Which came first: The chicken, the egg or the 10th Amendment?

Now it's getting the national attention it deserves.  I don't think this is a 10th amendment issue.  It's an isue of shear stupidity and idiocy and whether or not the rest of the USA is going to be dragged into the California cauldron of Leftist anti-freedom, pro-death ideology.

Last week, a House committee approved an amendment proposed by Representative Steve King from Iowa. The amendment would prevent states from banning the sale of agriculture products from other states that don’t meet their standards for food production.

For example, California’s new egg law, which goes into effect in 2015, requires that chickens be kept in certain types of cages when they lay eggs. If the eggs come from chickens kept in smaller cages in other states, they can’t be sold in California. And that would obviously affect the price of eggs.

That’s where Representative King yells foul (or fowl).

“The Constitution of the United States reserves the regulation of interstate commerce to the Congress, not the states,” said King in a statement, alluding to the Commerce Clause in Article I of the Constitution. “By 2015, California will allow only eggs to be sold from hens housed in cages specified by California. The impact of their large market would compel producers in other states to invest billions to meet the California standard of ‘means of production.’”

Just pass a law preventing the USDA/FDA from adopting  adopting this latest CA insanity.

The 'California Hydrogen Highway' Failure And Other Struggles In The Electric Vehicle Market

The problem with "green" technology?  Hype! Hype! Hype!

U.S. green energy companies face a somewhat chaotic environment at the state level, with efforts underway in 16 states to weaken renewable energy mandates that have been key support mechanisms for solar and wind power. At the same time, 18 states have moved to strengthen those mandates.

That patchwork of policies in countries like the United States and India - which also has policies that vary from state to state - is a major concern.

"There is no way any reasonable management team of a company can do meaningful corporate planning without an understanding of what the rules of the road are," said Jonathan Silver, who oversaw the Department of Energy loan guarantee program from 2009 to 2011. "We've made it incredibly difficult for people in the energy industry."

State mandating of various green technologies doesn't make things easier.  It's made it harder.  It adds a level of complexity to the market that should never have been there to begin with.

Trapped natural gas, shale oil and oil sands have been known of since the 70s if not longer.  So you could say it took 30 - 40 years for the processes to be considered economical.  Give green tech time.  LOTS of time.  Ultimately, its time will come and will be used everywhere.

Viewpoints: Should California cap and trade use forestry offsets? No

Considering I think the whole cap and trade is stupid, I think offsets are a waste of time.  And I can't think of a better way to destroy the lives of the poor.

In Chiapas, Schwarzenegger's agreement set in motion a dynamic that has increased social conflict and led several peasant farmer and indigenous organizations to rise up in protest. In 2011, in an effort to fast-track the scheme, Chiapas' then-governor began making payments to one group of jungle-dwelling indigenous people on the condition that they stop growing crops in the forest and guard the forest against "invaders" – usually other poor indigenous farmers. Pending funds from California, the money came from Chiapas' public coffers for the time being. The deal threw fuel on the fire of an already simmering agrarian conflict and angered Chiapas citizens, who hadn't been consulted.

Two years later, the fund has dried up, that governor is out of office, and Chiapas is literally bankrupt. But rural conflict continues – and deforestation has not been reduced.

Third world corruption, greed, then death.  Those are usually the results.

Kroger Uses Food Waste to Power California Distribution Center

Now, this is really cool.

The Kroger Co. came up with an inventive solution to prevent food that is not fit to be sold or donated from ending up in a landfill. The retailer installed an anaerobic conversion system at its distribution center (DC) in Compton, California. The Southern California 59-acre DC serves Kroger subsidiaries, Food 4 Less and Ralph’s. Called the Kroger Recovery System, it converts food into energy to help power the 65,000 square foot DC. The system is able to process 55,000 tons of organic food waste a year and turn it into energy. Diverting that amount of food waste is equivalent to 150 tons a day, and will reduce truck trips in the area by over 500,000 miles a year.

Here's the link to the company that designed the system.

Bankster alert: Tom Harkin introduces Glass-Steagall bill in Senate

I think I would be able to sleep at night if Glass-Steagall were law again.

Sen. Tom Harkin on Thursday introduced S. 985, which would rebuild the wall that had once separated commercial banking from brokerage and investment speculation. The Iowa Democrat’s bill came on the 80th anniversary of the original 1933 Glass Steagall Act.

The text of S.985 was not posted on the Senate website as of Friday afternoon, but it is believed to resemble HR 129, introduced by Reps. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, and Walter Jones, R-N.C. Their measure has 62 bipartisan sponsors in the House.

But, the quote from Lyndon LaRouche?  Just a little creepy.

UNREAL!… IRS Shake Down of ‘True the Vote’ Involved Visits From FBI, OSHA and ATF – Who Checked Her Gun Safe (Video)

I've talked about True To Vote before.  This is just amazing.  It's time to defund the Federal Government any way we can.  Gateway Pundit is correct.  This truly is a shakedown.



Catherine Engelbrecht of True The Vote on The Huckabee Program on FOX 5 18 2013 from Wetumpka Tea Party on Vimeo.

America's Pink Slip Capitals

Here's the list:

1. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif.

2. New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa.

3. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif.

4. Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, Ill.-Ind.-Wis.

5. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, Calif.

6. Las Vegas-Paradise, Nev.

7. San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, Calif.

8. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Wash.

9. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md.

10. Fresno, Calif.

So you guys don't think that MAYBE the new higher taxes there might have something to do with it?