Tom Purcell,FloydReports.com I need to buy a new washing machine. I guess I’m out of luck. I refer to a fascinating article written by Mark Thornton for Mises Daily,part of the Ludwig von Mises Institute website (mises.org). Thanks to the government,you see,washing machines aren’t what they used to be —[...] Susan Stamper Brown,FloydReports.com Poor Peggy Joseph. Overwhelmed by the promise of hope after hearing an Obama campaign speech,Joseph said,“I never thought this day would ever happen. I won’t have worry about putting gas in my car. I won’t have to worry about paying my mortgage. You know,if I [...] Ed Lasky,The American Thinker George Soros has been a brilliant investor over the years. As befits many hedge fund operators,he uses leverage to magnify his returns. But in his case,leverage has a double meaning. Leverage can refer to the debt Soros assumes when he makes his investments. But it [...] Richard W. Rahn,The Washington Times The Obama administration’s policies are causing Americans to pay far more for gasoline and other fuels than necessary. America is awash in fossil-fuel energy sources with almost 30 percent of the world’s coal and 80 percent of the world’s oil shale –which contains an estimated [...] Ed Lasky,The American Thinker Yesterday,I blogged that Cathy Zoi,acting undersecretary of Energy at the Department of Energy,was leaving office to go to work for private industry. The New York Times article that mentioned the transition failed to note where exactly she would be working. Timothy Carney at the [...] Jim Campbell,Examiner.com It’s absolutely amazing when the electorate is aroused and sees how their “elected leaders” have been squandering their tax dollar. The November elections may very well lead to the complete destruction of the Democratic party as President Obama continues to bring it down. The Department of Energy (DOE) has one [...] Ben Johnson,FloydReports.com The Obama administration’s actions last week proved,although Green Jobs Czar Van Jones is gone,his ideology continues to guide the White House. Barack Obama called the leaders of American Indian tribes to Washington to witness him sign a UN treaty that,if followed literally,would return the entire continental United [...] National Center for Public Policy Research On Thursday,policy experts from the National Center for Public Policy Research are calling attention to corporate special interest groups receiving stimulus money that also are lobbying for Obama’s energy policy. “It’s alarming that many of the remaining corporate members of the United States Climate Action [...] By Ronald Bailey,Reason Magazine Power Plants will become major source of Government Revenue under Cap and Trade Scheme Last month,leading Congressional climateer,Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.),chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee,pushed out a sweeping 1000-page bill that aims to dramatically reshape how Americans will use [...] by Charles Krauthammer,Townhall.com In recent speeches Obama has switched from hope to fear “A failure to act,and act now,will turn crisis into a catastrophe.”—President Obama,Feb. 4,2009. Catastrophe,mind you. So much for the president who in his inaugural address two weeks earlier [...] | |
