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America’s decline and recovery from nuclear stupid (charts)
Posted on January 10, 2011 | No CommentsThe nuclear energy polices and regulations implemented by our U.S. government over the past 30-40 years are nothing short of nuclear stupidity or stupidity on steroids. Examples of how those policies have squandered our nuclear power plant design and technology competitive advantage over the rest... -
Pennsylvania’s alternative (renewable) energy scam
Posted on December 29, 2010 | No CommentsMost energy consumers in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania have probably noticed some odd goings on but aren’t aware of the of scam being run on them as a result of the implementation of the Pennsylvania Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act of 2004. [[1]] Some of... -
Put lipstick on Obama’s economic stimulus and it’s still a pig
Posted on December 29, 2010 | No CommentsApparently the mainstream media hasn’t given up on the Obama administration’s story line that us dumb as dirt country folks just need to be made to ‘understand’ what a wonderful thing the that stimulus legislation was and how bad things would have been without it. The... -
Purple Pennsylvania Act 47 solution is not a solution
Posted on December 20, 2010 | 4 CommentsWould you hire a two time loser on burglar charges to keep an eye on your house while you are away on vacation? Umm, probably not. Would you go back to a repeat offender state legislature in Pennsylvania to create a program to replace the... -
Why Little Johnny USA can’t read and Little Yuēhàny China can
Posted on December 18, 2010 | No CommentsProgressives never seem to tire of showing off why just because they can read doesn’t mean they have a lick of sense. Their recent love affair with everything Chinese is becoming almost laughable. The cartoon below that appeared in the Patriot News today is a... -
Time to do a “public value test” on the FCC and their attempt at Fairness Doctrine by another name
Posted on December 7, 2010 | No CommentsFCC Commissioner Michael Copps in a recent speech at the Columbia University School of Journalism in New York promoted the notion a Public Value Test to be applied to the re-licensing of commercial radio stations. A Fairness Doctrine effort to shut down conservative talk radio... -
Earmarks; it’s not the amount stupid, it’s the result
Posted on November 22, 2010 | No CommentsThe end result of the government spending earmark debate will likely be determined by whether or not weak kneed Republicans in the U.S. Senate can resist being told how they should think by progressive pundits. Hopefully the addition of a few stalwart conservative Senators from... -
How America got stuck on nuclear stupid
Posted on November 8, 2010 | No CommentsIt must be possible U.S. Federal government policy and regulation concerning the development of commercial nuclear power plants could be worse but it’s difficult to imagine how. If ever you needed a perfect illustration for the phrase stuck on stupid, this is it. Our government... -
Note to PA GOP state senators – Subject: Marcellus Shale Tax – There is nothing to negotiate.
Posted on October 26, 2010 | No CommentsWe the People are from Earth. Our Pennsylvania GOP state senators are from Mars. It must be so. Why else would five GOP senators sign off on a letter asking their party leadership to negotiate a Marcellus Shale severance tax with Governor Ed “Lame Ducky”... -
Cape Wind; too big to fail and too stupid to succeed
Posted on October 18, 2010 | No CommentsWhat happens when politicians ram through a massive renewable energy investment putting taxpayer dollars at risk and utility customers’ budgets in the red? You get Cape Wind, a $1 billion offshore wind farm in Nantucket Sound sold by Governor Deval Patrick in 2006 as something...