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Question: ‘Why Didn’t Voters Pay Attention?’

October 16th, 2009 · No Comments

“Why didn’t voters pay attention?” is a question I asked myself after taking a fresh look at “Foster Friess on Barack Obama: Rhetoric vs. Record”, a video which first appeared in a post on this blog Oct. 28, 2008.

Narrator Foster Friess, a successful businessman and Army veteran living in Jackson Hole, Wyo., begins by [...]

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Poll: Most Americans Support Increased Drilling

March 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments

As a public service, I offer this, the third 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: Most Americans want the federal government to pursue alternative and renewable sources of energy.
REALITY: A recent poll found [...]

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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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Rhetoric vs. Reality: Do Taxes Need to Be Raised?

March 17th, 2009 · No Comments

As a public service, I’m launching a series of posts intended to help readers of this blog distinguish between political rhetoric and economic reality when it comes to matters impacting the nation’s energy future:
RHETORIC: Taxes need to be raised to help address the growing federal deficit and stimulate job creation.
REALITY: Raising taxes in a time [...]

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Obama’s ‘Cotton Candy’ Promises Lack Substance

October 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Describing the way many of his contemporaries deliver “good stuff” instead of “God’s stuff” from the pulpit, my pastor used his sermon this morning to describe such a practice as “cotton candy preaching” — that is, it’s “light, fluffy and sweet, but lacks substance.”  The same can be said for campaign promises made by one [...]

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