Energy Leninism? Or Just Plain Leninism?

As goes Energy, so goes the country.

“The worse, the better,” Vladimir Lenin is said to have observed. What Lenin meant was that the worse social conditions became in Russia, the more likely he and the Bolsheviks could foment a

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This is the Grocery Store edition.

• Franken: About an hour ago came word that Al Franken was decalred the winner of

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This is the “”With fowa you get Eggwoll” Edition. Let is repair to the table and chair and this fine establishment’s board of

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• Jackson: If you’re looking for a glowing obit, singing the unalloyed praises of the 50

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• The Obamacare Telethon:  No, I didn’t bother watching

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This is the “Happy Hump Day” Edition” The picture to your right is a railroad hump. It’s how cars are sorted in many rail yards

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• The signs: The surest sign that Obama and his people know Obamacare is in serious risk of being

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This is the Rail car Graffiti Edition. Sorry about the blur, the thing was moving at track speed. (yeah, right)

• They’ve let

Doctor Krauthammer today makes a great point about Obama’s response to the Iran situation:

…. this incipient revolution is no longer about the election. Obama totally misses the point. The election allowed the political space and provided the spark for

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• Whistle Blowers and principles?  You know, when cases like this came up while Bush (either one) was

As a result of having the ability to carry several hundred books in my ‘smart phone”… a Palm Treo, I now find myself catching up with a number of the classics, mostly because they were the easiest to obtain in

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• Children: This observation is so obviously true, that it’s interesting it still has to be made. I guess it’s the same function,

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• Publius/Whalen Redux: By way of James Joyner, I see that the English

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• Tea Parties, Iranian Style: Somewhere in my travels last night, I stumbled across a

Aaron Task over at Yahoo’s tech Ticker makes a point I’ve made here at BitsBlog several times:

Before this discussion goes any further, Jeff Matthews of Ram Partners, wants you (and presumably policymakers) to remember this: “The epicenter of the