Saturday, May 19th, 2012

I figured this out a long time ago, and I’m not even Paris Hilton! Great video… TAE FLASHBACK -No Food For Fuel – Chapter 1

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GOP senators are calling for a balanced energy plan (h/t Hot Air) I agree. Senate GOP Calls For “Balanced Energy Plan” – Hot Air

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(Just Don’t Expect to be Reimbursed) I love Michelle Malkin’s offbeat humor. She has a way of illustrating stories. Thanks to Michelle’s post today, I am shamelessly jumping on board this proposal – send our gas receipts to Congress! When they arrive, it may look like the scene from ‘Miracle on 34th Street’. Michelle Malkin [...]

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My father sent me this. A classic Bob Hope line…could they be talking about the vacationing House members?

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To save energy last week, Speaker Pelosi shut out the House lights (and cameras) on her GOP counterparts, who decided that they were not done speaking. This may have been the green thing to do, but the last time I checked, Rep. John Boehner and his posse were still speaking.

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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?

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Ancient Rome was a kind of ‘poster child’ for taxation proponents. Taxes were levied, and when not paid according to Rome’s terms, the insurgent lost his head – literally! Back in the First Century, Emperor Nero had a great gig…the treasury was flush with tribute payments and life was good. Then, 1,947 years ago in [...]

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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…

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The United States Congress is a group that likes to talk… And talk… AND talk… I listen. I understand their words. I often ask “What the hell are they saying?!?” You know that I am from New Jersey. Maybe that’s why my attention is captured when something happens here that has national interest or a [...]

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I read a couple of months ago that the City of Dallas, TX was considering shutting off their traffic light cameras. The cameras were installed to promote safety by recording drivers who decided to blow through red lights. The cameras worked and traffic accidents plummeted in some areas. But to the City of Dallas, this [...]

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