The Weekly Enlightenment

I don't know if many of you have heard or read Mark Steyn much, but he is a great commentator. Probably the most popular columnist if you take into account Europe, Canada, and Australia. He made a couple great points in the last week or so. Anyways, the first comment was a joke that Obama has appointed former President Bush to be his new blame czar. Second was the comment that so many on the left and among our media seem to be more interested in hypothetical anti-Muslim backlash than they are about actual Muslim violence. Which is true. Even though it is Muslims who perpetrate most of the attacks against the U.S., Americans have shown incredible restraint compared to what a lot of other countries would put up with. Yet the left in our country show more concern about hypothetical anti-Muslim backlash that never materializes.

MUST READ
* We learn nothing from past failures. Did you know less than a year after the 1929 stock market crash the economy was back at the level it was pre-crash? I didn't know that. Some more lessons.
* As Ann Coulter once pointed out, being a conservative means the world confirms your beliefs at every turn. It is liberals who are always shocked that something we would deem as common sense happened. In this case, finding out Bush era leaks actually were dangerous after all.
* Pelosi's health care bill is a bad bill. Too bad it passed the House, on a super secret Saturday session. Also, it will only create 111 new bureaucracies. Ah, but when it all fails we can blame the sliver of the free market that will be left.

Silly Liberals
* Hillary Clinton saying in the United States we tax everything that moves and doesn't move. Not that I am surprised, just always glad to hear liberals express support for what they really believe.
* Seriously what is Obama's obsession with constantly blaming Bush?
* Remember this when liberals talk about illegal immigration. It is all about getting more voters and solidifying power.

Simple Economics
* The original article I link to expressed how any existing homes would have to pass efficiency standards, meaning huge costs for any existing homeowners. A couple points though. If you believe factcheck.org (I'm not convinced they are nonpartisan as they claim), it is only new homes and commercial buildings. But isn't cap and trade all about regulating anything and everything that uses energy? Second point is if you believe the Republican staffer, it is entirely plausible Democrats would have introduced it that way (again, it is about control). So you know sooner or later it would be coming anyways.

What Big Green?
* For years environmentalists have attacked and continue to attack big business and suggested they can't be trusted because they stand to benefit. Now it turns out Al Gore may be one of the biggest beneficiaries.