Friday odds and ends

Just looking at a few news articles after a long and painful week.

First up new EPA regs on ozone levels. See if you can find the alterior motive behind the new standards Remember the guy who came up with these rules was hand picked by Bush. Did George make a mistake and actually pick somebody with credentials? Or is this some kind of rouse?

Speaking of standards We now have new fuel econemy standards for cars 35mpg by 2020. Now you might think that this would be an accomplishment except that we all know that the EPA fuel economy ratings for cars and trucks are inflated anyway. The EPA takes a car, truck or whatever and runs it empty at a constant speed of 45mph to get the numbers. Anybody out there under the age of 85 do that? The other aspects of the article deals with trying to actually fund alternative energy. You know that won't happen until the oil companies get a strangle hold on other sources of energy. If they could make us pay for sunlight they would. You know it.

Last article The goofy security surrounding Mitt Rommney. All I can say is Barney Fife actually had a badge.

Late Friday news dump

Rats leaving the ship
Another Justice Department figure (head) has called it quits.
The Clintons unlike the Bush family are devoiding themselves of investments that may pose a conflict of interest. (Dump your oil stocks George, George, and Dick).
And finally the Homeland Security funding bill looks like it may be DOA as I'm almost certain it's stuffed with pork. (But it's only pork if it's "Democrat" pork.)