PAID TO LIE

Another reason downsize government.

KILL THE BILLS

Do health reform right.

Yes.

HARNESSING THE OCEAN

"The ocean is a potential treasure trove for renewable energy—one NASA study estimated more than 91 000 terawatt-hours annually of accessible energy worldwide... [A]n Australia-based company has found a new way, to predictably and reliably generate energy from the ocean. The technology relies on the power of ocean swells, which are easy-to-predict long-wavelength oscillations."

DRIVER TRAINING

Rather than teach on-the-road driving skills, the Michigan legislature is considering “forcing driving students in that state to spend time learning ‘the importance of carpooling and transportation’ along with ‘identifying the attributes of a fuel-efficient vehicle’ and ‘recycling vehicle parts and fluids,’ among other non-driving learning.”

Yes, and let’s not forget the importance of public transportation.

WEAPON OF MASS DISTRACTION

Spinning in the wind.

Translation: Sarah Palin’s not one of us (the elite, conservative and/or liberal) and therefore cannot possibly be competent to govern.

Via Hot Air.

BRING ON THE VOTE

Nothing like the courage of conviction.

POLITICAL PROBLEM-SOLVING

Paraphrasing Thomas Sowell: ”What is stupid is believing that politicians are trying to solve our problems, instead of theirs.... No one will really understand politics until they understand that politicians are ... trying to solve their own problems - of which getting elected and re-elected are number one and number two.”

ABOUT TIME

Sarah Palin’s influence on other would-be politicians can by seen by the growing number of women she has inspired to seek public office.

"I think that for a long time people see politicians as part of an elite establishment, and our nation's at a crossroads where the American people realize that the elite establishment has gotten us into a mess," [Patricia] Sullivan [running to unseat Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson in Florida's 8th Congressional District] said, sounding themes associated with Palin.

But, but ... Andrew Sullivan, a homosexual male, knows women dislike Sarah Palin.