Posts Tagged ‘North Carolina’
The Energy Information Administration, who touts themselves as “Official Energy Statistics from the US Government”, released a rather astounding conclusion. While most people have been scare-mongering by saying Waxman-Markey will practically bankrupt most lower income people through much higher energy prices, EIA says this is not true at all: ACESA increases energy prices, but effects [...]
Tags: 1984, allegheny power, amerenue, appalachian power, big-brother, climate change, consumers energy, duke, eia, energy, energy information administration, global warming, kansas, kentucky, markey, Missouri, nancy pelosi, national grid, North Carolina, official energy statistics, ohio, public service commission, rate increase, salt river, SEIU, south-carolina, st. louis, truth commission, Utah, vermont, waxman, waxman-markey, West Virginia, westar, white house
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Apparently some guy named Chris Steiner wrote a book called $20 Per Gallon: How the Inevitable Rise in the Price of Gasoline Will Change Our Lives for the Better. It’s gathering some chatter from peeps I enjoy and occasionally respect. Andrew Sullivan loved it: $20 a gallon is about the only thing that could unleash [...]
Tags: $20 per gallon, andrew sullivan, bread and mortar, bubble, bust, california, chris steiner, cisco, daily dish, dot.com, ericsson, gas, gasoline, gdp, golden triangle, gross-domestic-product, hi-tech, ibm, inevitable rise in the price of gasoline will change our lives for the better, IPO, James-Joyner, lenovo, netapp, nortel, North Carolina, Outside-the-Beltway, price, retail, silicon valley, sony, the atlantic, unemployment
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February 23rd, 2009 | 1 Comment
Just got the numbers for the Medicaid add-on from the stimulus package. I don’t deal with Medicaid directly, but it indirectly affects what I do in a large way. As such, I was interested in the numbers. However, the bigger picture bugged me more than the dollars I was assigned to look at. In essence, [...]
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Posted in Entitlement Programs, Ethics, Health Care Debate, National Politics, Politics | 1 Comment »
