On Good Friday, a day fewer people would be paying attention to the headlines than on most other days, the Obama administration released news about its plans to raise the price of gasoline. Gasoline prices for the first quarter of…
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Pipeline Or Not, Canadian Crude Oil Is Headed To The US
Environmentalists mistakenly think that blocking the Keystone pipeline will prevent crude oil, derived from Canada’s oil sands, from being extracted and from being conveyed into the US to be refined into gasoline, asphalt, and other products that are important to…
Winning The Battle For American Jobs, Economic Growth, And Affordable Energy
Following the Conservative Political Action Conference—known as CPAC—it has been reported that the faithful feel discouraged, dispirited, and defeated. Dr. Ben Carson, who emerged from the Conference as the new conservative darling, has stated that America is heading for failure.…
Lindsey Graham Enshrined In The G.O.P. Hall Of Shame
Have you heard that scientists are going to start using lawyers and politicians instead of rats for laboratory experiments? Apparently, this keeps the scientists from becoming too attached to their subjects . . . and there are simply some things even a rat won’t…
Is Obama’s Energy Security Trust Really A Carbon Tax In Disguise?
In his first energy speech of his second term, “President Barack Obama tried to move past partisan fights over energy policy on Friday with a modest proposal to fund research into cars that run on anything but gasoline.” The “modest…
John McCain and Lindsey Graham Introduce The Protection of RINO WIMPS Act of 2013
In an unexpected, but not surprising move, Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) have proposed new legislation intended to protect the endangered RINO. If it becomes law, the Protection of Republicans In Name Only and Washington Insiders Masquerading as Public Servants…
The Keystone Pipeline – Delay Is The Name Of The Game
The four-year saga of the Keystone XL pipeline is a textbook case of the game Washington politicians play. To avoid making decisions that might anger one constituency or another, they appoint a committee or commission a study and then sit…
