Bipartisan power grab of the day

Eat your heart out, Patriot Act.

Now there's a bipartisan bill in Congress that would revoke federal highway funds from states that don't raise the age to receive a full driver's license to 18. This despite the fact that the rate of serious traffic accidents among younger motorists has actually increased as some states have already started raising the driving age - which indicates that raising the driving age has been ineffective.

Naturally, insurance lobbyists are behind the federal bill.

What's next? A federal law to require year-round school?

Honestly, folks, if anybody seriously thinks this bill will save any lives at all, they're living in dreamtime (as Daryl Hall would say).

Meanwhile, BP goes uncontrolled.