May 18, 2011 – 8:20 am
There’s politics, then there are fishing expeditions accusing private citizens and companies of wrong-doing with zero proof to score political points Senate Democrats are requesting an FTC investigation into “potential price fixing†of gasoline by petroleum refiners. The Democrats — including Majority Leader Harry Reid — wrote in a letter to FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz […]
May 17, 2011 – 8:20 am
I’d dearly like to blame this mess mostly or solely on Democrats, alas, President Bush signed the legislation which was sponsored by Fred Upton (R-Mi), who now sits as chairman of House Energy and Commerce committee. But, it is supposedly for Gaia’s sake, or, more aptly, because the Federal congress has dearly lost their way, […]
May 14, 2011 – 7:56 am
Anyone else think he is looking at all sorts of polling data, reading editorials and articles that say the 2012 election will be all about the economy (and Obama’s complete incompetence), and saying “gee, I have to make a token effort which will do little to nothing, but can thump my own chest over on […]
May 9, 2011 – 3:30 pm
Hey, climate alarmists, you always say we should listen to the experts Nuclear power will remain the cheapest way for the UK to grow its low-carbon energy supply for at least a decade, according to government advisers. They’re going to need it, since the cold winters (caused by ‘climate change’, due to someone not taking […]
May 7, 2011 – 8:50 am
After doing something pretty darned good in authorizing the take down of Bin Laden, he’s right back to his idea of clean green super duper expensive alternative energy while telling us we can’t drill our way out of high gas prices. Then he jumps in his huge fossil fueled vehicle and drives to the golf […]
May 6, 2011 – 8:13 am
Obviously, this is some sort of massive handout to Big Oil or something, rather than a measure to drill for our own oil off our own shores, ensuring our supply is readily available and prices go down As gas prices nationally approach $4 a gallon, the House passed Thursday a measure that would require the […]
April 30, 2011 – 9:36 am
The difference between a demagogue (interestingly, ye olde Thesaurus has the word “politician” as a synonym) and a leader: the first yammers on and blamestorms, the latter comes up with a real world plan to address the issue and attempts to resolve it. Guess which one Obama is? After the worst recession since the Great […]
April 29, 2011 – 9:00 am
….you’ve lost the backing of one of the Internet’s most hysterical (both meanings of the word) enviroweenie/climate alarmist websites: Government-backed corn ethanol lurches on, paving a road to nowhere During the Bush II administration, I used to groan that the closest thing we had to a concerted policy response to climate change was the federal […]
April 26, 2011 – 8:49 am
Obviously, the second part is more pressing to the Liberals at the Washington Post, rather than how much Americans are suffering Soaring gasoline prices are biting into household incomes and nibbling at Americans’ fuel consumption — and support for President Obama, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll. About six in 10 respondents said they […]
April 25, 2011 – 4:10 pm
Good thing Los Federales are working hard to lower our fuel costs Shell Oil Company has announced it must scrap efforts to drill for oil this summer in the Arctic Ocean off the northern coast of Alaska. The decision comes following a ruling by the EPA’s Environmental Appeals Board to withhold critical air permits. The […]
