I think it’s part 7; I’ve actually lost track. Anyway, tonight’s bit of Americana is a picture of part of my maternal grandmother’s family, circa 1920. (And before someone gets cute in the comments, my ancestors are the two-legged critters.) Notice the low carbon footprint lifestyle.
Also tagged food, Kansas, PersonalThe organization I work for is on a major “sustainability” kick. Generally speaking I don’t have a problem with most of the things they want us to do. Saving paper, turning off computer monitors at night, and a number of the other “suggestions” they make fall generally into the category of not wasting resources. If [...]
Also tagged ethics, Guns, health care, Personal, pointless gesturesIf you’ve got half an hour, it would be worth your time to watch this video. I find it rather refreshing to hear Lord Monckton labelling the principals of the AGW fraud the criminals that they are. And then back up the charges. I was also tickled by his statement that these individuals “call themselves [...]
Also tagged abuse of power, global warming, Nanny State, Science/TechnologyStrange times at the moment, at least here in the Ratlands. By that, of course, I mean weirder than usual. However, as Hunter S. Thompson said, “When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.” I am a consummate professional. I have a new boss at work. It should be interesting. But, in 29 years [...]
Also tagged health care, Nanny State, Science/Technology, solar, workplaceFirst the houses. Waxman/Markey (the Cap and Trade bill) contains 397 new regulations and 1100 new Federal Mandates. One (just one, mind you) makes selling almost all private homes a Federally Regulated Transaction. FRT’s require that you would have to have your house inspected for “greenness” and if it didn’t pass you would have to [...]
Also tagged abuse of power, Nanny State, numbers, pointless gesturesI actually got the office put back together last night, but then went to work for several hours. I’m finally finished wading through the backed-up RSS feeds. There won’t be any breathtakingly insightful essays (or any of the kind I usually write, either), but I will pass these links along: Ahhnuld on the California budget. [...]
Also tagged abuse of power, bankruptcyNew CAFE regulations: A very good post on why “regulating to the mean” punishes folks who aren’t near the mean. Yes, I know that sounds dry, but the post is about why the new mileage regulations are counterproductive and punish those of us who don’t drive that much under normal circumstances. My situation mirrors that [...]
Also tagged abuse of power, auto industry, global warming, Nanny StateThere is a nice post over at Q and O today about the Obama camp backpedaling on environmental regulations. In particular, there was a lot of fuss when the EPA classified polar bears as endangered due to their “disappearing habitat”. (Politically correct, but demonstrably false, since their numbers are actually increasing.) Environmentalists went all weak [...]
Also tagged global warming, quotes, wordsmithingIn an article about the dubious claims made for the solar array on the roof of the Denver Museum of Science and Nature, Kate at SDA says: Update – after reading some of the comments, I realized I may have given the impression that I’m against solar energy. Well, I’m not. For example, I love [...]
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