Monthly Archives: December 2011
Obamacare – Destroying Jobs, Entrepreneurship and Innovation
I have already written earlier how Obama and his henchmen (and henchwomen) are not only killing business but also killing American Citizens and just a few days ago came a new report from the DesMoines Register showing the damage that … Continue reading
Posted in healthcare, Over Regulation, politics
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My Favorite Christmas Present
I received many wonderful presents for Christmas but my favorite was from my son and it came a couple days after Christmas. We went on our first “guys trip” yesterday and saw my alma mater (University of Louisville) play football in … Continue reading
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A Graph on CO2 Absorption
The Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) cult is dead wrong about CO2 driving our climate and the graph below reveals their mistake. The top portion of the graph shows the electromagnetic radiation that is both downgoing (from the Sun shown in red) … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
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Problem Solving 101
You can’t offer solutions until you completely define the problem. To those who have analytical minds, this is common sense and you can look at any collegiate Engineering curriculum and you won’t find a class on this topic. But there … Continue reading
The Star of Bethlehem
After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in … Continue reading
Posted in astronomy, cosmology
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NLRB Redefines Business Practices in US
The Economist published an article about the latest National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) involvement in Boeing’s decision to expand in South Carolina and they show that the recent ruling by the NLRB sets a dangerous precedent that will lead to … Continue reading
Posted in Over Regulation, politics, unionthugs
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Political Disconnect and the Dunning-Kruger Effect
I was reading an article from The Economist, The Faith (and Doubts) of Our Fathers, and the last two paragraphs were very telling of our current political climate and they appear below (emphasis mine). “There is a great irony … Continue reading
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A Broken Arm and an Indian Hospital
Last night my daughter broke her arm and after the whole situation was over and she was resting comfortably in bed, I again realized what an amazing medical system we currently have in the US and what we’ll lose … Continue reading
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Nikki Haley Report Card – 2011
Recently, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has been in the national news after she endorsed Mitt Romney as the Republican presidential nominee. Romney lags Gingrich in SC polls and this endorsement might provide the momentum to give Romney the boost … Continue reading
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Economic Expectations and the 2012 Election
Obama will not win reelection if the US economy during the latter half of 2012 is similar to the economy we see now. I do not subscribe to the theory that Obama will win reelection by spouting the ‘do nothing … Continue reading
We Don’t Have to Wait for the Death Panels
We do not have to wait for the Obamacare’s Death Panels to see how over regulation from the Federal Government will kill Americans. It is happening right now and will get worse in 2012 for at least 11 states. Dr. … Continue reading
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Payroll Tax Cut Comes Down to Philosophy
The latest battle in Congress is over the payroll tax cuts which are about to expire at the end of 2011. The payroll tax cuts are really a reduction in social security deductions from our paychecks (6.2% to 4.2%) and … Continue reading
Debbie Downer Hits an All Time Low
In case you missed it, this morning Debbie Wasserman Schultz stated that Unemployment didn’t go up after Obama entered the White House. I don’t know if this is a case of Schultz imitating Joseph Geobbels (If you tell a … Continue reading
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Solutions in Search of a Problem
It appears that the big Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) cult summit in Durban South Africa has ended with a resolution that basically does nothing and amounts to a draft agreement that will be renegotiated by 2015 and come into effect … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
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Light Scattering
When I was driving to work this morning I took the above picture with my Blackberry (which, I might add, has a terrible camera) while stopped at a red light. You’ll have to take my word that the colors were … Continue reading
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ECON 101 for a Liberal
The Blamestormer-in-Chief gave us another example how our President appears to be mentally handicapped when it comes to basic Economics and Mathematics. In case you missed it, here is the quote from the Washington Examiner: President Obama said that he will … Continue reading
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DNC Panders to Unions
Ben Howe at Red State broke the story over a month ago that while preparing for its upcoming convention in Charlotte, the Democratic National Convention (DNC) will only accepting bids from Union companies. This was a major blow to many … Continue reading
Posted in politics, unionthugs
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A Religion of Peace
In Afghanistan yesterday a terrorist organization called Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility for a bombing that killed at least 60 people. The terrorist group is affiliated with a Sunni extremist group and they apparently hated the Shiite minority group so much they … Continue reading
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A Planet Like Earth
There was an announcement today that the Kepler mission has confirmed the existence of a planet that is the most Earth-like that has ever been discovered. The planet was given the name Kepler-22b and was discovered using the transit method … Continue reading
Posted in astronomy, cosmology
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What the GOP and the NCAA Have in Common
We’ll have to wait and see what the computers determine in the next BCS rankings but barring some miracle, the National Championship game will come down to LSU and Alabama. These two teams are some of the Blue Bloods of … Continue reading
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