“We have so much room for improvement,” she said. “Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory … of how we are taking responsibility.”
Including rooftop colors and — no surprise here — food. After all, as the London Times notes, “diners will be encouraged to consume more potatoes and seasonal vegetables, as well as pork and chicken, which generate fewer carbon emissions”, especially when compared with “sheep, whose burping poses a serious threat to the environment.”
Needless to say, James Lileks has plenty of sport with that last suggestion.
Meanwhile, Thomas Sowell explores a road that was well-traveled in the 1920s and ’30s, and Victor Davis Hanson shares his “Reflections On an Age Now Fading…”
Update: “Obama: ‘Ya ain’t seen nuthin’ yet!’”
More: Found via Stacy McCain, Generation Patriot welcomes you to America’s “New Empathetic Corporatist Economy”, a topic which we interviewed Steven Malanga about last month on PJM Political.
How come the overhead of government is never considered when it comes time to look for ways to cut inefficiencies from the economy?
Isn’t getting a smaller government far more effective than getting a smaller car?