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White House in P.R. ‘panic’ over spill

This Politico article says the Gulf oil spill is threatening Obama’s “reputation for competence.” The writer and I must be living on different planets. Let’s keep in mind a partial list of Obama’s accomplishments.  The Health Care bill.  The Copenhagen climate summit.  The 2016 Olympics.  The Economic Stimulus.  10% unemployment.  Cash for Clunkers.  The auto [...]

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Oil Field Math

Below is the text of an email from a relative. I can’t vouch for the statistics because I didn’t see a source listed in the email for the numbers. Based on past experience with every other govenment attempt to interfer with market forces, the figures seem about right to me. ~~John Cronin~~ Oil field Math: [...]

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Gov. Pours the Sodium Silicate into Car Dealers

Under the proviso of ‘Cash for Clunkers’, each ‘Clunker’ a dealer received required immobilizing the engine, sent to the junkyard with a dose of sodium silicate. According to this article in Yahoo Auto News The Transportation Department won’t say exactly what the rejection rate is, but in an Automotive News survey, some dealers said up [...]

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SOLID PRINCIPLES PODCAST Episode 7

SOLID PRINCIPLES PODCAST: Episode 7 On this edition: We speak to a Ford Dealer in California to see the impact ‘Cash for Clunkers’ has made on his Dealership.  We also feature an interview with Diane A. Lenning, candidate for California State Superintendent of Public Instruction. DOWNLOAD or get it from iTunes Recommend on Facebook Share on [...]

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Town Halls Gone Wild

Reports comimg in from around the country tell the story of constituents who are ready to explode because their tin-eared Congressional delegations either won’t or can’t figure out that the folks back home are demanding their heads in peach baskets. I can’t wait to see the YouTube videos from around the country after the people [...]

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Clunkers: It’s Alive! Again….

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Is Cash for Clunkers a ‘Clunker’?

Talk about a flash in the pan, this week saw the long touted ‘Cash for Clunkers’ program take it’s course.  Which during the Prof. Gates Saga & Obamacare has taken a back seat and become a Clunker Blunder for the Obama Administration. First there was confusion of what was qualified as a clunker under EPA’s [...]

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