Eric Florack on May 18th, 2007

Just a few days ago, I told you……….

The lighter the vehicle is, the more miles per gallon it will get, but it’s also far more dangerous to those inside said tin can when they have a wreck, air bags

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Eric Florack on May 17th, 2007

Some interesting points from George Will today:

 

WASHINGTON — Democrats, seething at the injustice of gasoline prices, have sprung to the aid of embattled motorists. So resolute are Democrats about defending the downtrodden, they are undeterred by the fact that

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Eric Florack on May 15th, 2007

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Bush, prodded by a Supreme Court ruling, said Monday his administration will decide how to regulate pollution from new motor vehicles by the time he leaves office.

Bush signed an executive order directing federal agencies to

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Eric Florack on May 11th, 2007

I’m getting mail again, about how I ought to be writing about gas prices.

 

I’ve already done that.

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About two years ago, I posted a list of causes of high gasoline prices. The situation, has not changed, except for

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davidl on May 7th, 2007

Sheryl CrowHow dumb can dumb get?  In the case of Sheryl Crow, it is pretty dumb.  From the Puffington Post:

We have risen to great heights of arrogance in our refusal to acknowledge that the earth is changing.

Can Crow

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davidl on April 21st, 2007

Ok at first clance I admit Sheryl Crow’s idea really stinks: 

Although my ideas are in the earliest stages of development, they are, in my mind, worth investigating. One of my favorites is in the area of forest conservation which

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Eric Florack on April 19th, 2007

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

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Eric Florack on April 16th, 2007

Alex Knapp at OTB this morning, notes that China’s pollution situation isn’t good:

China’s massive Yangtze river, a lifeline for tens of millions of people, is seriously polluted and the damage is almost irreversible, a state-run newspaper said Monday.

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davidl on April 16th, 2007

John KerryJust how sane are democrats?  Pamela Leavey, Democratic Daily, discusses John Kerry’s hints of running in Aught Eight.   First, this is where Leavey makes some sense:

The feel I get whenever I hear him talk about endorsing anyone for

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davidl on April 9th, 2007

Richard S. Lindzen writing in Newsweek, asks, “Why So Gloomy?” 

The current alarm rests on the false assumption not only that we live in a perfect world, temperaturewise, but also that our warming forecasts for the year

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Eric Florack on April 8th, 2007

Witha hat tip to KJL, let’s check out a chart recently offered as ‘proof” of “global warming” by USA TODAY, otherwise known as “Useless Toady”.

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Now…  look at the way this is laid out, and you’ll notice that the appearances

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Eric Florack on April 7th, 2007

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

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NEW ORLEANS -(AP) – A top hurricane forecaster called Al Gore “a gross alarmist” Friday for making an Oscar-winning documentary about global warming.

“He’s one of these guys that preaches the end of the world type of things. I think

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davidl on March 24th, 2007

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The toilet paper-offsetting life: It stinks

Michelle Malkin.

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davidl on March 23rd, 2007

I blogged about Knut on Tuesday. Today, Khuê Pham, Spiegel Online reports, “Knut Woos the Crowds:”

KnutBerlin’s favorite polar baby has finally made his first appearance for the public. Cute Knut wooed an excited audience of children, zoo

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