Michael Ramirez, Investors Business Daily]

Bill Clinton is not even running as a wright-in, but he lit up the twits and 25 million TV viewers with his Economics 101 speech at the convention. Of course, US Person is not taken in by Billy Bob's version of recent history since one only needs to recall that his contribution to deregulating the banking industry which deregulation is responsible, in part, for the current economic mess. Yes, we are all aboard the USS Enterprise, but only 1% are in champagne class. Here are some more percentages to sum up the state of current play:

[credit: Joseph Heller, Green Bay Press-Gazette]

Just one more percentage for you moochers out there: when Romney's unreported income from offshore tax havens is included in the calculations his tax rate is not 13.9%, but actually nearer 2%. Don't worry mon, be happy!

[credit: RJ Matson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch]

Wackydoodleaxes: Anybody ready for some refs?