Here is a quick note and a stark reminder of what peril our stupid Federal legislature is getting us into:

As we have posted several times before, the Great Depression of the 1930's was not caused by the stock market crash of October 1929.  The Great Depression was caused by Congress raising taxes and enacting protectionist trade tariffs after the crash, during a severe recession.

So, when we read that the so-called "cap and trade" bill has passed the house, and is moving to the Senate - we take note of the critics who correctly observe that "cap and trade" is simply a liberals dream super massive tax hike disguised in politically correct global warming terms.

And on top of that, many States are also raising taxes rather than slashing Government.

The Chinese are pissed at Congress over their 'buy American' crap, and have announced their own 'buy Chinese' program in retaliation.  The Mexicans and Canadians are also pissed.

Satirist Al Franken was awarded Norm Coleman's Senate seat by a liberal Court for a liberal super majority in the Senate.  As Josef Stalin once said ""It's not the people who vote that count. It's the people who count the votes."  Nothing could be more true in the state of Minnesota.  We are living in a one-party system at the moment, and are seeing all the ugliness that such a system brings with it.

Icebergs surround us in the night.  The watchmen sounding warnings are being ignored.

America slips into an ever darker place.