THE BRAVE NEW WORLD of the smart grid.



Overblown, but not necessarily inaccurate. Overblown, as existing smart technology only measures gross power consumption and would possibly affect your electricity bill if a variable rate structure was in effect. Not necessarily inaccurate, however, as control of 'smart appliances' is clearly in regulators' sight. As far as privacy goes, yes, there's room to worry if your power consumption consistently differs from that of your neighbors.

Reason enough to be increasingly wary of the power of big government.

THE AUTOWORKERS Obama left behind.

PRIVATE SPACEFLIGHT: Has the 'tipping point' been reached?

BLINK? Or bluff? With a new 'Dear Leader' I can hope for 'blink' but I'd bet on 'bluff'.

PROHIBITION: Good or bad? The evidence is mounting that prohibition simply makes a bad thing worse.

WHEN GOVERNMENT BECOMES TOO POWERFUL: Power Struggle Over Indian Tribe Splinters Into Violence in California. Would this have happened if the government hadn't granted Indians Native Americans the right to build casinos on tribal lands?

HOW'S THAT HOPEY-CHANGEY STUFF WORKING OUT? Will Democrats Help GOP Quash Obama’s Plan To Save Medicare?

WORDS WORDS WORDS: More Statements, Less Meaning.

GOOD: How to survive a school shooting. Better: Shoot back. Best: Shoot first.

THOMAS SOWELL: Pettiness and Mud.

THE 'PRIVILEGE' OF BEING AMERICAN: "The Founders argued that life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness were rights that preceded government—not things to be granted by it."

PRESIDENT OBAMA'S 'Grovel-Ready' Foreign Policy.

WORDS FAIL: Ethicists Argue in Favor of 'After-Birth Abortions' as Newborns 'Are Not Persons'. If 'after-birth' abortions become legal, I know exactly where to start.

More here.

IF YOU AREN'T GETTING SOMETHING FOR NOTHING, you aren't getting your fair share.

FEELING THREATENED? Perhaps I should; I clicked on the link and responded that I would donate to Zeeba the syphlitic camel before I would donate to Obama.

WHERE DID YOU WEAR IT? We taxpayers fund these idiots.

IT'S NOT A HATE CRIME if I'm a member of a 'protected' class: Lawyer Argues That His Lesbian Clients’ Assault on a Gay Man Can’t Be Hate Crime.

PROGRESSIVE CALIFORNIA leads the nation: gasoline prices jump 26 cents in one week.

DEPRESSED? LOW SELF-ESTEEM? Consider the alternatives ....

ASTEROID 2011 AG5 could pose threat to Earth in 2040. Not to worry -- with Obama at the helm, the Earth may not be here in 2040.