Since I quit writing about Texas politics regularly in 2008, I've been studying terrorism. My undergraduate degree focused on the subject quite a bit, and the entirety of my post-graduate work has been on transnational terrorist groups and networks, and how counter-terrorism policy affects those groups.
So naturally, I think Bill Flores' plan to kill the Department of Energy is an incredibly stupid idea. Because it is. When my buddy Joe and I decided to start mercilessly wailing on all of the incredibly bad ideas floating around politics this year, that clowny business joined Meg Whitman's economic policies for California as an early subject.
By the way, if you spot other bad ideas that just demand similar treatment, please point them out.