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Did Obama Throw Tibetans Under the Bus?

November 17th, 2009 · No Comments

According to one media report, President Barack Obama made strident comments about China’s human rights record Tuesday, but tempered his remarks with praise of Beijing’s growing economic sophistication and support for its efforts to reunite with Taiwan.  Out of sight of reporters, however, I suspect the 44th president was willing to make a deal with [...]

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Barbara Boxer Gives Republicans the Shaft, Tosses Senate Committee Rules Out the Window

November 5th, 2009 · No Comments

Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) appeared on Fox News Channel this morning (see video above) to discuss the unprecedented actions taken by Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) this morning. According to Inhofe, ranking member of the committee, Senator Boxer reported out S. 1733, the Kerry-Boxer climate change bill, without one [...]

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Kerry-Boxer Bill Kills American Jobs, Increases Energy Costs and Undermines Energy Security

October 27th, 2009 · No Comments

Details of the Kerry-Boxer climate change bill now the subject of hearings in the U.S. Senate bring to mind one question, “Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?” Unfortunately, this morbid humor offers little about which to laugh.

In a post three days ago, I warned you about what my friends in the oil [...]

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API: Kerry-Boxer Worse than Waxman-Markey

October 24th, 2009 · No Comments

My friends at the American Petroleum Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based group that represents some 400 companies involved in the oil and natural gas industry, sent me a note about an extremely-dangerous piece of legislation being sponsored by Sens. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.).  It contained the substance of a statement API President [...]

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Uncle Sam Laments ‘Two Trillion Tons’ of Waste

October 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment

In a humorous parody of Tennessee Ernie Ford’s 1955 hit, “Sixteen Tons,” the “Two Trillion Tons” video above features Uncle Sam warning Americans that President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus plan and budget could be hazardous to the nation’s economic well-being.  The lyrics of the song were written by Jim Gossett and Lars Larson for The [...]

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