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 [...]

Much to the eternal nay-sayers dismay, Tropical Storm Dolly will not have significant effect on oil derricks in the Gulf of Mexico. The pause in the drop of the price of crude was a momentary lapse and oil continued it’s decline on Tuesday.

Let’s say you’re an energy company. You just obatined a lease from the Federal government to drill for oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico. In a brokered deal, the Senate OK’d a portion off Florida’s panhandle coast for exploration. Now what do you do?

I went to a Catholic Parochial school. Being the naughty little hooligans we were, someone was always getting in some sort of trouble. There was this kid Timmy and he was more mischievous than he was pure evil. After he was caught passing notes, teasing some girl, or doing something unmentionable with paste, the nuns [...]

Earlier today, President Bush upped the ante to combat rising gasoline prices. He challenged Congress to follow suit.

First, it was Concord. Then, it was Bobby Thompson. Today, it is President George W. Bush. At around 1pm today, President Bush is set to announce that he is lifting the Executive Order, issued by his father, George H. W. Bush, to prohibit offshore drilling for oil and gas. The Armchair Energist supports this move [...]