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‘Drill, baby, drill!’ Rock ‘n’ Roll Quality Demands It

November 11th, 2009 · No Comments

According to the folks at Overthinkingit.com, the decline in U.S. oil production is explained by the Hubbert Peak Theory, which states that “the amount of oil under the ground in any region is finite, therefore the rate of discovery which initially increases quickly must reach a maximum and decline.” Makes sense, right? Further, [...]

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Video Offers New Take on ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’

November 9th, 2009 · No Comments

In a thinly-veiled video effort to generate buzz about their involvement in the Vancouver 2010 Olympics, Samsung recently released a new video that puts a whole new spin on a phrase made famous by former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin — “DRILL, BABY, DRILL!”
The only thing that would have made this better [...]

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Minority Leader Boehner Shows He Doesn’t Understand What Happened in NY’s 23rd CD

November 2nd, 2009 · 1 Comment

During an appearance Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” program with host John King, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) demonstrated that he just doesn’t understand what happened in New York’s 23rd Congressional District over the weekend.
In case you missed it, liberal Republican Party-endorsed candidate Dede Scozzafava dropped out of the race after a [...]

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Uncle Jay Explains the News: July 13, 2009

July 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment

In today’s episode of Uncle Jay Explains the News, Uncle Jay apologizes for not being able to record a show last week due to his need to attend Michael Jackson’s memorial service at The Staples Center in Los Angeles.  In addition, he tackles such subjects as continued unrest in Iran, the surprise resignation of Alaska [...]

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Definitions of Democrats and ‘Change’ Offered

July 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Today, Doug Ross shares what is perhaps the best one-two punch I’ve seen in quite a while.  Perfectly complementing the change-defining photo at right is the paragraph below that he pulled from David Kahane’s article, I Still Hate You, Sarah Palin, published yesterday at National Review Online:

“In other words, stop thinking of the Democratic Party [...]

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