Steve Milloy,The Washington Times The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has hit the ground running with its greenhouse-gas regulations. But congressional Republicans are just getting around to introducing well-intended,but futile legislation to stop the agency. There is another way. The GOP could rescue us from the EPA as soon as March,but it [...] Ben Johnson,FloydReports.com The coverage of Barack Obama’s speech yesterday to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce should confirm that there is a two-tiered information system in the media:There is the message the liberal intelligentsia want flyover country yokels (like you and me) to hear,and then there is the truth,which [...] Ben Johnson,FloydReports.com In a candid moment while running for president,Barack Obama told the editorial board of the San Francisco Chronicle,“under my plan…electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket.”Last week,the Obama administration moved to make that a reality,using its rule by executive fiat to punish the coal industry. The action comes [...] Judicial Watch A few months after launching a multi million-dollar campaign to help minorities get green,the Obama Administration is dedicating an additional $7 million to study how pollution,stress and social factors affect “poor and underserved communities.” It’s all part of the administration’s effort to bring environmental justice to low-income populations by helping [...] Ben Johnson,FloydReports.com Congressional Republicans have wasted no time fighting back against Barack Obama’s plan to rule by executive fiat. Only days into their new majority in the 112th Congress,conservatives have introduced measures to end the most egregious offenses:abolishing the unelected system of czars,repealing Net Neutrality regulations,and preventing [...] Susan Stamper Brown,FloydReports.com Barry Goldwater,Ronald Reagan,and William F. Buckley Jr. At the stroke of midnight December 31,old and new acquaintances will once again join hands to sing the words to Robert Burns’ old folk song “Auld Lang Syne.” “Should auld (old) acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind? Should [...] Ben Johnson,FloydReports.com A series of federal regulatory measures has finally woken up the conservative movement to the dangers of Obama’s plan to rule by executive fiat. New regulations from the FCC,EPA,and HHS have tightened the feds’grip around the internet,health insurance,and the energy industry. Net Neutrality,price [...] The Washington Times The federal government is ushering in 2011 with new powers that will jack up energy costs for consumers. In the name of fighting unproven climate-change theories,bureaucrats are pushing through tough new business restrictions on emissions from energy plants that light and heat homes across the country. As a [...] Quinn Hillyer,The American Spectator President Obama already laid down the marker,in early October. His approach to new Republican strength on Capitol Hill,he said,will be nothing but “hand-to-hand combat.”The combat,however,may not take the form of traditional legislative battles. Again and again,news stories in the fall cited Obama [...] | |
