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We believe government should be punished for failing to live up to the expectations of its citizens, not the other way around. We don’t think people who destroy thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in market value should get a pass because they meant well. We’ve had enough of dodging a massive State that wants to organize, subsidize, penalize, and divide us. We refuse to pay tithe to a religion we don’t support, including the official State religion of global warming. We demand honesty, humility, and transparency from our public servants, no matter how many elections they’ve won. We won’t settle for making the only important decisions about our futures in the voting booth, once every couple of years.

Coal Feet: Carbon Capture and Storage Too Pricey, China Says - Environmental Capital - WSJ

Is China getting cold feet about clean coal? It certainly sounds that way. Bloomberg reports:

FT.com / UK - Abuse claim over Germany's car scrappage scheme

Criminals in Germany are buying tens of thousands of cars meant for the scrapyard and exporting them as they profit from a government subsidy intended to bolster the sale of new cars, a German police trade union has warned.

Mont Saint Michel Turbines Spark Village Wars in Energy Fight - Bloomberg.com

Organizers of a national petition that started this week demanded a debate on the economic justification for wind energy and the “visual blight” it creates in villages and at tourist sites such as Mont Saint Michel off the Normandy coast.

“Wind turbines have the potential to spark war in our villages,” said Yves Verilhac, the former director of a regional nature reserve who is spearheading the petition. “This is a complicated and highly politicized issue that needs further debate.”

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll - Rasmussen Reports™

Seventy-one percent (71%) believe the President’s policies have driven up the federal deficit. Fifty-four percent (54%) say that middle class tax cuts are more important than new spending on health care. Thirty-three percent (33%) now believe the country is heading in the right direction.