Maggie's Farm

Global Warming Hysteria: Stop Face Lifts to Save the Planet!

For years, it was assumed that a rapidly growing economy could pay for added programs. The result was the careless use of government for almost anything that made a good slogan or could support a lobby. The underlying economic assumptions were overoptimistic. Now, an aging society and uncontrolled health costs will automatically expand the size of government well beyond today's tax base. Demographics mean government will become supersized unless we trim its responsibilities.

We need a new public philosophy that acknowledges these realities.

Seems like lots of folks are getting out of the wind/solar scam market

Watts: More on the Wikileaks Climate Cables - http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/12/04/more-on-the-wikileaks-cimate-cables/

Pushing the right to bear knives - http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/05/us/05knives.html  Some link probs today -

Government Website Promotes "3% or Less" Down

Market Power: "Ethanol on the Run"

...the Senators dryly noted, "Historically our government has helped a product compete in one of three ways: subsidize it, protect it from competition, or require its use. We understand that ethanol may be the only product receiving all three forms of support from the U.S. government at this time."

Image on top via Washington Reb