FROM THE ELECTRICITY TREE, OF COURSE. Read to the bottom for the question.

WELFARE STATE: handouts make up 1/3 of U.S. wages. Dang! My welfare benefits (social security) make up less than 25% of my total income. Where do I protest to rectify this gross injustice?

FIRST THEY CAME FOR THE BASKETBALL HOOPS. Something similar happened to me when I lived in (where else?) California. We lived in a cul-de-sac and had a basketball hoop set up on the sidewalk between adjacent driveways so the neighborhood kids could play basketball in the street. Then came the call from the police. Take it down, because the sidewalk can’t be blocked in case it needs to be used by the wheelchair-bound. Never mind that there were no wheelchair-bound people in the entire neighborhood, and never mind that that 5-foot segment of sidewalk had two adjacent driveways for easy-off/easy-on. A classic example of government of the morons, by the morons, for the morons.

EU TO BAN CARS FROM THE CITIES. Look for a growth spurt in the 'burbs. Linked from Hot Air.

SUPREME COURT to decide whether millions of female employees can sue Walmart. If the court grants class certification, get ready for plenty of "you hurt my feelings" class-action lawsuits. UPDATE: the Supremes appear to be skeptical.

THUMPER OBAMA: Steven Hayward takes note of an annoying Obama habit. Favorite comment: “Does anyone besides me get the distinct impression that the president believes we are all credulous boobs? Being continually mistaken for the village idiot by one's leader eventually has a numbing effect on one's enthusiasm supply.” Read it all - especially the comments.

FROM STUDENTS, a misplaced sense of entitlement. The proper response is "tough". The s-word can be added for emphasis. Linked from Instapundit, who notes it's not just students.

OUCH! “He’ll be the only one who’s not a prostitute.”