Posts Tagged ‘EPA’

Obama’s EPA Approved candle

June 16th, 2010 | 1 Comment

I stumbled across this on a clandestine mission this afternoon:   Not to be confused with a jar of blood, it’s a candle.  It’s wax.  It’s only wax.  There is no wick.  It does not burn.  It does not emit light.  It is a zero-carbon footprint candle.  Now, I was assured this was most likely [...]

Dick Blumenthal served courageously in South Carolina?

May 18th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Connecticut Attorney General Richard “Dick” Blumenthal has been in office since 1991.  He’s done a lot of things as attorney general.  He jumped on the first great American corporate lynching of the tobacco industry well after Hillary Clinton declared war.  Ignoring the issues with global warming, he’s trying to declare carbon dioxide a dangerous substance: [...]

Borrowing money to pay off the debt?

December 8th, 2009 | No Comments

Fresh on the heals of Obama’s White House Jobs Summit, Obama has announced he’s going to use unspent TARP money to tackle two issues that are dragging on the economy. Provide incentives for small businesses. Pay down the debt. Part one sounds good, but I think most small businesses are too distracted with this headline [...]

Waxman-Markey is a disaster

July 14th, 2009 | No Comments

That’s my opinion.  No one really cares all that much tho.  But, maybe they would if I had some uppity title like Director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies.  That’d be kind of impressive dontcha think?  Well, I can’t claim the title, but the guy who can, Dr, James Hansen, has.  He doesn’t [...]

Auto emissions waivers

January 26th, 2009 | No Comments

One of Obama’s first actions is to restore the auto emissions waivers for several states that requested them under Bush.  Bush said no, because mainly they were unenforceable.  Those states include: California Connecticut Maine Maryland Massachusetts New Jersey New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Vermont Washington Now, the issue I have would be better reflected [...]