Archive for the ‘Energy Independence’ Category

Name ONE thing the Tea Party stands for that helps People more than Corporations

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Last Saturday was Glenn Beck’s “I Have a Scheme” rally (credit to Wonkette for the pun). Though it was dubbed “not a political rally”, no question that the 99% white crowd consisted almost entirely of Tea Party teanuts with politics on their mind. The theme of the rally was “Restoring Honor”. Restoring honor? This is […]

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August 30, 2010
Posted in: Economy, Election, Energy Independence, Environment, Healthcare, Money, Politics, Right-Wing Insanity

Is BP preparing to reduce presense in Gulf as soon as well is killed?

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Last May, barely a month after the “Deepwater Horizon” exploded off the coast of Louisiana, Right Wing cranks were already dismissing the expected environmental impact of the “spill” (see my video: “Where’s the oil?”). Now that the well has been capped (but not plugged or killed) and all that toxic dispersant has reduced the appearance […]

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August 2, 2010
Posted in: Energy Independence, Environment, Predictions

If I Were President. The mistakes Obama is making.

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“If I were President…”. How many conversations have started like that? The other day, my mother… whom agrees with me politically… asked if I thought President Obama was doing a good job. There is a mood in the country (myself included) that is frustrated that President Obama doesn’t seem to “get it” on a range […]

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June 14, 2010
Posted in: Economy, Energy Independence, Environment, Money, Politics, Seems Obvious to Me, War

How to fix everything: The oil leak, the Gaza blockade, unemployment

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Why is it that for every dumb problem, there is an overly complex & doomed to failure “solution”? The Gulf of Mexico is quickly becoming choked with thick brown oil sludge as “fix” after “fix” fails miserably. As if things weren’t bad enough for Israel, last weeks “siege” of a cargo ship filled with “humanitarian […]

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June 7, 2010
Posted in: Economy, Energy Independence, Environment, Money, Politics, Seems Obvious to Me

Two Weeks Ago they were asking, “Where’s the oil?”

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Three weeks after the April 20th explosion on the “Deepwater Horizon” oil drilling platform 26 miles out to sea in the Gulf of Mexico, the deluge of oil pouring into the waters had yet to reach the coast. Partly because it had so far to travel, and partly because BP was permitted (for no rational […]

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May 31, 2010
Posted in: Energy Independence, Environment, Politics, Right-Wing Insanity

Last Week’s News from Bizarro World.

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You know “Bizarro World”… that fictional alternate universe where everybody dresses like Superman and has super powers. But in their world, “Bad” is “Good” and right is wrong? Living among so many Republicans here in Texas, it can feel like that sometimes. A LOT of things happened last week, each of which could fill a […]

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May 3, 2010
Posted in: Energy Independence, Environment, Politics

Massey Mine Disaster debunks Self-Regulating Free-Market Myth

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You hear it all the time. Some self-proclaimed “Libertarian” or “Free-Market Republican” will argue against “government regulation” and insists that “corporations will always do what is in the best interests of the community because their survival depends upon it.” That’s the very cornerstone of “Free Market” ideology. Ron Paul built his political career upon it. […]

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April 7, 2010
Posted in: Energy Independence, Money, myth busting

April Fools? Obama opens drilling to draw GOP votes. Will he ever learn?

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At first I thought, “This has to be an April Fool’s Day joke.” Last Wednesday, in a move that has infuriated environmentalists and most Democrats, President Obama announced that he would end a longstanding moratorium on offshore drilling off the South East coast and in Northern Alaska (red states) in advance of the upcoming vote […]

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April 1, 2010
Posted in: Energy Independence, Global Warming, Healthcare, Politics

Oil Rises $39 just since January 1st – That’s OVER $100 HIGHER than before the war.

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June 7, 2008
Posted in: Economy, Energy Independence, Money, Politics