WUI (Writing under the influence)

I've been very critical of Catholics, especially of the church "elders" because of their apparent ignorance of basic economics. The church, being opposed to abortion and homosexual marriage, supports for the most part the economic policies of the Democrat party, which, since FDR, have been wrecking the US economy. Not to upset the political landscape, the church complains about abortion and homosexual marriage mostly in spring to take advantage of people's short memories. This is what the government does having the tax day exactly 6 months between elections.

If the church just took a hard look at the world history, it would easily realize that the more a country leans to the left, the bigger its transgressions against human dignity are and so much worse are the living standards of its citizens.

People in essence become the property of the state. Remember? Even slave holders cared about their slaves. They have free housing, food, health care. Of course, the quality of each was directly proportional to the value of labor each slave could deliver. So you old, uneducated, or otherwise dispensable people beware.

If the cap-and-trade bill passes in the US, this will a typical headline in the mainstream news outlet.

Heat Prices to Go Up This Year

Heat prices will grow on average by 10.5% this year and its distribution costs - by 9%, according to energy regulator URE forecasts quoted by the daily Rzeczpospolita .

This should translate to bills higher by 10%.

Afterwards, prices should remain stable at least until 2013, when some 5-34% rises can be expected, depending on the CO2 emission rights allocation by the European Commission.

Did you get that? Some bureaucrats, probably the same sitting on the death panels, will decide how much CO2 each country can emit. If a country like Poland, whose abortion policies are not to EU liking, doesn't change its mind on such issues, its allocation of CO2 will be lowered beyond the pain threshold. To hell with democracy!

Ironically, the prices will go up even further as the global warming turns into global cooling, as it's been happening for a few years now, and there will be more demand for heat fuel. Of course, the rational politicians in EU and soon ion the US will simply tax the rich to distribute the wealth and assure themselves power for a few decades. When the economy is totally destroyed and most corporations have moved abroad, said politicians will start trade wars and wreck the world economy. What will follow will be far beyond what Cheney and Halliburton had ever dreamed of.

Lastly, the slab indeed looks good. It will be raining for a few days so I don't have to worry about curing. I will however have to do something about those disconnected downspouts.