American Energy Alliance has a must-read regular e-mail, “In the Pipeline,” highlighting key news items of the day (you can sign up for it by shooting a quick email to [email protected] with “sign me up” in the subject line). Today’s carries some humorous notes, including the following:

Rep. Collin Peterson Tells Minnesota Farmers That “He Wouldn’t Want the [Cap-and-Raid] Bill That Passed the House to Become Law” — You Know, The One He Teamed Up With Waxman to Pass. St. Paul Legal Ledger (8/6) reports, “Farmers at this year’s FarmFest in southwestern Minnesota are concerned about Wall Street banking firms’ ruinous speculation practices in commodity markets. They’re also worried about what’ll happen with health care reform this summer in Washington, D.C. But farmers’ biggest political gripe at the three-day event that ends Thursday is with the greenhouse-gas reduction bill currently pending in Congress. Farmers peppered DFL U.S. Reps. Collin Peterson and Tim Walz on the bill that passed the House earlier this year, which they both voted for. The two representatives are members of the House Agriculture committee. Peterson, who is chairman of the committee, was a central player in negotiations on the sections of House bill dealing with agriculture. However, Peterson said he wouldn’t want the bill that passed the House to become law. He noted that he will be on the conference committee if the Senate passes the bill. He’s hoping that some major concerns get worked out in the Senate. “I think we could get there. But we’re not there yet,” Peterson said.

Who does this guy think he is . . . Duke Energy?