It wasn’t exactly the ‘Thrilla in Manila’, but the Presidential candidates started duking it out tonight. What did YOU think?
The flag of the state of Alaska is comprised of eight stars. Last night, Sarah Palin became number nine – in a huge way. Any questions that have been streaming at us with lightening speed over the past few days since she was chosen by John McCain were blown away by strong, confident speech delivered [...]
I could speak forever about Barack Obama’s historic speech last night. However, to do my job, I must focus on the matter at hand – energy. We will have the next 67 days to discuss politics. At one point, midway through Sen. Obama’s speech, he said this: And I’ll invest $150 billion over the next [...]
It has been a very lonnnng eighteen months. For the first time in American history, we have a nominee for president from a national party. Barack Obama is that person. While a little less than half of the delegates wanted the ‘Hillary’ model to drive back to Washington, the will of the people chose the [...]
New Jersey has been home to some pretty bright and colorful famous people – Thomas Edison, Meryl Streep, Yogi Berra, Frank Sinatra and Norman Schwarzkopf, to name a few. Then, there’s River Vale’s Bill Maher. Is he one of the lucky 34%? You decide. CNN’s King Plays Along WIth Maher’s Americans Are Too Dumb Scenario [...]
Seriously, if Paris Hilton gets it (sort of), what’s stopping the candidates? See more Paris Hilton videos at Funny or Die
Was it President Bush lifting the executive order prohibiting offshore drilling? Was it the high price of gas that forced many Americans to take ‘staycations’ and drive up the gasoline inventories? Was it the GOP revolt to take over the House floor to debate oil drilling while Speaker Pelosi is on the book signing circuit?
President Bush withdrew the offshore drilling ban. The crude market reacted by dropping nearly 20% before any appreciable uptick. Does that mean that even one more drill site is struck and pumping? Absolutely not, but as I have stated in this blog before, perception is reality. Now, I have a suggestion…
To: Senator Obama, Senator McCain and any candidate for the Senate or House of Representatives From: The Armchair Energist The number one topic on the voter’s minds these days is the increasing cost of energy. More than the Iraq war, more than uninsured citizens (my apology to the people who view these topics, and many [...]
You want to hear straight talk on energy. Will it come from John McCain or Barack Obama? Perhaps, but more likely, it will come from someone who actually competes in the arena. Legendary oil man T. Boone Pickens is the old dog who’s teaching us all a few new tricks. Here is a fascinating interview, courtesy [...]
