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Problems With Oil Leaks – Call A Redneck

From the AP (Anything Possible), Punkin Center, Missouri. Most every morning the boys meet at the General Store to solve the world problems.  No problem is too big for a certified Redneck.  And the General Store gang is composed of certified Rednecks.  The Store has a garage out back – some call it a shade […]

5Jun2010 | | Comments Off on Problems With Oil Leaks – Call A Redneck | Continued
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The Cat-Fighting Congress

What madness.  Congress is in the process of grilling the Oil Executives on the catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico.  The Oil Executives are clearly blaming the other guy.   No surprise there.  But the astounding quality of these hearings is the hypocritical Congress pointing out the blame game being played by the Oil Industry. Check […]

12May2010 | | 1 comment | Continued
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Obama, Oil, And Rational Leadership

I wanted a new car – but I didn’t have the money.  I wanted to go skiing at Aspen – but I didn’t have the money.  I bought a good used car for cash and drove it to the local Missouri ski slopes.  I am relaxing today with my feet immersed in hot salt water […]

31Mar2010 | | Comments Off on Obama, Oil, And Rational Leadership | Continued
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Iraq – Oil and Terrorism

In January of 1991 GHW Bush launched an offensive to push Saddam’s army back to Iraq out of Kuwait. After driving Iraqi forces out of Kuwait, Bush, Cheney and his advisors decided to end the push. Others pressed Bush to continue into Baghdad and topple the Iraqi government. However, Bush and Cheney knew the end […]

21Feb2009 | | 3 comments | Continued
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Jon Stewart: The Fiber in Your Media Diet

There are some things that we, as a culture, cannot do without. Oil. Television. Wal-Mart. Cell Phones. Media Punditry. In order for these things to exist, we have to continually evaluate them and to find ways of curbing our dependence on them. Otherwise, we become slaves to our devices. Oil, for instance, needs investigation into […]

17Apr2008 | | Comments Off on Jon Stewart: The Fiber in Your Media Diet | Continued
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Boone Pickens – Money blowing in the wind

Included in this post are excerpts from a previous post.  Added here are commentary from T. Boone Pickens on CNBS discussing the economics of energy.  We can check the video and then discuss the harmony of wind energy with nature. [wp_youtube]ylI4iQ-5iXg[/wp_youtube] Pickens speaks economically of the great wind corridor stretching from Texas to Canada.  I […]

23Feb2008 | | 5 comments | Continued
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U.S. Economy or Iraq Economy – Bush choses Iraq

Son, Our economy is at the worst state in twenty years.  The candidates for president and the folks in Congress are talking about what to do. How contemptible!  What have they been thinking about?  How much money are we spending in Iraq?  And how might that money might be used to save the U.S. Economy? […]

22Jan2008 | | Comments Off on U.S. Economy or Iraq Economy – Bush choses Iraq | Continued