Mark Steyn on Al Gore - DON'T AXE, DON'T TELL

The piece below, for example, is a trivial little thing. I suppose one could argue that it uses a small footnote to make a large point about a man who was not unimportant and who, at the Copenhagen climate conference, came within an East Anglian e-mail or two of taking out the entire developed world. But really, it's just an excuse for a bit of cheap knockabout.

Energy and Commerce Leaders Probe Administration on Greenhouse Gas Rules

WASHINGTON, DC – House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) called on the Environmental Protection Agency today to provide information on its current and proposed rules to regulate greenhouse gases.

The Green Left’s Ten Thousand Commandments - By Henry Payne - Planet Gore - National Review Online

The Religious Right is in your bedroom. And the Green Left is in every other room in your house.

If Bible-thumping busybodies want to govern your sex life, then the Goracle’s disciples want to dictate what light bulbs to use in the living room, what foods you eat in the kitchen, what toilets you flush in the bathroom, what washers and detergents you use in the laundry room, and what car you park in the garage.

Incredibly, the House of Representatives went on the record Tuesday night to ban the light bulbs that 85 percent of Americans choose to use in their homes. We’re not making this up.