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Sobering Reality: $7 Per Gallon Gas

March 3rd, 2010 · No Comments

On Tuesday, The New York Times blog, Dot Earth, reported that Harvard researchers believe Americans may have to experience a sobering reality, $7 per gallon gas, to meet the Obama administration’s targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.  This news comes almost two years after I published a post in which I shared the prediction of [...]

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Obama to Close GITMO, Submerge Prisoners?

September 26th, 2009 · 4 Comments

File this under “never would have guessed it.”
In a piece published today at Right Truth, writer R.J. Godlewski unwittingly provides the evaluatory “tools” needed to connect the future of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility with President Barack Obama’s relentless assault of the nation’s oil and natural gas industry.

Before I continue riding this train of thought, [...]

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Rhetoric vs. Reality: Do Taxes Targeting Oil and Gas Industry Affect Consumers, Other Industries?

March 19th, 2009 · No Comments

As a public service, I offer the second in a series of posts intended to help readers of this blog distinguish between rhetoric and economic reality when it comes to matters impacting the nation’s energy future:
RHETORIC: Taxes targeting the oil and natural gas industry are okay because they don’t affect consumers or other industries.
REALITY: The [...]

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Average Retail Gasoline Price Declines Again

December 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

For the 20th time in the last 21 weeks, according to the Energy Information Administration, the average U.S. retail price for all grades of gasoline declined.  The average price fell 8.2 cents (4.2 percent) from Nov. 24 to $1.870 per gallon on Dec. 1 — the lowest weekly average since Jan. 17, 2005.
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Sarah Palin’s Top 20 Jabs at the Democrats

September 3rd, 2008 · 15 Comments

I used a headline to describe the address tonight by John McCain’s running mate to delegates at the Republican National Convention:  Sarah Palin Nails Speech at Republican Convention.  Below are “Sarah Palin’s Top 20 Jabs at the Democrats” from that speech:

“I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a ‘community organizer,’ except that you [...]

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