Category: Energy

Last Liberal Media Gasp Day: A Reid Loss Could Reopen Nuke Debate

Posted on by William Teach

Politico must see the writing on the way, regarding Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, as the pull out a scary “if Sharron Angle wins” op-ed disguised as a straight story Opponents of a Nevada nuclear waste dump thought they’d finally managed to kill the Yucca Mountain project. Then came Sharron Angle. The tea party-backed […]

 

Restrained No More’s — Big $pender-Like a Kid in a Candy Store

Posted on by Sharise Parviz

We all know who the Big $$pender is … Here’s a little tune to sing on the way to the polls. Just make sure you take your billy clubs (oops! Sorry, wrong audience.) I mean your boas ;) For other episodes of the show, a “backstage pass” and to download songs go to – http://www.restrainednomore.com/

 

Friday Stupid: Denying Climate Change Is Like Denying Santa Claus. Wait, What?

Posted on by William Teach

It’s time for Great Defenses of Global Climate Disruption, featuring….. Rep. Nick Rahall, Democratic incumbent for the U.S. House in the 3rd District, answered six questions posed to him by members of The Register-Herald editorial board earlier this week. After a bunch of questions, we get “Climate change – to deny it exists, to just […]

 

Video: Eco-Fascists in England Want You Dead Unless You Agree With Them

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

There is an eco-nazi effort going on in England called the 10:10 Campaign and in a video meant to encourage people to join the green effort people that disagree with the eco-nazis are murdered for their skepticism. Apparently murdering those that disagree with you is supposed to be funny. In a Telegraph article, James Delingpole […]

 

Sen. Sherrod Brown Now Blames Green Energy Stimulus Fail On……China!

Posted on by William Teach

Let’s spin the Wheel Of Blame Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is warning that Chinese trade practices in growing markets for renewable energy components could undermine the goals of U.S. energy spending in the big 2009 stimulus law. “They absolutely can,” Brown said in an interview broadcast Sunday. The 2009 stimulus law steered tens of billions […]

 

Tim Scott Celebrates His Birthday…And a Whole Lot More

Posted on by Susannah Fleetwood

[The above photo is of me and Tim Scott.] This past Friday evening, a party was thrown in honor of Tim Scott’s forty-fifth birthday. As many of you are already aware, Mr. Scott recently won the Republican nomination for South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District after a grueling and hard-fought race–therefore, this party was long over […]

 

New Silicon Graffiti Video: The Quotable Harry Reid

Posted on by Ed Driscoll

Over the past two centuries, the Democratic Party has had many powerful orators. Needless to say, Harry Reid, the Democrats’ Senate Majority Leader since November of 2006, has failed to live up to this proud heritage on a titanic scale. Which is why, from The Home Office in Carson City, Nevada, we’re proud to present, The Top Ten Harry Reid gaffes!

 

Video: Dan Juneau On Impact of Oil Moratorium on Citizens of Louisiana

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Here is a very interesting interview with Dan Juneau, President of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry (LABI). LABI is a combination of the state chamber of commerce and the state manufactures organization and represents the business interests of the state. There are 35,000 members, companies of all sizes in the Pelican State. Juneau […]

 

Reid’s Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act Only Does The Last

Posted on by William Teach

So, looks like Dingy Harry has introduced his Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act.You can read the draft text here. To begin with The Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Accountability Act would ensure that BP pays to clean up its mess. Second, it would invest in Home Star, a bipartisan energy efficiency program […]

 

Video: Jindal Calls Obama’s Actions in Gulf a ‘War’ on Louisiana

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Governor Bobby Jindal gives a speech at the Rally For Economic Survival in Lafayette, Louisiana. Over 11,000 people gathered at the Cajun Dome to protest what they say is an assault on Louisiana’s economy by President Barack Obama. “The fact that the federal government can’t do its job shouldn’t cost thousands of Louisianans OUR jobs.”

 

Obama Fail: Hundreds of Oil Skimmers NOT Being Used in Gulf

Posted on by Warner Todd Huston

Ken Marrero alerted me to this video of Florida Senator George LeMieux alerting the world that there are hundreds of oil skimmers across the country and the federal government has refused to allow them to be transferred to the Gulf to help in the cleanup because — get this — there may be an oil […]

 

Judge Who Struck Down PeBO Drilling Ban Owns Oil Stock – Liberal Freakout Ensues

Posted on by William Teach

As usual, Democrats and their media peeps focus on the personal, rather than the facts The Louisiana judge who struck down the Obama administration’s six-month ban on deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico has reported extensive investments in the oil and gas industry, according to financial disclosure reports. He’s also a new member […]

 

Barton’s Short Lived Gift to the DNC

Posted on by Heather Bachman

Yesterday, Representative Joe Barton issued an apology, first on behalf of the nation and then of himself and called the recent acceptance of the Obama Administration’s orders for BP to pay $20 billion dollars in order to compensate for damage from the spill a “shakedown”.:  This apology was a horrid utterance by a man who […]

 

America Deserves the Apology…Not BP

Posted on by Heather Bachman

BP is deserving of no apology; the real apology, should be to the American people. What is the real “shakedown” are the actions taken by the Obama Administration in order to milk whatever they can get from the BP spill aftermath. While they are happily having speeches cloaked in actions toward BP when in reality […]

 

Solar Energy Oppresses Fish

Posted on by Dave Blount

Government-mandated green energy is wonderful for the crony capitalists at GE, but not so nice for animals. Not only do the hideous windmills sprouting up on our dime hack birds to pieces, now we learn that solar panels kill off the insects fish need for food. Solar panels might be a cornerstone of green energy, […]

 

Wind Power: A Photographic Essay

Posted on by Dave Blount

If liberals are to be believed, we must forsake the abundant and highly efficient energy sources lying unused under our feet, and take a great leap forward into the realm of green technology. This is dominated by windmills, which until recently were regarded as quaint remnants of the Middle Ages. Wind energy doesn’t generate much […]

 

Robert Reich Calls for Seizing Control of BP

Posted on by Dave Blount

By seizing control of the oil industry, Hugo Chavez has managed to send Venezuela into a tailspin toward economic ruin despite its massive oil reserves. As we have been warned by our own rulers, a similar fate awaits energy companies in the USSA. Don’t believe me? Here’s Rep. Maxine Waters calling for nationalization: The insatiably […]

 

Moonbat Tech: Servers Powered by BS

Posted on by Dave Blount

As we learned when the tech bubble burst, Silicon Valley is built largely on BS. So why shouldn’t it be powered by BS, in the name of enviromoonbat BS? Researchers at Hewlett Packard Co.’s HP Labs presented a paper (download PDF) on using cow manure from dairy farms and cattle feedlots and other “digested farm […]