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Entries from June 2009

Texas Congressman Questions Chrysler Decisions

June 11th, 2009 · No Comments

Almost three weeks ago, I published a post, Texas Chrysler Dealer Warns Fellow Americans, which included a warning letter written by Nicholas Parks, president of Rogers Dodge in Alvin, Texas, near Houston.  Today, I share a recent House floor speech in which Rep. Ted Poe (R) of Texas’ 2nd Congressional District questions decisions made by [...]

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DeMint Calls GM Debacle ‘Political Bankruptcy’

June 10th, 2009 · 2 Comments

In a letter e-mailed to friends and supporters today, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) issued a scathing retort about the bankruptcy filing by General Motors.  The text of that letter/e-mail appears below: Dear Friend, The bankruptcy filing of General Motors last week didn’t have to be this way. GM could have – and as many of [...]

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Coming Soon: New Chevron Ecuador Lawsuit Post

June 10th, 2009 · No Comments

I’ve been super busy the past two days working on a new piece related to the $27 billion environmental lawsuit the Amazon Defense Coalition is waging against Chevron Corporation in Ecuador.  Stay tuned as this one will be worth the wait. To learn more about the ADC’s spurious lawsuit against Chevron in Ecuador, read these [...]

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API: More Federal Regulations Will Cause U.S. Oil and Natural Gas Produciton to Drop Significantly

June 9th, 2009 · No Comments

When I visited sites in Western Colorado’s Piceance (pronounced “pee-ahnce,” not “Pic-ee-ahnce”) Basin in April, I was able to take an up-close look at natural gas facilities there and learned a lot about the care and concern employees of companies like Tulsa, Okla.-based Wiliams demonstrate for the environment: They reuse and recycle almost all of [...]

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‘Dealergate’ Continues to Undermine Obama

June 9th, 2009 · 2 Comments

The video above shows representatives of Chrysler and General Motors auto dealerships appearing before members of a U.S. Senate committee recently to discuss “Dealergate,” the scandal that reveals auto dealers who contributed to Republican candidates as yet another set of victims in President Barack Obama’s sinister plan to redistribute wealth in the United States. Uncovered [...]

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It Will Take a Miracle for GM to Pay U.S. Back

June 9th, 2009 · 1 Comment

I was impressed by what I learned today about the “bill of goods” that is being sold to the American taxpayer in the form of the government rescue of General Motors: $30.1 billion = 60 percent stake in New GM’s equity $20.6 billion = Amount federal government spent trying to keep GM out of bankruptcy [...]

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Limbaugh Says Obama ‘Incompetence on Parade’

June 9th, 2009 · No Comments

In his morning update today, Rush Limbaugh described President Barack Obama’s administration as “incompetence on parade.”  Below is the full transcript of the morning update: “The Obama Administration is considering changing the law that applies to terrorists at Club GITMO. “The New York Times reports that changes to the law are detailed in a draft [...]

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