From the WSJ summary: "there are limits to the power of ideology. When the two light bulbs were both priced at 50 cents, all but one of the people in that study bought the more efficient CFL, whether it had a pro-environment sticker or not".

It does prevent all those ships from inefficiently cruising back to China empty. Next? A bidding war on the best garbage. Followed by media coverage, "racist evil white male controlled American corporate firms send all the good garbage to white Norway, China gets second rate, low quality garbage. Why cant we just fairly share our good garbage?"

Agreed. A good move, and a hopeful sign. I have become a jaded wrt the "power of the net", and the upcoming transformation of all things. Alas, it is not yet That New World. In fact it looks further away sometimes, the early promise of open freedoms betrayed, stolen via quiet back door consolidations of power by corporate/government. But this is another very good sign. A very large and powerful company is listening, it matters what we say. It is incremental, but it is real. I fall into despair at times, but still send that email, call the customer service, fill out the FOIA. Demand it. It is non negotiable.

...used on the couch, by someone who also owns an iPhone. Fear a 7 would scavenge phone sales is the correct answer. But it is too bad they thought they had to bury all those unsellable 10's in the desert next to that crappy video game. Apple may yet rebound after the bailout, I read a rumor they are allied with Mr Fisker. The inevitable iCar. "saves fuel by Never Moving under its own Power!"

Big Corn state's Iowa Caucus is the first vote for president. Therefore I contend, the corny ethanol policy. Why? Lazy me. Party rules? A law that prevents the other 49 from being first? A Corn Dictus.

Wow am I relieved. If it tasted like bacon, I would have had to buy it.

I agree with the spirit of what you are saying, and your frustration. But the Jersey school folks are not a court. Your assessment of our northern friends is a bit blinkered. Quebec suffers from PC phobias and acceptable idea codes that are far beyond the US now, although there are some here willing to catch up. For example, there was an effort to silence Mark Steyn, even to the point of putting ideas on trial.The good news? It comically failed, thanks to the very quick witted Steyn. for the curious: http://binged.it/TkvsFx It is worth checking out.

Did anyone else laugh out loud when reading this story? Is this a joke, a hoax? Well's tale is of a limited number of things quickly killed off by an alien element. This theorized killer bug argument requires evolution and adaptation suspended for multiple generations. 10 million years in fact. This is perhaps the most profoundly stupid theory I have ever heard. It merits a special trophy in the creator's names. A subset of the darwin awards.

It is Twitter, not Tweeter. Therefore Twits. Not Tweets. Twits.

My preferred inspiration for the Logo. Followed the Soul Sale. A little of Stevie's sense of humor. Joke on us. Moment marked by the stunning introduction of a Suit. Riches, fame, and relentless misery. Joke on him. A pleasant narrative.

Good News! The world bank dude Expert on Global Warming spoketh on the NPR: They are steadfastly committed to preventing third world development, 97% of scientists agree, Crest gets teeth cleaner! That means, for the learning impaired, no real New competition after the Chinese bubble goes Boom Boom Boom! Out go the lights. (Note from Forgotten Ancient Historic Detail of Century 20? State run economy is Big Fail!) (so is best to have deciders just kill all hungry people and inconvenient disagree-ers)

Don't let it get to you dude. it is the modern racism, generalization. Always accompanied by name calling, etc. Thing is, next time you stroll around a piece of that fouled soil, that rotting corpse once called "western civilization"? Look em in the eye. They take a step back, in fear. Then they get out of the way.

That is certainly what they need, less readers! A smaller echo chamber! Someone relate the news to folks at the Post? Wait, don't they do news and stuff? Rumor is, they once did. It will be an exquisite pleasure to watching that already dead body twist in the wind, from a self made rope. How soon before they call for a Bailout? This reaffirms my assertion that the biggest paper pushing assholes have risen to the top, everywhere. This one, literally.

IE9 fail. Crashed browser page. Twice. An excellent bad example, for the deciders to see. See also Cnet, Wired, The Verge. Good examples? Drudge, Instapundit, reddit. I suspect these companies have too many employees, a culture of change fed by sheer terror, and a long view that extends at least half way to next week.

The poll was outsourced to the Onion? After clicking the five links in the story, I wondered if this was the start of a new Halloween tradition. I expected the checkbox would move out of the way of the mouse when I voted. Laugh out loud bad.