Does the Buffet Rule apply to the Obamas?

No, it does not. The tax rate increase would only apply to millionaires, and the Obamas are not; more importantly, however, is the fact that President Obama proposes raising taxes (letting Bush's tax cuts) for earners of $250,000. The Obamas would suffer from Obama's proposal, while Republicans (ironically attacking Obama for not increasing his own tax rates) do not want Obama to raise his own taxes.

In Conclusion, Republicans making the weak Buffet-rule-does-not-apply-to-the-President argument are hypocrites.

Twitter lie: Gas is up 33% in in the last month

A conservative in Twitter claimed today that "Gas is up 33% in one month." This is one more piece of disinformation spread by a conservative in Twitter, tagged in the "Tcot" hashtag. In fact, gas average is, as I compose this post, up 7% from last month ($3.89 per gallon now vs. $3.65 a month ago). Link to the true statistics.