Eric Florack on August 25th, 2008

The New York Times, in a little noticed article on Natural Gas:

American natural gas production is rising at a clip not seen in half a century, pushing down prices of the fuel and reversing conventional wisdom that domestic

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Eric Florack on August 13th, 2008

James at OTB this morning examines an issue which the price of oil has been bringing to the fore, called “The Future of Suburbia”.   Now, look; I admit I pushed this one a bit off James’ intended thrust. I

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Eric Florack on August 13th, 2008

Lots of comment this morning, centered on the Washington Post Op-Ed of yesterday, which spends it’s time destroying three basic arguments of those against offshore drilling.

However, it propagates a couple barrels of snake oil. The most offensive of the

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Eric Florack on August 10th, 2008

I drive a Buick.

Yes, I’m quite aware that the stereotype places me in Senior Citizen range.  But I’m 51.

The Buick I drive is a ’04 Rainier.  Yes, the dreaded and much maligned SUV is my main ride. “Why

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Eric Florack on August 7th, 2008

Boortz, this morning:

Nancy Pelosi has responded to the current Republican debate, which continues in her absence. She is blaming Republicans for failing to “support serious, responsible proposals.” Yeah … wind farms.

Funny he should bring this up. A

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davidl on August 6th, 2008

DavidL's Breakfast ScrambleB.J’s fall from gtace, Los Angelos Times:

‘I am not a racist,’ ex-President Bill Clinton asserts
Former presidents get a whole lot of leeway in what they say in public. But former President Bill Clinton just violated one

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davidl on August 5th, 2008

Paris Hilton has responded to John McCain’s campaign video by issuing her own campaign video and announcing her own energy plan.   Ben Smith, Politcio, has the both the story and video.

Short McCain campaign reponse:

[D]rilling. Paris Hilton

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Eric Florack on August 5th, 2008

Last night here and the night before over at Q&O, I wondered if Nancy Pelosi wasn’t setting us up for some reason. At Q&O I said:

She’s got better access to the numbers than any of us, and she knows

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Eric Florack on August 2nd, 2008

Michael D is miffed at Obama for suggesting that the solution for oil supply problems is to find more. Apparently to him, that’s not painful enough for us.

Look, I know that there are people who are suffering because of

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davidl on August 2nd, 2008

Attributed to Mrs. Pelosi by Jimmie, Sundries Shack:

“The House is in adjournment. The lights are off, the mikes are off…They can talk all they want. We’re just doing what we normally do.”

Even BO is calling the price

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Does anybody, aside from the media, listen to Barack Obama? Evidently not. The price of gasoline is over four dollars a gallon. So BO declares an economic emergency , and in response Mrs. Pelosi, and her entire caucus, go on

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davidl on July 31st, 2008

Jim Rutttenberg, New York Times, is shocked that John McCain is painting BO as ill-informed, arrogant and out of touch:

WASHINGTON — After spending much of the summer searching for an effective line of attack against Senator Barack Obama

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(From The Conservative Reader)

Well, it took almost 3 months, but Congress finally passed the bill Saturday, on older version of which was  passed by the House in May, after some considerable back and forth between the Senate

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davidl on July 27th, 2008

Dirty Harry Reid, and his eco-freak friends, don’t like oil and they don’t like us producing our own oil.   Dirty Harry would have us conserve out way out of current mess.  James Hamilton, Econobrowser, has posted a  long, detailed

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YetAnotherJohn on July 26th, 2008

Why does the left block US energy development? The answer is their value system is different from the mainstream of the country. But the left’s blocking energy development costs all of us.

Case in point. Do you know how much

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