You may have heard about the provisions in the cap-and-tax bill that would set loose the carbon footprint police upon your home should you deign to sell it, renovate it, or even change the name on the utility billing. Michelle Malkin has the details.
I was reminded of a passage from the Declaration of Independence:
He has erected a Multitude of new Offices, and sent hither Swarms of Officers to harass our People, and eat out their Substance.
As has been pointed out before, it is no better to be ruled by 3,000 tyrants one mile from your home than by one tyrant 3,000 miles from your home.