The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal: No Impact Man fails to make an impression
Reason.tv producer Dan Hayes watches No Impact Man, a documentary that chronicles the Beavan family's quest to live in Manhattan while giving up toilet paper, any products with packaging, cars and public transit, elevators, plastic bags, and shopping for anything new. http://reason.com/archives/2009/10/06/the-adventures-of-a-guilty-lib<http://click.email.reason.org/?qs=4c71fdfb161ca4f2e3df5acbfc2a40efa7302ffe7ad31c5c619a2df63b423bcc> Reason.tv: Light Bulbs vs. The Nanny State In September, the European Union banned the sale of 100-watt incandescent light bulbs, with lawbreakers facing up to $70,000 in fines. Over the next few years, bans on lower-wattage bulbs kick in. In the United States, similar legislation comes into play in 2012. The idea is to kickstart the market for compact fluorescent lights (CFLs), which use less energy than conventional incandescents. Although CFLs present any number of problems (even beyond a much higher initial cost), governments all over the globe are determined to make them the new standard. Invented in its modern form by Thomas Edison in 1879, the light bulb became synonymous with a brilliant idea. Now, it seems, it's just one more symbol of a nanny state that increasingly dictates more choices in our public and private lives. Click here to watch.<http://click.email.reason.org/?qs=4c71fdfb161ca4f216ba6065a9581ac45391f955b6835eda8d1c2fa5fae0451e> >From Hit & Run, Reason.com's Staff Blog >From Glenn to Glenn I'm late to note it, but Glenn Greenwald's essay on the Glenn Beck phenomenon and the tea party movement is a remarkable read, not least because it shows one of Obama's critics on the left reaching out to his critics on the right. Greenwald doesn't think much of Beck himself, writing that the talk show host "doesn't really appear to have any actual, identifiable political beliefs; he just mutates into whatever is likely to draw the most attention for himself and whatever satisfies his emotional cravings of the moment." And Greenwald is by no means fond of every element of the tea parties, noting that "this anti-Obama sentiment is being exploited by run-of-the-mill GOP operatives who have no objective other than to undermine Democrats and return the Republicans to power." But he's also aware that "there are some identifiable -- and plainly valid -- underlying causes to these protests that are neither Republican nor Democratic, or even left or right"... Read the rest here.<http://click.email.reason.org/?qs=4c71fdfb161ca4f2db0733a77bea03966e2f6ab1255e7e4651dd346766b286f0> Posted by Jesse Walker http://reason.com/blog/2009/10/06/from-glenn-to-glenn Daily Brickbat British Bobbies British prosecutors have charged 11 individuals with impersonating police officers during a G20 protest earlier this year. But the 11 weren't exactly dressed in police uniforms. Leah Borromeo, for instance, was dressed in overalls rolled down to her waist, exposing her bra. Others were carrying toy machine guns. "If I'm guilty of anything, it's impersonating a stripper," said Borromeo. http://www.reason.com/brickbat/<http://click.email.reason.org/?qs=c48e3d1066760060781843be89a8fcff9c1d42ba32d95d455ac42919ba7589db> Try Reason's award-winning print edition today!<http://click.email.reason.org/?qs=c48e3d106676006009ad55114d51890490582d420d83710309c561fe03a692d1>Your first issue is FREE if you are not completely satisfied. This email was sent to: *[email protected]* This email was sent by: Reason Foundation 3415 Sepulveda Boulevard, Suite 400, Los Angeles, CA, 90034, USA We respect your right to privacy - view our policy<http://click.email.reason.org/?qs=c48e3d10667600602001c22b6da817da63c6605f7c3fd36eb498b7da3d9f76da> <http://click.email.reason.org/?qs=c48e3d10667600608d7f164419aaf9e23df664467dc021060a3b46b725292bd6> Update Profile and Subscription Preferences<http://click.email.reason.org/?qs=fba062a61efb51fd5d277544fb584efb6cfc712e400fdccd1966582a49775f77>| Unsubscribe >From All >Emails<http://click.email.reason.org/?qs=fba062a61efb51fdbbe8cd48f7b627c381794478db9c7dc3cd71f1fcc609649b> -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
