In my continued effort to become a liberal wolf in moderate sheep’s clothing, I present to you the Bi-Partisan Dance of NIMBY and NFMF. (Hover your mouse over acronyms to see what they stand for.)

The recent power outage has feritlized a lot of Op Ed’s that blast NIMBY and BANANA groups and regulation. I think they’re asolutely right. This fear of power plants and (traditional or otherwise) is a little silly, and frankly the greenies who think it’s anything more noble than a money-grubbing attempt to save their property values should wise up.

Somehow I missed this story breaking in early 2001 during Bush’s first regime change. (I was probably still so distraught over the stolen election. ;o) John Aschcroft’s nephew was given probation after being arrested with 60 marijuana plants. This kind of justice seems to run in the bigger GOP family, yes?

Ashcroft was sentenced to three years in the Missouri Department of Correction for a class C felony involving more than 35 grams of marijuana. The sentence was suspended, and he was placed on probation for three years and sentenced to 100 hours of community service, which he served…As I recall it, in his first month on probation, Alex had a positive urine test [ Editor’s Note: Remember, positive is negative…in a manner of speaking. ]

Eric Edmundson, an electrical engineer in Pineville, Mo., served two years in Leavenworth federal prison after his August 1993 arrest for what police said were 51 marijuana plants growing on his property.

NFMF is a bad acronym. One cold beer for anyone who can come up with one as good as NIMBY.

On the honey vs vinegar tip: Here’s a company that specializes in creative camouflage to help keep the NIMBYites from having too much to complain about.