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 [...]
Entries from April 2009
Will Military Continue Stonewalling on Lie Detector? (Updated)
April 20th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: · Army, centcom, Central Command, chris fausett, dave foster, foia, Freedom of Information Act, hand-held lie detector, john redfield, lafayette instrument, lafayette instrument company, lee packnett, Lie Detector, lt col lee packnett, maj john redfield, pcass, pcass expert, Pentagon, polygraphy, preliminary credibility assessment screening system, public affairs, public affairs officer, turf war, u.s. central command
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 [...]
Tags: · american tea party movement, Barack Obama, Colorado, federal government, invasive species, irrigated farmland, natural gas industry, Obama, piceance, piceance basin, president barack obama, salt cedar, saul alinsky, seed, seed magazie, seed magazine, Socialism, southwest, southwestern united states, tamarisk, tamarisk coalition, tax revenue, tea party, tea party movement, waste, water, western colorado
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 [...]
Tags: · 14th anniversary, 14th anniversary of the oklahoma city bombing, 1995, alfred p. murrah federal building, April 19, ktok, ktok-am, murrah federal building, newsok.com special interactive report, okc, Oklahoma City, oklahoma city national memorial
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 [...]
Tags: · Barack Obama, barack obama's lawyer, birth certificate, family security matters, john hemenway, Obama, proof of birth, robert f. bauer, threatening letter
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 [...]
Tags: · Colorado, drilling, drilling mud, drilling site, environement, exploration, fracing, fracturing, gas processing, halliburton, high-efficiency rig, hydrocarbon gases, methane, natural gas, natural gas deposit, perforating, petroleum, piceance, piceance basin, wells, western colorado, williams
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 [...]
Tags: · air pollution, american petroleum institute, api, api president, Carbon Dioxide, clean air act, Climate Change, Emissions, endangerment finding, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, epa endangerment finding, Global Warming and Climate Change, Greenhouse Gases, Inhofe, Jack Gerard, James Inhofe, Jim Inhofe, Sen. James Inhofe
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 [...]
Tags: · cap and trade, clean air act, Climate Change, construction workers, dingel, elderly, endangerment finding, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, epa endangerment finding, Farmers, Global Warming and Climate Change, glorious mess, Inhofe, James Inhofe, Jim Inhofe, john dingell, rep. john dingell, Sen. James Inhofe







































