YOUR BUSH FAMILY NOTE OF THE DAY: In reference to Noelle's parents blowing off her court date:

What is it with these people? Where do they come from? What world do they live in?

I mean, I know there's something badly wrong when the scion of Connecticut and Maine yankees takes as his first name that of a Confederate cavalry general. But even so, one of the first and most important duties of a parent is to show up for one's children's criminal court appearances.

Thank you, Brad DeLong, who I was hipped to via the Jane Galt blogroll.