The Cancerous Growth Of Government Power And An Example Of Where It Can Lead

The above cartoon might look like a joke, but it might be one based on what passes for reality.

Check out the following bullshit, which I copied from The Fat Guy. Bear in mind, this is not just some wild meanderings postulated by some extremist left green group like The Sierra Club or Greenpeace. This is actually being considered by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Is it any wonder conservatives and a good many others balk at the idea of giving the federal government (or any other kind) any more power than is absolutely necessary. I keep telling myself it has to be some kind of joke, but, well, read on and you be the judge.

For farmers, this stinks: Belching and gaseous cows and hogs could start costing them money if a federal proposal to charge fees for air-polluting animals becomes law.

Farmers so far are turning their noses up at the notion, which is one of several put forward by the Environmental Protection Agency after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2007 that greenhouse gases emitted by belching and flatulence amounts to air pollution.

“This is one of the most ridiculous things the federal government has tried to do,” said Alabama Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks, an outspoken opponent of the proposal.

It would require farms or ranches with more than 25 dairy cows, 50 beef cattle or 200 hogs to pay an annual fee of about $175 for each dairy cow, $87.50 per head of beef cattle and $20 for each hog.

The executive vice president of the Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation, Ken Hamilton, estimated the fee would cost owners of a modest-sized cattle ranch $30,000 to $40,000 a year. He said he has talked to a number of livestock owners about the proposals, and “all have said if the fees were carried out, it would bankrupt them.”

Where are we gonna go when these retards


What I would like to know is, when did the Supreme Court ever make such a ridiculously stupid ruling, and why? For that matter, do they even have the authority to make such a judgment?

Somebody please tell me this is a joke, because if it's not, there's only one other conceivable explanation. The people in charge of policy making in the US are completely unhinged.