By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger By now, almost every living American, other than public employees and their union officials, is aware that state governments across the nation are on the verge of fiscal collapse. According to a February 2010 Washington Post report, “Even before financial markets crashed in fall 2008, state governments nationwide had [...]
Dr. Kevorkian Alive and Well in Sacramento
January 10th, 2011 · No Comments
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Even Yellowstone National Park Can’t Pass New Environmental Standards Proposed by EPA
November 19th, 2010 · No Comments
Even Yellowstone National Park won’t be able to meet clean air standards in new EPA proposals. But that’s not all, according to folks in the energy industry. The video below, from the Energy Tomorrow Blog, offers details worth sharing about clean air, ethanol in gasoline and more. CONTACT YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS IN WASHINGTON, D.C., and [...]
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Pop Singer Crows About Toilet Paper to Become Subject of Long-Awaited 4000th Career Post
August 13th, 2010 · 1 Comment
EDITOR’S NOTE: Please file this under, “I couldn’t resist making pop singer Sheryl Crow the subject of my 4,000 career post!” Seven weeks ago, I reported on Crow taking a sWipe at the Tea Party Movement. It marked the 17th occasion on which Crow’s name had been mentioned in a post on this blog. The [...]
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‘Crude’ Footage Reveals Lies Behind Trial Lawyers’ $27B Lawsuit Against Chevron in Ecuador
August 3rd, 2010 · 2 Comments
EDITOR’S NOTE: During the past 15 months, I’ve written some three-dozen posts about a lawsuit being battled by Chevron Corp. in Ecuador. Because I’m a little under the weather, I’m leaving the “heavy lifting” about the latest news to arise about the case to my friend Carter Wood at the National Association of Manufacturers. With [...]
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‘Solastalgia’ the Next Liberal Buzzword
April 26th, 2010 · 9 Comments
Remember when the word, gravitas, entered the public conversation for the first time? Well, stay tuned, because solastalgia is next. A rarely-used 131-year-old word at the time, according to Merriam-Webster, gravitas was introduced en masse to the American vocabulary by members of the liberal media within 24 hours of President George W. Bush’s selection of [...]
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Does Obama Plan to Soak Taxpayers in Ethanol?
April 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment
Earlier today, I highlighted the fact that, despite new advertising claims made by General Motors, taxpayers were still on the hook for the bailout money the automaker received. Now, I can report that the Obama Administration appears to be preparing to “soak” taxpayers again — this time by touting cellulosic ethanol as a viable alternative [...]
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Beef Cattle Industry Fighting Back Against EPA
April 7th, 2010 · No Comments
The prices of everything from hamburgers to filet mignon are going to rise, thanks to the efforts of people at the Environmental Protection Agency who, it appears, didn’t receive the memo that global warming climate change had been proven to be a hoax at best and, more accurately, a crime against humanity. In an effort [...]
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