I watched the unity march, following the brutal attacks in Paris: forty world leaders but no U.S. presence. It made me wonder: “How has the state of our Union gone from being the shining city on the hill, to a…
My State of the Union wish list
Tag: EPA
Environmentalists and energy advocates agree: Ethanol is a failure
We all expect to pay a price for missing deadlines—fail to pay a parking ticket on time, and you may find a warrant out for your arrest. People have lost their jobs when they can’t get the work done on…
Welcome to the O-zone—where economic development is a zero-sum game
Late in the day on Thanksgiving eve, when no one was paying attention, the Obama administration released its Unified Agenda—a regulatory roadmap of thousands of regulations being finalized in 2015. Within the bundle of more than 3000 regulations is a…
A fake solution to a fake problem from a fake president
Barack Obama: the savior of the world . . . oh, I’m sorry. I was reading from the MSNBC script. Let’s start again. The self-proclaimed savior of the environment—remember when he promised to stop the rising ocean levels?—announced a worthless agreement…
Shouldn’t we be fighting a war on terrorism not on fossil fuels?
“You are responsible for President Obama’s re-election,” I told 150 folks from the oil and gas industry —most of whom were conservative Republicans. I spoke to them on October 15 in San Angelo, TX. A reporter covering the event wrote…
Regcession—why Americans aren’t feeling Obama’s “vigorous recovery”
President Obama is trying, according to CNN, to “convince voters of a vigorous recovery that a majority still doubts.” Describing comments the president made on October 2 at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management in Chicago, CNN calls his attempt,…
Conservative Comedy 8/1/14
It’s time for some Conservative Comedy at the Strident Conservative. As I do every Friday, I bring you some of the best conservative political comedy, jokes, and satire on the internet, sure to provide a good laugh to begin your…
