Energy Crisis
A Deserving Victim Of The Crash
An AP article out yesterday says that many ethanol plants, which have popped up like warts in the last few years, are being shuttered. Good riddance.
October 9, 2008 | Read More
Reason #73: Politicians Keep Pushing the Oil Habit
For decades now, our government has failed to implement a cohesive energy policy to effectively reduce our dependence upon foreign oil. Because of this government failure we’ve got the current war in Iraq. Have we ever even tried to get off oil? Looking back through our national history, we find that a few leaders have made some half-assed attempts to get Americans to kick the fossil habit, and a few others have even taken firm and admirable stances. But time and again all real progress has been stymied by political bickering or by the influence of private interests in Washington. So our…
August 27, 2008 | Read More
Reason #31: Enron - A Good Lay for Bush
No doubt about it, Brown and Root and LBJ forged an extremely beneficial relationship with each other. But more recently, another Texas company, the Enron Corporation, invested in another Texas politician, George W. Bush, and reaped the dividends when he made it to the White House.
Lay and his company donated almost $6 million to politicians on both sides of the aisle. That kind of cash buys a lot of loyalty, even from the grave.
Enron’s late founder Ken Lay and George W. Bush went way back. “Kenny Boy,” as W. called him, gave generously to Bush’s run for Texas governor. And…
August 26, 2008 | Read More
