6 Ways to Short the Obama Health Plan -- Seeking Alpha

The problem for Obama, and why it is possible to develop a short view of his administration going forward, is his loss of control of Congress. Most Senators and a handful of Congressmen know something of money, the budget, deficits and markets. But most members of the House do not - and they are showing way too much influence and power in the setting of policy. That means a make-believe energy bill/cap and trade bill, because they don't want the cost of energy to go up; too much support for a housing market that would best be left to itself, to correct itself quickly; and a health care bill that has its heart in the right place and its head up, well, this is a family blog - a health care bill that sets the nation on an untenable course.

Perriello responds to GOP attack on green bill vote | GoDanRiver

I’m just ecstatic,” Perriello said Wednesday. “We’ve just declared our independence from foreign oil.”

The American Spectator : Cap-and-Taxed to Death

Calling Waxman-Markey a "power grab" is like calling Mount Everest a hill. The bill is not a tax bill. It's not an energy bill, and it's not a jobs bill.

July Opens with Near-Record Cold

MILWAUKEE - July, like March, has come in like a lion. Today's high temperature was 63 degrees, missing by a single degree the all-time record for coldest high on July 1st.