Posts Tagged ‘Utah’
OK, quit laughing. Paul Krugman, the guy who won a Nobel prize for economics for criticizing George Bush ad nauseum, still lives on that one trick. Citing a laundry list of bizarre claims, he criticizes Bush even though Bush had nothing to do with any of the issues. But, the issues are complex and many. [...]
Tags: congress, filibuster, krugman, majority, Nebraska, nobel, obama, pelosi, reid, Senate, super, Utah
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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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OK, so we’re no sooner finishing Obama’s reform of the housing, banking, and automakers industries, than we’re apparently ready to do the same to the energy industry. Now, as with the other situati0ns, you’ve got two very different prevailing thoughts going apparently. On one side, is the keep it simple philosophy. In the other debates, [...]
Tags: california, cap and trade, carbon credit, cost, environmentalist, global warming, henry-waxman, heritage foundation, kentucky district of columbia, Maryland, obama, Utah
Posted in economic-policy, Fed Policy | 1 Comment »
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 »
For two weeks, six miners have either been trapped in a mine in Utah, or they are by now most likely dead. Last night, while trying to get to those miners, three more died. Shortly after another mining disaster in West Virginia a year and half ago, I did a piece on preventing mine disasters. Apparently [...]
Tags: coal, Energy Policy, mines, mining, nuclear, safety, Utah
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