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Bill Would Put Screws to American Business

November 6th, 2009 · No Comments

Though the attention of most Americans has been diverted by coverage of health care reform, cap-and-trade legislation, and shootings at Fort Hood and in Orlando, at least one other dangerous piece of legislation is creeping its way around the nation’s capitol.  Thanks to a statement from the folks at the American Petroleum Institute, I’m able [...]

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Senators Demand EPA Chief Provide Critical Data (Update)

November 4th, 2009 · No Comments

Four Republican Senators — South Carolina’s Lindsay Graham, New Hampshire’s Judd Gregg and Maine’s Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins — sent a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson today, asking her to provide critical data requested by Sen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio) during Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearings on climate change Oct. 27.
During those [...]

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Major Media Outlets Ignore Report on Energy

November 4th, 2009 · No Comments

Members of the mainstream media — people who call themselves “journalists” — seem to have paid absolutely no attention to a Congressional Research Service report on energy released Oct. 27 — this, despite the fact that two energy-related measures (i.e., the Kerry-Boxer and Waxman-Markey) are at the center of heated debate now taking place on [...]

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United States Could Be Energy Independent If…

November 4th, 2009 · No Comments

The United States could be energy independent if it possessed the collective political will to make it happen.  After all, the country has the largest energy reserves on earth, according to a recently-released Congressional Research Service report.
As shown in the first chart below, the United States’ 1,321 billion barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) tops number [...]

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Flashback: 10 Reasons Not to Elect Barack Obama

November 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

Today, I offer a flashback to a post I published one year ago today which offered 10 Reasons Not to Elect Barack Obama president of the United States.  Was I right?
1. Obama said he wants to establish a civilian national security force and, in doing so, further enlarge the federal government.

2.  Obama said his energy [...]

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