Not sufficiently infuriated by the Mayor’s proposal to impose a twenty cent “green fee” on disposable shopping bags? [p-i ^[1]] Perhaps you’ve been abroad and realize that being charged a few more cents at the checkout isn’t the end of the world? Or maybe you also hate getting your food in styrofoam containers already? Just in case you’re feeling incapable of ginning up a nonsensical rant of your own, let’s check in with Michelle Malkin for today’s random freakout:

When last I covered the environmental zealots in my old stomping grounds of Seattle, Mayor Greg Nickels was terrorizing the kids at Christmas time with tales of Santa and the reindeer drowning if they didn’t use compact fluorescent Gore bulbs. What are they up to now? The green cultists are preparing to impose a 20-cent tax on both paper and plastic bags in a bid to force everyone to use those itty-bitty cloth bags that’ll fit a head of organic lettuce and little else. [michellemalkin ^[2]]

Notice how none of that makes any sense? It goes on (and on, and on) like that in wonderful nonsensical detail. If you get bored with that, the fuming comments section is also worth a read!

The article in the P-I is (unsurprisingly) much more sedate. The only major counterpoint comes from Jenn Young who worries: “If you have a family of six with four kids, and you go shopping once a week and you have 10 grocery bags, that can get to be a lot of money.” By my calculations, this would be a total of two dollars per week, which is probably a whole lot less than most people pay in ATM fees.