Obama’s speech yesterday was, as expected, great-serious-sober-inspirational, though certainly not to everyone’s taste. And of course his Presidency and policy outlook won’t be much celebrated or cheerlead by his political opponents. Which is all good, fine, and the way it all should be.

But I have to say I was surprised to see so many conservatives objecting to this line from the inaugural:

We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories.

Ramesh Ponnuru labels it a “real clunker,” as Jonah Goldberg helpfully remarks:

Why not distill energy from our strategic unicorn manure stockpile?

I have to say I don’t really follow the bizarre sarcasm, given these plainly true equations:

  • Sun = Real Thing, Source of All Energy on Planet Earth
  • Unicorn = Not Real Thing, Source of Imaginative Playtime of Little Girls

    • Barack has welcomed contributions and policy proposals from all Americans, liberals and conservatives alike, which is a great and serious invitation.

    But for all the talk of unity, post-partisanship and the putting aside of petty grievances, it’s hard to take seriously the contributions of those who do not take seriously the role of the sun.

    Don’t fuck with the sun; motherfucker will buurrrnn you.