“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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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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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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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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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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