Coal-Powered Prius and Other Liberal Ideas

The law of unintended consequences, like the laws of physics, will catch up with you every time

I am not against health care reform or whatever they're calling it nowadays. We could use some tort reform and insurance deregulation.

I am against clueless crusaders trying to save the world by building monstrosities with my money. Having hope in our politicians is like having hope that those one-thousand monkeys pounding away on a thousand typewriters will eventually produce the great American novel.

Consider what our government has accomplished, or should I say destroyed, so far.

Starve People, Feed Cars!
What a great idea ethanol is! Food riots, skyrocketing prices in poverty-stricken nations that can least afford it. Grain shortages have also resulted in higher prices for grain-fed livestock. All brought to you by the US Government.

Killing people in the War on Terror, bad. Starving them to death so smug liberals can feel good about themselves when they tank up at that special pump, priceless!

Coal-Powered Environmentalism
So you think your electric car is environmentally friendly? Wrong! It runs on coal. More so if you live back east, less so out west. This will continue to be the case until you can plug that little self-righteous crap-box into a windmill or solar panel.

Do you really believe Obama when he says his health care plan will save money? Do you really think he and his confreres in congress believe it? Ask the food rioters in Oaxaca if they believe it.

CS Monitor - Price Shock
RCM - Bill Frezza
Monthly Review - Food Crisis
Truth About Trade
Liberal Government Perversity

Government-Sponsored Hunger, High Prices

The Grocery bill keeps Going higher. No news there for anyone who eats. Brett Arends over at the Wall Street Journal explains why.

“The main reason for rising prices, of course, is the surge in demand from China and India. Hundreds of millions of people are joining the middle class each year, and that means they want to eat more and better food.
A secondary reason has been the growing demand for ethanol as a fuel additive. That's soaking up some of the corn supply.”

Can’t do much about increased prosperity in the developing world… What we can do is write our congress persons and senators and demand they end the perverse government incentives that are skewing the grain markets and sowing further panicked speculation in other commodities. If ethanol is such a great idea, let it stand on its own. Our government encourages taking from the mouths of hungry humans to feed our hungry vehicles. Another fine example of our tax dollars at work.