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• Marita Noon: Greenbacks Beat the Greens in Uber-Green California - 17 Jun 2013
  posted in Big Green & Columns & Energy & Environment & Featured & Property

  If there is anyplace the gang green can expect to get its way, it would surely be California. The state has the highest renewable energy standards in the country, the legislature is currently dominated by a liberal supermajority, and Governor Jerry Brown’s environmental record runs deep. When the Energy Information Agency reported that California’s Monterey [...]

• The Sierra Club exposed - 10 Jun 2013
  posted in Columns & Energy & Environment & Property

  In a news cycle where the lack of transparency is revealed daily, it is refreshing when something previously opaque exposes its true motives. Such is the case for the Sierra Club and its desire to block oil and gas drilling. I’ve written many times on environmental groups’ influence over use of public lands and how [...]

• Renewable energy’s reversal of fortune - 03 Jun 2013
  posted in Uncategorized

  “They told us the wind turbines were going to be good for the city; that our electric rates would go down. But that hasn’t happened. They keep putting up more and more of them and they are getting closer to the neighborhoods where you hear the noise all night while you are trying to sleep. [...]

• A Vote for Permanent Poverty - 28 May 2013
  posted in Energy & Environment

  Late last month, the elected officials of a small, rural New Mexico county became the first in the nation to vote for permanent poverty. Mora County’s unemployment is double that of most of the country and nearly 500% greater than that of some other parts of the state where oil and gas development is taking [...]

• A six-pack of scandals could define and destroy the Obama presidency - 20 May 2013
  posted in Columns & Executive

  It’s been a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week at the White House—and it isn’t looking like next week will be any better. You probably know about Obama’s trifecta of troubles: the Benghazi story about the attack that killed four Americans and the aftermath that falsely blamed a YouTube video that “continues to smolder [...]

• Americans Fighting Their Own Government For Economic Survival - 13 May 2013
  posted in Economy & Energy & Environment

  No wonder the national debt is at nearly $17 trillion—and ticking higher every day. Polls repeatedly show most Americans believe that reducing the budget deficit should be a top priority, yet policy gets in the way of democracy and prevents practical solutions. I’ve previously participated in, and reported on, various public meetings and hearings where [...]

• Environmentalists are killing the US economy - 06 May 2013
  posted in Columns & Economy & Energy & Environment

  Last month, Earth Day came and went. Perhaps you missed hearing about it. For 2013, the theme was “The Face of Climate Change.” Other than a change in the Post Office cancellation mark on your letters from the usual wavy lines, to the four stick-like wind turbines and a sun symbol, there was little note [...]

• A win for rational policy and cost-effective energy - 25 Apr 2013
  posted in Big Green & Columns & Energy & Environment

  You’ve heard the cliché: “Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.” Within the past month, I’ve experienced both sides of that adage—in reverse. On April 2, I was driving from Albuquerque to Farmington, NM, where I spoke for the San Juan Country Tea Party group. During the three-hour drive, I listened to talk radio. That was [...]

• Americans bothered by the way the government spends taxes - 23 Apr 2013
  posted in Big Gov & Big Green & Columns & Property

  Every year, April 15 is tax day. The morning’s news shows featured last minute tax tips and other tax-related information. A new poll was discussed. When asked: “Thinking about paying taxes, which one of the following bothers you the most?” Surprisingly, “What you pay” received the lowest response, while the “Way the government spends taxes” [...]

• Margaret Thatcher: global warming provides a marvelous excuse - 15 Apr 2013
  posted in Columns & Energy & Environment

  In honor of Margaret Thatcher’s memory, favorite quotes from the Iron Lady have popped up everywhere. This one came across my Facebook newsfeed: “Global warming ‘provides a marvelous excuse for worldwide, supra-national socialism.’” The hundreds of comments the quote received covered a variety of sentiments from hostility to adoration. A couple accused Thatcher of launching [...]