In the "Do A I Say, Not As I Do" category, the U.S. Transportation Secretary rides up to a fuel economy event in a 12 mpg SUV. Worse, fuel economy rules are killing us. (By the way, if you haven't ... READ MORE
As President Obama continues his policies to “break our dependence on oil with biofuels,” it might be a good time to check in with Germany to see how their efforts to move from regular gas to an ethanol mix are ... READ MORE
It is time to add monster trucks to “guns and religion” as items that President Barack Obama thinks dumb, bitter Americans “cling to” when times get tough. Last Wednesday, Obama was speaking to his citizenry when one member of the ... READ MORE
"I love this. He's all manic and spazzy and arm-wavy in this one, and somehow in just 3 short minutes, Steven manages to show the connection between unions, the federal gas tax, regulations and elections." - Mockarena, Chicks on the ... READ MORE
Rumors asserting that President Obama's interest in pursuing cap-and-trade legislation has dwindled are vastly overstated. In reality, sketchy plans and letting Congress take the lead is classic Obama. Recall that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) wrote the stimulus bill and ... READ MORE
Media: Obama's a neologist; Bush was just dumb. Jokes to play on the President. Where does YOUR state rank? (H/T Coyote Blog.) Examiner: If Americans were getting an average of 20 miles to the gallon before Cash for Clunkers, they ... READ MORE
Mark Tapscott is on the case of White House "climate czar" Carol Browner, who appears to be continuing her wily Clinton Administration pattern of dodging and weaving whenever legal niceties interfere with her left-wing agenda. As Mark writes in his ... READ MORE
From "Lawmakers Seek to Influence Plant Locations" by Neil King, Jr. and Kate Linebaugh for the June 2 Wall Street Journal: The Obama administration has said repeatedly that it won't use its majority stake in General Motors Corp. to meddle ... READ MORE
In June, Senator John Warner (R-VA) pushed "cap-and-trade" legislation he claimed would reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Analyses found it would more likely drive up energy prices, drive down the gross domestic product and put untold numbers of people out of ... READ MORE
Apparently complacent about criticism from the Tennessee Center for Policy Research that his family's energy use at his Nashville home is more than 19 times greater than the average American household's, Al Gore has committed conspicious energy consumption once again ... READ MORE
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