Self-Control Issues

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I have largely stayed out of the whole "bring your guns to the rally" movement. I think it's dumb and I think that it is a form of intimidation, but I'm not too worked up about it. But I did get worked up about Joe Wilson calling the President a liar on the house floor during the joint session of Congress.

Cap and Trade One Year Anniversary and the World Has Not Come To An End

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Oh yes -- we already have cap and trade! It is called the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and it is a year old this month. 10 states in the northeast banded together to try to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants in the region and installed their own version of a cap and trade program. Every power plant in the area needs to buy allowances to emit greenhouse gasses. Allowances are sold on auction quarterly. At some point, the number of allowances on the market get scaled back -- increasing the price of the allowance and sending a signal to the plant that it may be cheaper to reduce their emissions.

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Special Question of the Evening: When does international law apply?  Who applies International Law to the United States?