One of the reasons windmills cannot generate energy efficiently is that the wind doesn't always blow — and when it does blow, bureaucrats pay wind farms to shut down:

Responding to President Obama’s speech about the Gulf oil spill this morning, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said, “The immediate issue here is a broken pipe that’s been spewing hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil a day into the ocean for mor

It's almost impossible to overstate the economic devastation that would be wrought by Tax & Charade, should it follow healthcare nationalization through the Senate for Comrade Obama's eager signature. Not only would it represent by far the largest tax hike in history — at a time the economy couldn't possibly withstand it — but it would effectively drive whole industries overseas, pushing our unemployment rate to levels not seen since the Great Depression, which uncoincidentally was the last time left-wing Democrats had such unchallenged power.

The ideological bent of the Democrats' cap-and-trade legislation and attempted health care takeover manifest a mind-boggling appetite for social control. Today Nancy Pelosi's health care monstrosity earns recognition as "the worst bill ever" by the Wall Street Journal. I'm not sure how long the record will stand in the Age of Obama, but it's hard to dispute that the bill under construction takes the cake for the moment.

Not all oil execs are corrupt and/or cowardly enough to play along with the war on economic freedom and prosperity being waged behind the smokescreen of the global warming farce.

US Department of Transportation has issued new and tougher MPG standards:

The U.S. Department of Transportation has ordered automakers to increase fuel mileage in cars and light trucks to an average of 27.3 mpg by 2011.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said changes to the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards, or CAFE standards, are important steps to achieving energy independence and bringing more fuel-efficient vehicles to market.

Larry Page, cofounder of aggressively leftist Google, has bought up most of a neighborhood in a historic section of Palo Alto so he can tear down the tasteful old homes and put up a new mega-mansion. Since he doesn't have kids, he only needs four bedrooms and 5,900 square feet (not including the basement). But don't worry, the castle will "minimize the impact on the environment."

One of the defining features of the Obama administration so far is its almost pathological inability to make hard choices--or even to acknowledge that hard choices need to be made. A prime example is the administration's insistence that making energy more expensive will somehow benefit our economy. This proposition is so foolish as to be almost self-refuting: in my view, anyone who doesn't understand that you can't create wealth by subsidizing the inefficient production of energy shouldn't be voting.

...and pretty soon we might be bankrupt.

The top Republican on the Senate Budget Committee says the Obama administration is on the right course to save the nation's financial system.

But Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire also says President Barack Obama's massive budget proposal will bankrupt the country.

Gregg says he has no regrets in withdrawing his nomination to become commerce secretary. He pulled out after deciding he could not fully back the administration's economic policies.

Who's up for a terrorist barbecue?

From Wired.

Huge news for real-life ray guns: Electric lasers have hit battlefield strength for the first time -- paving the way for energy weapons to go to war.

In recent test-blasts, Pentagon-researchers at Northrop Grumman managed to get its 105 kilowatts of power out of their laser -- past the "100kW threshold [that] has been viewed traditionally as a proof of principle for 'weapons grade' power levels for high-energy lasers," Northrop's vice pr