ALEC Steals The Current Cake, And Tries To Eat It Too

(commentary posted by Roger Erickson)

ALEC calls for penalties on 'freerider' homeowners in assault on clean energy

Why not?

It worked in California, so they have a precedent to tout. Hey, if you manage to intercept the democracy ball, who's gonna blame you for trying to run off with it? Everyone? Or fail?

They do have deep precedents to refer to. Like the bankster mob on Wall Street.

What's next? Penalties on non-corporations receiving "welfare" or Social Security?

If that's not Free Riding, what is? ALEC?

Free-Riders In Free-Rider-Vigilante Disguise?

It's difficult to see any group reason in that maladaptive rhyme. Just a free-ride for looters.

Wow! Is that the perfect disguise, or what? They're so far ahead in their behindedness that we're finding their horse-poop all over our public policy OODA Loop.

Too bad that's not yet having enough effect on the way most citizens think.

If we don't giddyup our rate of thinking, and start preventing some of this shit from hitting our cultural fan, we'll be cleaning up ALEC Poop forever. The stains are visible all over Congress already, and reacting with the hot air. Please learn from others. Don't wait 'til the stench is already noticeable on your street.

Surely we can indict ALEC for impersonating an upstanding citizen? Fight mire with mire?

If we don't, they may next divert the SinglePayer Public Health Maintenance campaign to "Ironycare" :(