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‘Electricity Costs Would Skyrocket’ Under Obama

November 3rd, 2008 · 5 Comments

In response to my inquiry about whether St. Louis-based Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU), the world’s largest private-sector coal company, had any reaction to the content of the San Francisco Chronicle audio which ends with Barack Obama saying he would take steps to effectively “bankrupt the coal industry,” I received the following statement from company spokesperson [...]

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Barack Obama’s Plan to Bankrupt Coal Industry Would Cost Missouri, Nation Thousands of Jobs

November 3rd, 2008 · 14 Comments

Yesterday, Barack Obama’s plan to bankrupt the coal industry appeared as one of the Ten Reasons NOT to Elect Barack Obama in 2008.  A day later, Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) appeared on Fox News Channel’s Fox & Friends morning program to run interference for the Democratic Party presidential nominee.
What Senator McCaskill didn’t mention — and, [...]

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Ten Reasons NOT to Elect Barack Obama in 2008

November 2nd, 2008 · 7 Comments

The differences between John McCain and Barack Obama are stark, prompting me to offer links to audio and video clips below which combine to serve as the Top 10 Reasons Not to Elect Barack Obama president of the United States:
1. Obama wants to establish a civilian national security force and, in doing so, further enlarge [...]

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Liberals Wrong When They Bash Bush on Mine Safety

August 9th, 2007 · No Comments

Tula Connell, one of the wizards at the liberal blog, Firedoglake, wrote the following in a piece yesterday afternoon about the mining disaster in Huntington, Utah:

“Murray embodies the failed ideology of Bush & Co., one which operates as follows: Reject government solutions to problems like workplace safety and health that private corporations refuse to address. [...]

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