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Entries from April 2009

Will Military Continue Stonewalling on Lie Detector? (Updated)

April 20th, 2009 · No Comments

Nearly two weeks have passed since I published a post (“Is Tech ‘Turf War’ Putting U.S. Troops at Risk“) about my attempts to learn about the effectiveness — or lack thereof — of the military’s use of the Preliminary Credibility Assessment Screening System. Today, I wonder if officials at U.S. Central Command will continue the [...]

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Tamarisk, Socialism Share Much in Common

April 19th, 2009 · No Comments

While visiting Western Colorado’s Piceance (pronounced “pee-ahnce”) Basin last week, I learned about a small, non-native tree that reminds me of our socialism-focused federal government under President Barack Obama. The Tamarisk (a.k.a., “Salt Cedar”) is, according to a Seed Magazine report: An invasive species introduced to the United States from Eurasia; A deep-rooted plant that [...]

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14th Anniversary of OKC Bombing Observed

April 19th, 2009 · No Comments

Today marks the 14th anniversary of the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.  A resident of Norman, Okla., at the time, I remember all too clearly exactly where I was — dropping my then-5-year-old son off at the Montessori preschool he attended — when I heard a reporter on KTOK-AM [...]

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Threats Issued Over Obama Birth Certificate Issue

April 17th, 2009 · 18 Comments

I was on the road and nearly missed some important news about the issue of Barack Obama’s birth certificate, a subject about which I’ve published at least 18 posts during the past two years: A Family Security Matters report Wednesday revealed that Barack Obama’s lawyer, Robert F. Bauer, is threatening D.C. attorney John Hemenway with [...]

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Tour Offers Writers Education in Natural Gas (Updated)

April 17th, 2009 · 2 Comments

During a two-day fact-finding trip this week, I learned a lot about Williams’ cutting-edge natural gas exploration and production efforts taking place in Western Colorado’s Piceance (pronounced “pee-ahnce”) Basin.  In this post, I’ll try to shed some light on those efforts and help you understand why they’re vitally important to our nation’s energy future in [...]

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API Slams EPA’s Proposed Endangerment Finding

April 17th, 2009 · No Comments

Jack Gerard, president of the American Petroleum Institute, issued the following statement today, slamming the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed endangerment finding for greenhouse gases: “The proposed endangerment finding poses an endangerment to the American economy and to every American family.  It could lead to greenhouse gas regulations under a law fundamentally ill-suited to addressing the [...]

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Inhofe: Proposed EPA Endangerment Finding Will Destroy Jobs, Raise Energy Prices and More

April 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) said today that the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed endangerment finding will unleash a torrent of regulations that will destroy jobs, harm consumers, and extend the agency’s reach into every corner of American life. Despite enormous expense and hardship for the American economy, these regulations will have virtually no effect on climate [...]

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