As we approach another Independence Day, I reflect on what has made this nation great and fret over the actions being taken that threaten its greatness. What cold irony it is that we celebrate our independence from one tyrannical ruler only to find ourselves struggling against an entire collection of them. The threat is not [...]
Most information on Ethanol presents the corn-based fuel as a panacea for the worlds pollution woes, a green-jobs creator, and a needed boost to American farmers. Digging into these claims brings some interesting data points to the surface. The American Coalition for Ethanol touts ethanol as: ..a high octane, clean burning, American-made renewable fuel. Its [...]
*updated* from orginal post on 6/13/10. When The Tea Parties began, the Liberal Media’s first instinct was to ignore and ridicule it to hopefully make it go away. With that strategy failing, the left is pulling out all the stops. Fox News picked up the stories and began to cover the Tea Party events. The [...]
Many on the left have struggled with the identity of the Tea Party. A New York Times columnist gives it a shot and gets some things right while missing the mark on some key points. J.M. Biernstein penned an op-ed at the Times that starts by dissecting his view of the Tea Party platform. The [...]
Preamble We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. Article I [...]
Another HuffPo hit. Chris “Leg Tingly” Mathews posted about the possibility that BP may go bankrupt. I decided to let him have it on why: well, BP’s market capitalization is now less than the worth of its assets, so yup, some form of default is coming. But Obama wants the default. He sent Holder and [...]
