Wyoming is currently exploding with Windfarm development.

The Global Warming interests expressing concern about the
use of oil, coal, and other fossil fuels (from which Wyoming
gets a lot of revenue) have been championing the use of solar
and solar derived sources (like wind).

Recently those same interests have started complaining about
the effects of all those large rotary bird/bat swatters on the
ecosystem.

I wish they'd at least be clear or honest about what they really want.

Why would the government want to tax industry from which they
gain revenues to operate?

The U.S. government (and some state governments) have imposed
taxes on cigarettes to acquire funds. Initially the justification was to
use the tax revenue for the treatment of cancer and other smoking
related illnesses. Many of those tax revenues were diverted at
inception for other completely unrelated purposes.

Taxation is fluid. If one revenue source dries up, another will be identified.

So the assertion that little snippits of everyday
detritus are of value to the not so casual
archeologist or anthropologist. Some here even
claim that possibly preserving text messaging
"content" is of value.

I look at the completely polarized opinions posted
here from those who claim to be neutral (I have my
doubts) as well as those that are unabashedly
partesan, and I know that if this particular
Slashdot post and the ensuing discussion were
to be analyzed by some hapless archeologist
or anthropologist, they would be completely unable
to discern the truth about history, much less the
quality of any of the presidents discussed here.

The indirect effects of operation of the LHC are
much more likely to cause the end of civilization
as we know it, i.e.: the resultant Global Warming
from generating the power to operate it versus
the results of discharging the oversized subatomic
BB gun.

OK. So throw away the webcam irrelevances, memos
about the lunch menu, birthday wishes, what
new limos the Secret Service just ordered, times
of arrival to state dinners, whether it snowed at
Camp David or Crawford. All the frothy-mouthed
radical lefties will find it easy to just cut and
paste into an indictment and get the ball rolling.
Why waste taxpayer money actually investigating
when the perps already know what's actionable and
have the technology to self-incriminate so
quickly!

Argh. No! You never say "Don't tax Peter or Paul. Tax Mary!
The government will tax all four of you. Never ever vote
for a new tax, or even an increase. It will come too easy, and
you'll never be able to get rid of it.

Over a decade ago the town where I live passed a tax that was
supposed to subsidize a "new business" coming into being,
justifying the action claiming the new business will attract a
lot of customers for other businesses in town. The Tax was only
supposed to have a duration of two years. The new business
failed, but the tax is still with us. After the 2 year period,
the city declared the original need for the tax to be fulfilled,
but they had these other things needing immediate attention...

I have never found a soul that admits they voted for the tax.
A great many people claim to have voted against it.