Please don’t destroy my American dream.
Fact Checking Mitt Romney
…by Fred Thompson. I don’t really care that much about pro-life issues, myself, but I suspect that will leave a mark for a lot of people.
Abolish The Air Force?
I’ve been meaning to comment about this piece at TAP, which is a few weeks old, but I haven’t had time to give it much thought. Among many other problems, though, one thing really jumps out at me; it has absolutely no mention of space, or who should handle it. That by itself makes it hard to take the rest seriously.
How Bad Is Huckabee?
This bad. Glenn Reynolds:
I think I’d vote for Edwards over Huckabee, though I’d feel dirty the next morning. And I’d be even more likely to vote for Hillary or Obama.
Of course, Glenn was a Democrat for a long time (and even worked on Gore’s campaign in 1988, about the time I first met him). He apparently wasn’t as put off by the party in the nineties as I was.
I think I’d just write someone in.
[Evening update]
In response to a commenter here, Glenn expands on his reasoning:
Basically, I believe that both would have similar socialist/populist programs, but that Republicans would combine against Edwards’ programs, producing useful gridlock. On the other hand, Dems would be only too happy to go along with Huckabee’s programs, and too many Republicans might do so too, out of party loyalty. The main thing Huckabee has, policy wise, that Edwards doesn’t is that he favors Second Amendment rights, but I wonder if he wouldn’t jettison them in some sort of “for the children” compromise at a crucial point, knowing that he’d get media adulation for doing so. Plus, the more I watch him [in] operation, the more Clintonian his campaign seems. Edwards’, on the other hand, is just inept, which suggests that he wouldn’t be very scary in office. And both would probably be equally Carteresque in foreign policy.
Do we really want another Arkansas governor “from Hope”?
Of course, this argument assumes that the Democrats will retain Congress…
So Much For The “Consensus”
“Don’t fight, adapt.
Also, is oil production really peaking? Not in Brazil:
Wait a minute. Wasn’t oil supposed to be running out? Wasn’t all the oil out there already discovered? If this new “Sugar Loaf” field in Brazil pans out, the world oil picture won’t be the same.
Brazil will become an even bigger exporter in a decade or so than projected and could put pressure on the club of petrotyrants that now has a monopoly on resources. Best of all, it throws doomsday assumptions about oil “peaking” on its head.
The world produces about 85 million barrels of oil a day, according to the International Energy Agency. Global energy demand is expected to rise 55% from 2005-2030. Peak oil theories abound that new discoveries are not keeping up with oil usage. But it’s significant that the new demand also is fostering big new discoveries, largely from the very countries where demand is growing most.
It’s gloomy times for gloom mongers.
So Much For The “Consensus”
“Don’t fight, adapt.
Also, is oil production really peaking? Not in Brazil:
Wait a minute. Wasn’t oil supposed to be running out? Wasn’t all the oil out there already discovered? If this new “Sugar Loaf” field in Brazil pans out, the world oil picture won’t be the same.
Brazil will become an even bigger exporter in a decade or so than projected and could put pressure on the club of petrotyrants that now has a monopoly on resources. Best of all, it throws doomsday assumptions about oil “peaking” on its head.
The world produces about 85 million barrels of oil a day, according to the International Energy Agency. Global energy demand is expected to rise 55% from 2005-2030. Peak oil theories abound that new discoveries are not keeping up with oil usage. But it’s significant that the new demand also is fostering big new discoveries, largely from the very countries where demand is growing most.
It’s gloomy times for gloom mongers.
So Much For The “Consensus”
“Don’t fight, adapt.
Also, is oil production really peaking? Not in Brazil:
Wait a minute. Wasn’t oil supposed to be running out? Wasn’t all the oil out there already discovered? If this new “Sugar Loaf” field in Brazil pans out, the world oil picture won’t be the same.
Brazil will become an even bigger exporter in a decade or so than projected and could put pressure on the club of petrotyrants that now has a monopoly on resources. Best of all, it throws doomsday assumptions about oil “peaking” on its head.
The world produces about 85 million barrels of oil a day, according to the International Energy Agency. Global energy demand is expected to rise 55% from 2005-2030. Peak oil theories abound that new discoveries are not keeping up with oil usage. But it’s significant that the new demand also is fostering big new discoveries, largely from the very countries where demand is growing most.
It’s gloomy times for gloom mongers.
Why Hillary Is Losing
I don’t always agree with Dick Morris, but I think he’s right here, and he knows the Clintons very well:
The conclusion is obvious: neither Hillary nor her staff know how to campaign. After the Clinton re-election in 1996, they have never been tested in a competitive race. When Giuliani dropped out of the New York State Senate race and the young Congressman Rick Lazio had to enter at the last minute to try to stop Hillary
Server Issues
We’re still tweaking permissions and cgi access on the new server, so you may occasionally get errors when attempting to comment. I hope we’ve got it straightened out now, but if not, that’s the problem.
Don’t Reward Them
Dave Kopel has some “do”s and “don’t”s for the media to minimize copy-cat killing. I doubt if they’ll listen, though