Written by Neil Kelty on December 30th, 2008
Grown tired of the phrases “failed Bush economic policies” and “the last 8 years of this administration” have I, or at least my inner Yoda rebukes the continual repetition of these soon to be cliche phrases.
Even as we, America, rush to force our President of the past decade out of office, we must pause and take a moment to reflect and examine Mr. Bush’s administration. We must look deeply and analytically to discover the true gift has Bush’s presidency has offered our country and President-elect Obama. The current situation, the state of our country, most notably our economy is not the fault of George Bush, it is not the fault of the Democrats, the Republicans, the Libertarians, the bankers, or …
Written by Patrick McAlister on May 19th, 2008
Because of the fiscal juggernaut that is the Obama campaign, The NY Times recently reported that John McCainís campaign is mapping out a campaign strategy that is closely tied with the Republican National Committee. This after his campaign finance co-chair resigned because of a conflict of interest based on new campaign rules regarding connections to lobbyists.
From the Times:
ìMr. McCain, who abandoned public financing in the primary but has indicated he would employ it in the general election, is aggressively building a joint fund-raising operation with the Republican National Committee and state party committees in four battleground states. These committees can raise money far in excess of …
Written by Neil Kelty on April 7th, 2008
As the Ethonol fad continues to be the center of buzz in environmental friendly fuels, one car company is already jumping past the biofuel faze. In just a few months, Tokyo based Honda will introduce the all-new FCX Clarity Advanced Fuel Cell Vehicle. Honda touts the FCX Clarity as “a next generation, zero-emissions, hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicle based on the entirely-new Honda V Flow fuel cell platform.”
Honda plans to release the car this summer on a limited basis to customers in Southern California. While the company will continue to tweak the final details, preliminary reports indicate the company plans to …
Written by Neil Kelty on April 2nd, 2008
The battle for the border fence just got a little tougher as Department of Homeland Security head Michael Chertoff said that his department will bypass environmental and land management laws to complete a border fence project by year’s end.
The move is touching some hearts in the Sierra Club, an environmental group, whose executive director claims the fence will threaten the environment of the region.
Carl Pope, the executive director, believes waiving these environmental laws is unconstiutional and he is calling for the Supreme Court to look into the issue.
The border fence will be equipped with towers, sensors, cameras along a 470-mile stretch that spans from†California†into Texas. This fence will cut through many areas of federally protected lands including national parks, wildlife …
Written by Patrick McAlister on January 2nd, 2008
Today was a big day, and we had big ambitions for the day at its advent. We planned to go to three different Caucus related events ñ one for Senator Hillary Clinton at the Gateway Hotel, one for former Senator John Edwards at Iowa Stateís Memorial Union and one for former Governor Mike Huckabee at the Val Air Ballroom in Des Moines. Each spot gave us unique opportunities to interact with candidates as they scratch out every single possible vote from caucus goers. In each case, we were successful in our venture.
Senator Clinton – From Boondoggle to Benefit
We arrived …
