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The Chevy Volt – Unjustifiable At Any Cost

I have always wanted to do a Return on Investment (ROI) calculation on the Chevy Volt but was lacking details into the charging power required to replenish the batteries but now that has been provided to me.  See the following … Continue reading

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Have We Suspended The Rule Of Law?

Unless you’ve been living under a rock the last few weeks, you know about the death of a 17 year old boy named Trayvon Martin in Florida where a neighborhood watchman named George Zimmerman got into an altercation with Mr. … Continue reading

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2012 Elections – Consider the Possibilities

I engaged in a thought experiment regarding the possible outcomes of the 2012 elections and I have determined that conservatives (and America as a whole) will benefit from 75% of the possible scenarios.    While going through this thought experiment … Continue reading

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Obama – Austere or Drunken Sailor?

UPDATE 22-MAR-12 – Updated chart labels and added graphs using OMB data at the end There was a recent post at Economists View that noted how Clinton and Obama were very austere Presidents in recent history with regard to Federal … Continue reading

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Liberals Are Getting Desperate

As if the 17 minutes long propaganda video wasn’t enough, now Vice President Joe Biden takes his turn at trying to make Americans forget about the colossal failure of the Obama administration.   In a Politico article we learn how … Continue reading

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My God, It’s Full Of Stars

The title of this post is actually a quote from 2001: A Space Odyssey and comprise Commander Bowman’s final recorded transmission as he approached the massive Monolith located between Jupiter and one of its moons, Io.  The National Aeronautics and … Continue reading

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The Lies Of Obamacare Exposed

It’s been a bad week for Obamacare and the bad news has come in threes:  1) We have learned that people will not be able to keep their insurance if they like it, 2) Obamacare is going to cost more than … Continue reading

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Looking Up – Spring 2012

As an amateur astronomer, one of my favorite things to do is introduce others to the wonders of the cosmos and I wrote a post explaining why this is a very worthwhile endeavor.  Astronomy is a hobby that can’t be … Continue reading

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How Do Liberals Lie To Thee?

Let the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) count the ways.  After taking another look at the costs associated with implementing Obamacare, the CBO determined that taxpayers will have to come up with an extra $820 billion over ten years to meet … Continue reading

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It’s Time To Leave Afghanistan

With the latest civilian killings in Afghanistan, I can safely say it is time to pull all US personnel out of this country sooner rather than later. Details are still rolling in but here is what we do know from the … Continue reading

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The Obama/Bell Video – A Shot Across The Bow

According to Liberals in the Main Stream Media (MSM), like Soledad O’Brien, the latest Breitbart video that was shown on the Sean Hannity Show last night is a big nothing burger – nothing to see here, so move along.  Sorry … Continue reading

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Time To Get Behind Romney

With the dust settling on the Republican Primary after Super Tuesday, it is becoming clearer that Mitt Romney will be the Republican nominee and those who want to defeat Barack Obama should start lining up in support of him. The … Continue reading

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The Sandra Fluke Smokescreen

Georgetown University’s position on the issue of birth control is not a well guarded secret and after spending 5 minutes on Google, I found this article which made the very clear point that Georgetown University does not delve into areas … Continue reading

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Romney Tax Plan Helps The Middle Class

There was a recent article in the Washington post that compared the Romney tax plan to the Obama tax plan and while the article was written to show how Obama’s plan is better from a Liberal worldview (punishing the successful … Continue reading

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A Conservative Supernova

The Blogosphere was very active today about the untimely and unfortunate passing of Andrew Breitbart.  I didn’t know Mr. Breitbart and only recently became involved in the Conservative movement on Twitter/Blog sites and started my own blog in September 2009.  … Continue reading

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Global Temperature and CO2 Update – March 2012

About 6 months ago I provided an update on the state of global temperature anomalies as well as the CO2 concentration in the atmosphere and I think it’s time to do another one.  You’ll see that the Anthropogenic Global Warming … Continue reading

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Federalist Paper #10 – Addressing Factions

  In Ecclesiastes chapter 1, verse 9 it is written: “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; There is nothing new under the sun. “ That bible verse came back to me when … Continue reading

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Another Cautionary Tale Regarding Obamacare

The United States is about to make a huge mistake that will have such far reaching consequences that it will take years, if not decades, to undo the damage.  In case you are wondering, the mistake has a name and … Continue reading

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Liberal Motivations

More times than not, complex economic issues reduce down to motivations.  It doesn’t matter whether you are talking about consumers or producers – It is important to understand the motivations of both if you hope to understand the market and … Continue reading

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No Education Required

  I don’t understand this but maybe, in some weird parallel universe, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) thought they could make it easier for people to get jobs.  Recently they issued an informal discussion letter that said companies can’t … Continue reading

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