The Only “Green” In The “Green Economy” Is The Color Of The Taxpayer’s Money

UK Government Pays $157,000 Per Job In Wind Subsidies (£100,000 equals $157,000 at today’s exchange rate): A new analysis of government and industry figures shows that wind turbine owners received £1.2billion in the form of a consumer subsidy, paid by a supplement on electricity bills last year. They employed 12,000 people, to produce an effective…

On Race

In response to opposition to Obama’s policies, on more than one occasion, the charge of racism has been leveled against his opponents. Chris “Tingle” Matthews exemplifies this tendency: They want to be able to say, well, he didn’t really have that batting average; he really wasn’t the first African American president; he really didn’t do…

Allen West: Refuse To Consent To Bad Leadership

Very good read, written by Col. West: Scandals that must make a difference We must listen to government officials telling us that losing an American ambassador and abandoning Americans in a combat engagement is irrelevant or that the incident at Benghazi, Libya, consulate is a joke or a made up scandal. This truly does not speak to…

When 47% Just Isn’t Enough

The Hill reports: Many senators elected to leave Washington early Thursday afternoon instead of attending a briefing with James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence, Keith Alexander, the head of the National Security Agency (NSA), and other officials. The Senate held its last vote of the week a little after noon on Thursday, and many…

Apologie et l’amplification…

I spent a lot of time on my flight back from Pittsburgh last night thinking about what I truly believe to have been one of the most important relationships in American history. I was thinking on the role of a man largely overshadowed in American history by the greatness of a contemporary but without whom,…