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 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.

As the summer rolls on, I keep looking -- desperately -- for a reason to cast a vote for John McCain.  I abhor the notion of voting for Barack Obama.  Not because he is black, but because I think he is not that bright.

But everytime I about ready to come around to the notion that John McCain would not be that bad, I am stopped dead in my tracks.  I become, once again, convinced that he is a dunderhead.

As every day goes by, I become more convinced that some old maxims need to be changed.  Starting with that old classic, "Those who can do, those who can't, teach."

I think it should be "Those who can do, those who can't, run for office."

Barack Hussein Obama is embarrassed by the fact that the vast majority of Americans speak only a single language, while many Europeans speak several languages. His latest outbursts on this matter only go to prove the old adage of the United Negro College Fund:  "A mind is a terrible thing to waste."

Like all left-wing elitists, BHO has this belief that speaking multiple languages is a sign of intelligence or superiority.  He's wrong.

I despise public corruption.  And while I am not a big fan of the death penalty, I do think that public officials -- elected and otherwise -- should be tarred, feathered, and run out of town on rail when found guilty of public malfeasance.

The Mayor of Washington, DC is Adrian Fenty.  He has been fighting to preserve the District's handgun ban since he was first elected.  He doesn't believe that District residents -- who suffer one of the highest crime rates per capita in the world -- should have the right to protect themselves, their families, and their property.

Of course, that silly and stupid position was vacated by the Supreme Court's recent decision in Heller.

But that doesn't stop DC Mayor Moron Adrian Fenty.  He wants to create a ban against semi-automatic handguns.

The concept of leverage is interesting.  In physics, we use levers and fulcrums to increase lifting power.  In relationships, we use (unfortunately) leverage to get what we want.  In politics, we use leverage to manipulate the levers of power.

As Brian Griffiths has already noted over at Red Maryland, O'Guvnah has pledged to spend $1.1 billion of your hard-earned money on new biotechnology research initiatives in order to make the state of Maryland a "hub" for this kind of work.

But what Brian doesn't get into, is why are we spending even more money when we already have a large and established set of incubators at Maryland's premier research institution -- the University of Maryland, Baltimore?

Lt. Col. Chessani, USMC, had the charges against him for manslaughter dismissed today after the JAG Judge, Col Steven Folsom, found that the investigation into the shootings at Haditha was prejudiced by undue command influence.