Author Archives: Highvoltage
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
Posted in healthcare, Over Regulation, politics
12 Comments
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
Posted in politics
Leave a comment
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
5 Comments
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
Posted in Uncategorized
5 Comments
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
Posted in politics
6 Comments
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
2 Comments
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
Posted in politics
2 Comments
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
3 Comments
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
Posted in politics, sports
Leave a comment
The Future of US Manufacturing
Unless you’ve been living under a rock the past 20 years, you know that manufacturing in the United States has fallen. From this link, you can see that US manufacturing as a percent of GDP has fallen from a high … Continue reading
Posted in economics, politics
14 Comments
Police of the World
It is hard to argue against the claim that the United States is the police of the world. We are usually the first country to send troops, planes, ships and other elements of military force into a hostile territory and … Continue reading
Posted in politics
Leave a comment
You Can’t Appease an Occupier
In the Wall Street Journal there was an editorial about the struggles that the Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is having with the Occupy LA idiots. The Mayor has tried to appease the Occupiers by offering ponchos to protect them … Continue reading
The Ignorance of OWS
There is a story from NPR today that is mostly really good and since it is about a small college in Kentucky, my home state, I really enjoyed it. Well, I mostly enjoyed it. I’ll get to that in a … Continue reading
Posted in politics
23 Comments
Imagine the Possibilities
Recently NASA launched a new Mars probe called Curiosity that will arrive on the Red Planet in a little over 8 months from now. Once there, it’ll be used to perform advanced experiments and measurements to determine if life could … Continue reading
Posted in astronomy, cosmology
2 Comments
Climate Gate 2.0
In case you missed it, another cache of leaked emails from the Climate Research Unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia has been posted. Several Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) skeptic sites have posted summaries at Watts Up With That, … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change
5 Comments
This is How Liberals Think
Greg Sargent wrote an article for the Washington Post entitled “Debunking the Conservative Arguments about the rich and taxes, in three easy charts” and his conclusions show us how Liberals think. His first chart acknowledges what many Conservatives have known for … Continue reading
Posted in politics
4 Comments
Our Problem Is Simple
Political issues are notoriously complex but, as fate would have it, our current political problems can be stated in very simple terms that can be comprehended by most of the US adult population. Mortgaged To The Eyeballs We have over $15 trillion … Continue reading
Posted in politics
2 Comments
If I Were King
I’m not well studied in Poetry but occasionally I’ll stumble across one that really touches me and I’ll save it to a file so that I can periodically read them and ponder their meanings. While watching the movie Invictus … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Leave a comment
cosmoscon 