Watching a Slow Motion Train Wreck

Just a quick note today. We are celebrating the 4th of July tonight with some other Americans, so I will have to keep it short.

I feel as if I am watching a slow motion train wreck. Australia has just agreed to kill the meager growth this country is showing in the midst of this economic slowdown and lower the standard of living for all these good, hardworking people. Today, the Rudd government announced that it is going to start initiatives to work on "greenhouse gases" that they feel the population of Australia produce. Each person/family will be given a carbon-emissions limit. Some of the results will be....penalties for not switching to solar or wind power, an added $85.00-$100.00 per airline ticket for "carbon credits", gps systems that report to the state how much driving an individual does----and then sending a bill to their house if they exceed what the state-almighty says is the limit. I have attached the article below. Notice how the environmental minister says "If we don't do something the result COULD BE......". Too bad the Rudd govt. wasn't in place during the last ice age a millenia ago....maybe the ice flows could have been delayed by 20minutes or so....maybe a herd of mastedons could have survived. I can't wait to see some twenty year old environmentalist kid have to pay an extra $100.00 a month for going over his cellphone limit. (Attach a solar panel to it pal.) Like I said I see the wreck coming...coming to my country as well. Shouldn't such radical changes be delayed until we can come up with something better than .... "well, just in case" or "maybe this will happen" or "it could be.....".

Happy 4th of July everyone....drive anywhere you want, crank up the air conditioning and spray some hairspray just for me!!!

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23967822-2,00.html