I am pretty harsh on Kos and company a lot of the time, but I thought his latest advertising campaign was a classy touch. Go check out the third blogad (“Support Your Favorite Bloggers”) on Ezra’s site. Read it, and click the ad. But read Ezra’s post on the Gas tax v. CAFE standards first.
One of Those Days
When I read stories like this, it reminds me of everything I hate about his administration, everything I hate about the Republican party, and everything I hate about politics in general: With Congress poised for a final vote on the energy bill, the Environmental Protection Agency made an 11th-hour decision Tuesday to delay the planned …
More Daylight Savings
Daylight Savings Time is changing: It looks like Daylight Saving Time is about to be extended, and that has child safety and fire prevention advocates riled. Congressional leaders of both parties have signed off on a proposal, being considered in Washington this week, to start Daylight Saving Time on the first Sunday in March and …
Sickening Sentiments
It seems that some in the Republican party have finally found something outside of your bedroom that they think the goverment can regulate effectively. If you guess the credit card industry, you guessed wrong. Insurance industry? Wrong. CAFE standards? Wrong. What then could they be talking about? Hold on to your hats. Torture: “Rendition” is …
Shocking News
The auto companies thought they were really helping themselves by resisting an increase in CAFE standards. Be careful what you wish for: The latest automobile sales figures show that Americans are increasingly wary of gas-thirsty sport utility vehicles. That was particularly bad news for General Motors and the Ford Motor Company, which both saw their …
ANWR
It never ceases to amaze me how silly many on the left are about the prospect of drilling in ANWR. Any reasonable solution to our dependence on foreign oil should include: 1.) Domestic drilling 2.) Research for alternative fuel sources other than the outrageous slush-fund known as ethanol subsidies, which should be exhibit A in …
The N-Word
This is going to make the irrational Earth Firsters insane: With gasoline prices up and his political standing down, President Bush on Wednesday proposed several new energy initiatives, including the novel idea of using shuttered military bases as sites for oil refineries. The president directed the federal agencies to work with communities to see if …