Snark of the Day: NAM

Here’s a story from today’s WaPo about the demagogue-o-rama triggered by the recent spike in gas prices. Now they’re lining up to blame “big oil” in spite of the fact that most gas stations are mom and pop operations. No

CAMARILLO, Calif. â€”AP–  Gasoline prices have surged to a record nationwide average of $3.07 per gallon, nearly 20 cents higher than two weeks earlier, according to oil industry analyst Trilby Lundberg.

The previous record was $3.03 per gallon on

Exxon Mobil Corp. announced record first quarter profits.  Ok.

In response, Senator Bob Casey, (D-PA) introduced a bill to tax windfall profits.   Casey  somehow “hopes will curtail rising gasoline prices.”

How?   On what planet, if any, did Casey study

About two years ago, I posted a list of causes of high gasoline prices.  The situation, has not changed, except for the worse.  The causes are the same as they were then.  So, let’s revisit what I said two years

Do you remember when the democrats were promising us lower gas prices?

I do.

At the moment, gallon of gas costing this on average about $2.68 nationally and that trend is rising.  The fact of the matter is that the

While the Clintons are not reknowned for their honesty, I am willing to take Mrs. Clinton for her word, that she personally wants to to take all oil company profits.

That is what socialists do and that is

Forget,the catchy headline,‘McCain Comes Alive in Iowa.”    If you actually read Dan Batz’s Washington Post article, unlike the headline writer, you will note the McCain comes across as anything but alive:

In interviews, the Arizona Republican has spoken

Socialism produces poverty.

Fidel Castro, Snap9:

In June 1960, Eisenhower reduced Cuba’s sugar import quota by 7,000,000 tons, and in response, Cuba nationalized some $850 million worth of U.S. property and businesses. The revolutionary government grabbed control of the

Mrs.Pelosi wants her and her family to travel in the lap of luxury, and she wants you,  the taxpayer, to foot her bill.   Mrs. Pelosi has requested that Air Force provide with a Air Force C-32, the military designation

 Watch Mrs. Clinton, here.   So after Mrs. Clinton kills the domestic energy business, from where will be get our energy?  Will the Smartest Woman in the World please answer the question.

Mrs. Clinton if  you take all the oil comanies

During her first visit as a presidential candidate to early-caucus state Iowa, Sen. Hillary Clinton spoke out strongly in favor of boosting the production of ethanol in the United States. But that’s a complete turnaround from her earlier actions regarding

If Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez deliberately intended to sabotage his nation’s economy, he would be hard-pressed to do anything different from what he is now doing to his country.
It has been widely reported that Mr. Chavez has been increasingly

Speaking of oil…. all this ‘conservation’ nonsense  is

…. is a subset of the post-modern craziness known as “environmentalism”, right? This is a strain of sentiment which actively ignores — deplores — the ability and necessity of human beings

So I sit down with a little coffee, and begin to look at the world around me this chilly December night:

So now, Congress is going from a three day workweek to a five day workweek.  I’m quite sure the

“The Public Has Been Vastly Misinformed,” NCPA’s Deming Tells Senate Committee

12/6/2006 5:57:00 PM

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To: National Desk

Contact: Sean Tuffnell of the National Center for Policy Analysis, 972-308-6481 or [email protected]

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 /U.S. Newswire/ — David Deming, an