The Maryland Public Service Commission is notorious for its fundamental inability to effectively regulate the energy business in Maryland.  And O'Guvnah O'Malley's inability to move beyond Progressive/Fascist mandates -- like compulsory subsidies for the sales of compact fluorescent bulbs -- is legion.

Government is lousy at picking winners and losers.  And the insistence that we all throw our incandescent bulbs in favor of mercury-laden CFLs is just another perfect example.  Why?  Because private industry is working hard to create another alternative:  LED-based light bulbs.

As usual, the drive-by media has totally missed a statement by Barack Obama that should worry many. Luckily, Powerline has picked up on it.  In a speech on July 2, Barack Obama stated:

We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.

Wow.  A civilian national security force that is just as "powerful" and just as "strong" and just as "well-funded".

Not long ago, the New York Times, the nation's most left-leaning and anti-American daily newspaper, wa outraged over the release of the name of a nominal CIA agent.  They demanded an investigation, hearings, judges, lawyers, and a perp walk for the perpetrator.  Of course, when it came to light that it was Richard Armitage that actually released the name, they backed way off that demand.  No, only the man whose recollection different from that of reporters -- Scooter Libby -- saw his name and reputation destroyed in a McCarthyite witch-hunt of questionable legality and import.

Fast forward to 2008, when the New York Times deliberately and with malice aforethought performs another "Armitage" -- this time releasing the name of an actual CIA agent who performed the interrogations of the Khalid Sheikh Mohammed -- and all we see is what ratfucking, worthless "journalists" the New York Times really employ.

Over at Human Events, Chuck Norris tries to deliver a roundhouse that wildly misses its mark. Arguing that we can improve government by drastically shrinking the House of Representatives to a single Representative per state, Chuck completely misses the cattle drive by ignoring how and why the "House of Representatives" is based on proportional representation-- and why his idea of moving to static representation would not help the country.

After watching the Pickens plan a few times, and reading this excellent post by Mark Newgent over at Red Maryland, and giving it some serious thought, I am pretty much coming out against the chattering class' clamor for alternative energy sources.

Why?

I've decided to start a new political party.  I don't have a name yet, and "The Leave Me the Hell Alone Party" doesn't cut it.  So for right now, we'll call it the "Grizzly Adams Party", after that fine 1970s show about a mountain man who lives alone with gentle grizzly bear, and is visited occassionaly by Denver Pyle.

The basic principle of the Grizzly Adams Party can be boiled down to this:  government should leave me the hell alone, and stick to the things it does best (note: I did not say well, because I do not believe it does anything well).

In its coverage of the annual NAACP Convention, the Baltimore Sun showed the intense liberal bias in its reporting.  I know that is no surprise at all to readers of this blog, but it should be highlighted, if for no other reason, that keep our boot on the neck of this worthless and miserable news outlet as it continues its death spiral into the sewers of Calvert Street.

As I watched the meltdown of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac last week, I was reminded of the old adage that worst words you can hear in America are "I'm from the government and I'm here to help".

Why?  Because government is largely inept, incompetent, and unable.  Government could not plan a fart after lunch at Taco Bell .  And when government gets into areas that would be best left to the private sector, it's one disaster after another.

On Friday, Brian Griffiths decided I need a trip to the woodshed vis-a-vis my ideas on Campaign Finance Reform.  He decided that I struck out like the Mighty Casey.

You may not have seen it lately, but Boone Pickens -- one of the most famous and most successful oilmen in the history of the United States of America (if not the world) -- has a real energy plan with real numbers.  What I like about his approach is that he doesn't get caught down in the weeds of the environmentalist whacko movement and the AlGorista fascism, but he makes a clear argument that we can not afford to continue importing foreign oil at a $700 billion clip per year.