The U.S. Senate failed to pass a laundry list of arbitrary and ineffective anti-gun laws. Arbitrary (Adjective) 1: depending on individual discretion and not fixed by law 2: a: not restrained or limited in the exercise of power : ruling by…
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Margaret Thatcher: Global warming provides excuse for global socialism
In honor of Margaret Thatcher’s memory, favorite quotes from the Iron Lady have popped up everywhere. This one came across my Facebook newsfeed: “Global warming ‘provides a marvelous excuse for worldwide, supra-national socialism.’” The hundreds of comments the quote received…
BP Gets Back To Petroleum And Says Farewell To Renewables
British Petroleum is still one of the world’s biggest oil companies. But as early as the late 1990s they didn’t want you think of them that way. CEO, Lord John Browne of Madingley, argued: “the transition to alternatives could be…
Bill O’Reilly vs The Bible Thumpers
“. . . the other side hasn’t been able to do anything but thump the Bible.” – Bill O’Reilly talking about people who oppose homosexual marriage. With these twelve words, the cockalorum—the Strident Conservative Word of the Day—of “the most-watched program in…
Senator Patty Murray CAGW Porker Of The Month
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) named Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-Wash.) its March 2013 Porker of the Month for spearheading Senate Democrats’ excessively expensive fiscal year (FY) 2014 budget proposal, “Foundation for Growth: Restoring…
Obama’s New Energy Regulations Will Make George Soros Richer And Increase Gasoline Prices
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…
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…
