Archive for the 'Energy' Category
You gotta give the Republicans credit for not going down without a fight. They are basically attaching Obama now for having the EXACT position as John McCain, look:
WTF?
From The Nation:
Myth 1. It’s a dangerous world. We face an array of serious national security threats that require an experienced Commander in Chief.
Myth 2. The surge has worked. To withdraw from Iraq now would snatch defeat from the jaws of victory and embolden Islamic extremists.
Myth 3. We cannot allow Afghanistan to become a safe […]
Russia’s naval fleet is lining up alongside Syrian waters, to both defend Syria and block off any Israeli jets flying towards Iran. More here and here, via WRH:
The Russians are making clear their intentions of using the large Russian naval presence in Tartus as a deterrent to Israeli air strikes against Syria using the powerful […]
Washington Post’s latest article takes Governor Palin to task for inflating Alaska - and her own - contribution to the US’ energy landscape.
The woman touted by John McCain as the most knowledgeable person in America on energy issues has been having a lot of trouble getting her basic energy statistics straight. Last week, Sarah […]
“It’s a campaign now built on turning everything possible into a cultural wedge issue — including even energy policy, no matter how stupid it makes the voters and no matter how much it might weaken America.”
Why would Republicans, the party of business, want to focus our country on breathing life into a 19th-century technology — […]
Unlike the onset of the Iraq war where mainstream media was muzzled out of fear of being perceived as non-patriotic, 2008 will be remembered for the year that all reputable news sources came out and highlighted the fact that Sarah Palin was a sham, full of hot air, and whose mere proximity to the White […]
In what can only be described as a direct response to America helping Georgia (a country about half the way around the world), Russia will now be aiding Iran even more (a country that sits firmly below it on a map).
America’s misguided imperialistic zeal and delusions of remaining grandeur and might will now open a […]
Well, it’s not $100B, as some are saying. But there are some reports that peg Iraq’s war torn economy with a surplus of $100B:
From CBS News:
Iraq could finish the year with as much as a $79 billion cumulative budget surplus as oil revenues add to leftover income the Iraqis still haven’t spent on national rebuilding, […]
From Business Week:
The sudden war in the Caucasus brought Georgia to heel, reasserted Russia’s claim as the dominant force in the region, and dealt a blow to U.S. prestige. But in this part of the world, diplomacy and war are about oil and gas as much as they are about hegemony and the tragic […]
George W. Bush and the Republicans sure like to position themselves as the tax-cutters, but in fact, America’s past 8 years have been the most taxing period ever on Americans.
Since taking office, Bush has doubled the federal debt to more than $5 trillion. And, according to US Treasury figures, on net, […]