Posts Tagged ‘partisanship’

Energy policy and campaign promises

July 29th, 2009 | No Comments

While running for President, Obama promised pretty much everything to everyone.  In Ohio, he promised to support loan guarantees for uranium enrichment.  A cornerstone for the US to ween itself from oil and coal.  The promise was convincing, it made logic.  It would not only assist in the pursuit of cleaner energy, it would create jobs [...]

Obama’s first wave of change

January 5th, 2009 | 1 Comment

People voted for “change” without ever really considering what the “change” was about.  Today we got a few examples. Bill Richardson, under investigation for pay to play politics ( read taking bribes ), was nevertheless nominated to a cabinet position under Obama’s “change”.  He withdrew his nomination today.  There’s no change when it comes to [...]