The previous post expressed pleasure at the latest anti-clean-coal ad released by the Alliance for Climate Protection, and semi-giggled over the prospect of "my" side having the cash to match an evil-industry group's ability to puts its view before a slack-jawed television nation.

This one will semi-giggle about "my" side having a firm-enough foothold in the zeitgeist that entertainment television can find profit in creating the same sort of energy-titan spoofs that the "Reality" ads are doing.

Current case in point is "The Colbert Report," which aired this "Prescott Oil" ad, which says, in part, "One day, led by Prescott Oil, we'll live in harmony with nature. ... But we're not there yet, so keep buying Prescott Oil and get off our case..."