Monthly Archives: June 2008

North Korea and the United Nations

Unbelievable. How nice of the United Nations to supply North Korea with “hard currency”. After more than two years of accusations and probes into the operations of the United Nations Development Program in North Korea, a weighty report finally reveals … Continue reading

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More oil? Not from the US

Apparently nowhere. WASHINGTON — A House subcommittee on Wednesday rejected a Republican-led effort to open up more U.S. coastal waters to oil exploration. Can’t get oil from shale, can’t get oil from offshore. Let’s continue to not only send our … Continue reading

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Earmarks….

Earmark moratorium fight? Not all Republicans are committed to rebuilding their brand of less government and more economic liberty, but a unilateral ban on earmarks would dramatically accelerate their path to redemption. They need to make the hard decision. Bold … Continue reading

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Inflation

Pimco says it’s worse than the government reports. I don’t find that particularly surprising. The standard of living has decreased for many Americans, a trend that will reverse only after the troubles in the housing market work through, Pimco Managing … Continue reading

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Gray and grey

Interesting!

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Another Boulder adverse possession…

What is it with Boulder and adverse possession? The problem started when new owners took down the privacy fence to enjoy the creek… It’s a view worth seeing, Marshall said, which is why she decided to remove a 6-foot privacy … Continue reading

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Vitamin D is good for you

New report on the effects of Vitamin D deficiency, The conclusions are… Men with a vitamin D deficiency (having 15 nanograms per milliliter of blood or less) had an increased risk for heart attack compared with those with a sufficient … Continue reading

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Brownie Points

Before the Democrat’s do too much political posturing regarding “big oil”, they should exmaine the gallup poll taken May 19-21 of 2008. This graphic sums up the publics changing perspective nicely, but the article is a must read. click to … Continue reading

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Republicans block Dem’s windfall profits tax

Great job! The Democratic energy package would have imposed a 25 percent tax on any “unreasonable” profits of the five largest U.S. oil companies, which together made $36 billion during the first three months of the year. It also would … Continue reading

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Environmental groups sue to protect polar bears….

from the dangers of oil drilling. Here are the groups you should be concerned with… Polar bears are threatened — likely to become endangered — because their sea ice habitat has melted dramatically and computer models predict further losses, Kempthorne … Continue reading

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More on Obama’s bad judgement here. Why would Obama, in his first big personnel decision, choose a paleoliberal greedhead with a track record of failure? You tell me.

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No AIDs pandemic, no global warming crisis

Leave it to the Diplomad to lecture us on scientific concensus. I was going to give it a go, but thankfully he beat me to it. Great job!

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Marxists, Socialists, Communists for Obama

In the “you can’t make this stuff up” category is the “Marxists/Socialists/Communists for Obama” section of Obama’s web site. I can certainly understand these folks might create their own web site, but for Obama to actually have this group on … Continue reading

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Abandoning the SAT

Crazy, but as you can imagine, in a community such as Boulder this is an idea that the liberals find quite attractive. Thankfully there are voices of common sense regarding keeping the SAT as a good indicator for colleges. The … Continue reading

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The “favor factory” still running full tilt

As Captain Ed explains, the pork keeps flowing, although the Democrats, primarily Reid and Pelosi, promised change. He concludes… If the GOP had any sense, they would take this opportunity to declare an immediate and unilateral moratorium on pork and … Continue reading

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Jim Rogers on financials, the fed, airlines, oil and commodities

There is no supply of oil. The bull market in oil has years to go, despite large corrections that are sure to go. The world is running out of known oil reserves. A lot of commodities have come down pretty … Continue reading

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Obama – “lightworker”

Here’s Betsy’s reaction… A grown man wrote that stuff. And he has a job working for a major newspaper. In San Francisco, but still a professional writer actually produced that swill. It staggers the mind. All I can hope is … Continue reading

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D-Day with todays media

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Welcome to American Math

Welcome to America….where people are actually having a serious discussion about whether teaching kids advanced math as soon as possible is a bad thing. Is it any wonder our country lags behind in math/science? Read more about this nonsensical thinking … Continue reading

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Venezuelan’s want the dollar

Although the once almighty dollar has been falling against most major currencies, in Venuezla it is in high demand. As Jim Rogers says, go to the black market to see what a currency is really worth… The government sets the … Continue reading

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