As reported in the ISJ, congress has just spent a super-massive 290 billion clams on a new farm/nutrition/bioenergy bill.  This really shows our government operating at its worst in modern times.  The bill is so fiscally irresponsible, so full of pork, so full of bail-outs and entitlements, so full of anti-competition, so full of waste, so full of business-as-usual-spend-like-there's-no-tomorrow antics.  This bill is really really bad, and the president is powerless to stop it, despite a vow to veto. 

This is proof that almost nobody is really serious about fiscal responsibility.  Larry Craig, Mike Crapo, Mike Simpson, and Bill Sali, who all act as Idaho's representation in congress, all voted for this bill.  I can't think of anybody who gets on his soap box more than Craig when it comes to preaching about balancing the budget.

All the major presidential candidates failed to vote at all on this legislation; how convenient.  Ron Paul, to his credit, actually voted against the bill.

Republicans accuse democrats of being spend happy.  Democrats accuse Republicans of being spend happy.  They're both correct about the other, and the hypocrisy runs deep.

I read with terrific delight in the ISJ that Areva has formal plans to build a new $2 billion uranium enrichment facility here in SE Idaho.  This only makes sense because we also so happen to have the world's premier nuclear research facility here at the INL.  This is big step forward in securing a future in nuclear power.

I hope that we can work diligently to educate people about the potential behind this technology.  Going nuclear is the single most proactive step we can take towards combating global warming and making America energy independent.  It's a technology that has proven itself for decades now, and it's time we take advantage of what has been staring us in the face for far too long.