Posted in Global Warming on Apr 29th, 2009
Earlier this month, while in Houston, TX I almost spilled my latte in my lap when I read this on the front page of the Chronicle: ” Mayor Proposes Fines for Unsorted Trash.”
The story began: “Garbage collectors would inspect Houston, TX, residents’ trash to make sure pizza crusts aren’t mixed in with chip bags or [...]
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Posted in Global Warming, Politics on Apr 22nd, 2009
Alex Jones: Obama Verses The Polarbears or Policy Vs. Real Issues… whatever you call this clip from the 2-20-09 broadcast of the Alex Jones Radio Show, it brings up some great points concerning the Obama administration’s policy’s on key issues. Topics include transgenic species manipulation, GMO crops, Bees, D.U., Polarbears, Carbon Dioxide, Global Warming, Global [...]
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Posted in Global Warming on Apr 22nd, 2009
Those unfamiliar with the term “cap and trade” and the tremendous economic burden this program would place on society if implemented may first want to consider a couple definitions. The Center for American Progress, in its report, “Cap and Trade 101,” states:
The cap: Each large-scale emitter, or company, will have a limit on the amount [...]
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Posted in Politics on Apr 21st, 2009
Watchdog says bank bailout vulnerable to fraud Plan to purchase toxic assets exposes taxpayers to losses
WASHINGTON - Taxpayers are increasingly exposed to losses and the government is more vulnerable to fraud under Obama administration initiatives that have created a federal bank bailout program of “unprecedented scope,” a government report finds.
In a 250-page quarterly report to [...]
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Posted in Politics on Apr 15th, 2009
Overview of some of the major items found in this bill in terms of spending. You can form your own judgments. You can find the full text of the bill, H.R. 1 at http://www.rules.house.gov/111/LegText/111_hr1_text.pdf
$44 million for construction, repair and improvements at US Department of Agriculture facilties
$209 million for work on deferred maintenance at [...]
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Posted in Politics on Apr 15th, 2009
The idea that what passes for a government in Somalia could ask for international funding to solve the problem of Somali piracy is comic. That Rep. Donald M. Payne (D-N.J.) actually intends to seek funding for the ridiculous proposal in Congress is tragic. That Payne’s party claims the legacy of Thomas Jefferson is absurd.
Typically when [...]
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Posted in Politics on Apr 14th, 2009
Three months into his presidency, Barack Obama stands out as perhaps the most trusted figure in American politics.
In a new Public Strategies Inc./POLITICO national survey of 1,000 registered voters, Obama outdistances figures on both the left and the right in earning the public’s trust, with two-thirds of respondents saying they trust the president “to identify [...]
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Posted in Politics on Apr 13th, 2009
The good news is that President Obama finally authorized the military to kill the pirates who had held an American citizen hostage for five.
The bad news is that President Obama couldn’t give the authorization until he had cleared it with a few government lawyers, which is why it took five days.
The bad news is that [...]
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Posted in Global Warming, Politics on Apr 13th, 2009
No matter how much liberals try to dress up their nutty superstitions about global warming as “science,” which only six-fingered lunatics could doubt, scratch a global warming “scientist” and you get a religious fanatic.
These days, new religions are barely up and running before they seize upon the worst aspects of the God-based religions.
First, there’s the [...]
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Posted in Politics on Apr 12th, 2009
It’s official. The Obama family will be getting a dog in April. The much-anticipated announcement came from Michelle Obama during an interview with People magazine.
The first lady told the magazine the family will be getting a rescue Portuguese water dog who is “old enough, and a match for the family dynamic”.
Obama said the presidential pooch [...]
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