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Entries from September 2009

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s Full-Length Speech at United Nations Deserves Your Attention

September 25th, 2009 · No Comments

In a post yesterday, I offered a small snippet of the powerful speech Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered before the United Nations General Assembly. Today, I felt obligated to share the full-length video of the speech (above), because it’s that important.

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Higher Fuel Prices, Job Losses to Follow G20 Commitment to Phase Out Fossil Fuel Subsidies

September 25th, 2009 · No Comments

President Barack Obama just outlined steps he and other G-20 world leaders at the Pittsburgh Summit 2009 have decided to take to change the world in many economic areas, including energy.  Most notable to me was his mention of “phasing out fossil fuel subsidies.” If you think that eliminating subsidies is getting rid of some [...]

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CEI Makes Waves in Climate Change Debate

September 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment

I receive a lot of e-mails every week.  They come from individuals and groups, including nonprofit organizations in the nation’s capitol.  One of the best e-mails I received this week came from Charles Huang at the Competitive Enterprise Institute and has to do with one of my pet-peeve subjects, climate change (a.k.a., GLOBULL WARMING).  It [...]

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United Nations Despots Captured in Ink

September 24th, 2009 · No Comments

Hats off to David Donar at Political Graffiti for “U.N. AMERICAN,” his latest effort that captures the aura of two of the world’s most-despised dictators, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Libya’s Mu’ammar Qaddafi.  Both men delivered nonsensical addresses at the United Nations yesterday. BTW: In case you missed them, below are links to three UN-related [...]

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‘Age of Stupid’ Hates Inconvenient Questions

September 24th, 2009 · No Comments

Irish filmmaker Phelim McAleer had the nerve to ask celebrity attendees at the New York City premiere of a new enviro-docudrama, The Age of Stupid, an inconvenient question: “Can you tell me how you got here?” Not surprisingly, he was booted from the venue and prevented from asking any more questions or conducting more interviews [...]

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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Lets UN Have It

September 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Addressing the United Nations General Assembly this morning, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu labeled Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s speech yesterday “a systematic assault on the truth.”  Oh, how he must have fought the temptation to mention President Barack Obama’s speech in the same breath. For more coverage of Netanyahu’s address, read this The Wall Street [...]

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The Money You Could Have Saved…

September 24th, 2009 · No Comments

Above: The money you could have saved by voting Republican in 2008.  Read the complete and entertaining story behind the graphic above at Doug Ross.

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