Mark Matthews has the latest on the absurdities of the Senate Launch System.

The GM bailout remains a bad idea. And I say that as someone with an immediate family member whose job was probably saved by it (though we’ll never know what the outcome of a conventional bankruptcy would have been).

…over high-speed rail. The plan is lunacy, really.

I like his choice of books.

[Via Virginia Postrel, the author of one of them]

[Update later morning]

Daniels thinks that he could beat Obama if he runs.

Yes, it is high. The corporate tax should be abolished.

…only outlaws will have light bulbs:

The Incandescent Light Bulb Freedom Act, which unanimously passed South Carolina’s Senate panel, would allow South Carolina manufacturers to continue to sell incandescent bulbs so long as they have “Made in South Carolina” on them and are sold only within the state. Other states have floated the idea, and last year Arizona passed a bill that would have done the same thing, but Governor Jan Brewer (R) vetoed the legislation.

Whether the legislation becomes law remains to be seen, and even if it does become law, lawsuits will likely ensue. Regardless, South Carolina’s efforts demonstrate the will to remove the federal government’s ability to restrict individual choice. If the compact florescent light bulb (CFL) is a better choice, consumers will make that choice without the government’s push.

But it isn’t, and they won’t, so the energy nazis must push.