February 07, 2011
More Stories of Socialist Environmentalism
Good morning! Back to the start of another work week. I dropped the girls off at their schools. Michelle dropped the boys off at school and is teaching her Step and abs class. I had a smooth drive down to Boxborough (still in the rental) listening to chapters 9 & 10 of my audiobook. These ones dealt with socialist environmental disasters that make BP look like a walk in the park [the Aral Sea, Chernobyl, etc.] and the Venezuela/Chavez story.
Time Magazine: The World's Most Polluted Places. See the trend there? All run by socialist or formerly socialist governments. Complete state regulation and a government that works “for the people” by driving out those “greedy, polluting capitalists”.
“By law, cities must remove at least 30 percent of organic waste from incoming sewage before treating it. This poses a problem for Anchorage because it has so little waste in its sewage. The Environmental Protection Agency won't give the city an exemption. So rather than build a new, state-of-the-art $135 million treatment facility capable of removing even traces of organic waste, the city has asked two local fish-processing plants to dump fish viscera into the water. The fish waste is then removed, and the federal regulation met.” Source The law must be followed, regardless of whether it makes sense. Even here in the USA, poorly written regulations can lead to perverse incentives, despite the lofty intentions of the law's authors.
Broke down and ordered a Panzer Skid Plate for my VW Jetta. Hoping to never see a cracked oil pan again.
Via CMReport: Re: Huffington Post: If $14 per unique visit is now the going rate for website sales, I am willing to entertain offers.
It's kind of amusing to listen to podcasts from Friday prognosticating on the 'upcoming' SuperBowl.
Left work a smidge early to catch a Step circuit class at Golds. Caught up with my dad on news of my mom and SuperBowl news during the first half of the commute and enjoyed my audiobook the rest of the way north. Now time to have a late dinner, get the boys in bed, and start some RCIA prep.