We're Back

It was a wonderful wedding. Happy couple, beautiful view of San Francisco bay, both families in abundance. Nice and short too, which was a relief because of the heat wave Berkeley suffered on Saturday meant we were all cooking on the back porch for 10 minutes during the ceremony.

Meanwhile, in the news, a few famous people died. Kinda sad.

But perhaps as tragic is the passing of the Waxman-Markey carbon cap-and-trade bill by the House on Friday.

I'll be happy to agree that we should be conscientious in our use of exhaustible resources. But a 1200 page bill that touches dramatically on our economy and, consequently, does practically nothing real for the environment should give everyone pause. Regardless of your political leanings. Look over this.

So if it's not saving the world, a la curtailing the threat of 'global warming'... then what exactly is this bill doing? Our President said, "Make no mistake: this is a jobs bill."

But I thought we already addressed jobs with the stimulus package, which further cemented the United States' unenviable position as being the world's largest debtor. So what's this bill doing?

I fear nothing good for most of us.