Every breathe you take...

Dan Riehl attempts to breathe new life into the "Carbon is Life" argument which took its last breath a long time ago.

Supreme Court: Government Can Regulate Breathing

Yes, that's correct. Thanks to a runaway Supreme Court, still tilted left by liberal justices, it has determined that the federal government now actually has the right to regulate how and when you breathe.

Dan Riehl: The Breathalyzer!

By classifying Carbon Dioxide as an air pollutant and mandating that the EPA regulate its discharge, they have however unwittingly and stupidly, supplied precedent for government to actually regulate the air you breathe, okay, actually the by product of breathing that you discharge - same difference as a matter of fact.

Uhm...don't hold your breath?

The point isn't if the federal government would ever implement such a silly regulation - the point is that a group of five unelected, aging to the point of senility in some cases, individuals have reached into the Constitution and discovered something not a single founding Father would have ever imagined being there - the right of the federal government to regulate human breath.

OK Dan. Breathe, breathe...

Government is ultimately the problem and we are fast approaching a point where no democratic effort can correct our course, particularly as there is no democratic option for controlling a runaway Supreme Court. Unfortunately, even allegedly conservative governments have shown that they have no qualms with growing government while taking away more and more of our freedom. If you think government can right itself, I'd suggest you not hold your breath. But then, given the courts ruling on carbon dioxide, there could come a day when you have no choice.

You take my breath away, Dan.

Sadly, good Americans may one day find themselves at a point where only revolution will be able to secure their so-called inalienable rights.

Life, liberty and the pursuit of hot air.

I guess I could have gone into lung volume vs engine displacement volume; oxygen, the carbon cycle, fossil fuels, and carbon dioxide emissions; etc., etc. But it's actually quite self-explanable, so today's winner of excellence in wingnut/wanker science is Dan Riehl!