Category Archives: Evironment
Voltwagon
Fredrich Hayek’s 1944 classic Road to Serfdom has become a best seller again. He said that governments tend to plan production for political, rather than market, purposes. Government owned GM’s new Volt costs $41,000, runs on a battery, and gets 40 miles per charge.
Lockerbie Bomber Not Dead Yet
BP is off to drill offshore Libya in a few weeks. The simple explanation would be that offshore drilling is banned here. The more interesting explanation is that it has something to do with the release of the surprisingly fit Lockerbie Bomber.
You Know The Drill
The Law-Enforcer-In-Chief responded to two court rulings overturning his deep water drilling ban by ordering a new deep water drilling ban.
Rub a Dub
Here’s the rub on Al Gore. The National Enquirer uncovered a 2006 Portland police report in which a masseuse says Gore assaulted her like a crazed sex poodle. The mainstream media avoided the story. Claims erupted that Gore was being protected. If, instead of Gore, Cheney had been the sex crazed poodle (wrap your brain around that image) it would have been immediate page one news. Or it could be that the facts just weren’t there. Anyway, the cartoon is here. The Week has all sides here. American Spectator version is here .
