"Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration." A worthy lesson for many on Capitol Hill. Today is Thomas Edison’s 164th birthday, and I wished we had better news to report to 'the beyond'…
Well, apparently today’s ingenuity need not apply to, nor come from, the betterment of the common man, but from, and for, the ‘inspiration’ of the legislator, particularly the enviro-statists among them. (Be sure to watch Ted Poe’s plea to overturn this legislation!)
“Who Shut Off the Lights? Bring Back the Incandescent Lightbulb” by Adam Sparks
http://biggovernment.com/asparks/2011/02/08/who-shut-off-the-lights-bring-back-the-incandescent-lightbulb/
You just had to sign that didn’t you, Mr. Bush? As Poe so poignantly expresses, “Oh, I yearn for the day when Americans took care of Americans by developing our own abundant natural resources…to provide affordable energy to America.”
Should we trade in necessity for the distraction of desire? Apparently from one administration to the next, legislators continue to make that case...
The Obama administration’s latest endeavors: high-speed rail and internet. On top of the eco aspect that’s always used for promotion, these proposals are very exemplary of our current administration’s runaway policies. How can one pledge billions in this high-stakes, high-speed agenda on the one hand, while speaking of responsible spending and necessary cuts from the other? Talk is cheap when the dog’s chasing its tail!
“High-speed rail: Obama's gift that nobody wants”
http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/2011/02/high-speed-rail-obamas-gift-nobody-wants
Although I’ve had problems with this guy lately, his point is valid: “Gov. Chris Christie chided President Obama today for focusing on "candy" while larger problems like underfunded pension systems and failing schools remain unsolved.”
“N.J. Gov. Christie criticizes Obama's emphasis on expanding high-speed rail, wireless internet” by Chris Megerian
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/02/nj_gov_christie_criticizes_pre.html
There’s a lot more remaining unsolved to add to that list, like our unsustainable national debt for starters! So after spending billions on high-speed internet since being elected, the effort to increase the ‘educated poor’ droves on…adding ‘computer access’ to the list of welfare subsidies?
Don’t get me wrong, we should absolutely embrace technological advancement, not simply to keep up with this country or that one, but to assist with the progress and functioning of our ever evolving society. However, at what point will we understand that avenues of private investment can pursue these endeavors, particularly if the ‘tax and regulate’ shackles were removed? Instead of dependence on the government for ‘luxuries’, why not allow competitive private industry to develop these technologies? Must we continue to depend on the State for everything, until we’re busted and everything implodes from its own indebted weight? We’re trading in the innovative genius of Edison for all of this absent grandeur?!
