I must tell you, I get a great deal of satisfaction when a story surfaces that tends to validate an opinion that I have previously stated in this blog. Continue reading
Big Government
A scary proposition; many low-information individuals are voters
I don’t know about you, but I’m getting increasingly disturbed with the number of low-information people who are commenting on the candidates and issues without having the slightest knowledge of what they’re talking about. Continue reading
Hillary may wish she hadn’t opened the housing crisis door for Trump
Hillary Clinton has been trying to label Donald Trump the bad guy, rehashing old comments he made about the housing bubble, but she doesn’t realize there are those of us who remember those who were primarily accountable for that crisis. Democrats. Continue reading
Another liberal failure
Democrat presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are both touting free college, telling us that a college education is a right. And as you can imagine, they have a scheme for you and I to pay for it. Continue reading
Obama wants shareholders to bite the hand that feeds them in effort to push his climate change agenda
On Wednesday, I wrote about auto manufacturers having second thoughts about the EPA’s 2025 fuel efficiency standard they signed-on to in 2011, and the result of getting in bed with big government. They are forecasting difficulty in selling their cars – expected to cost some $6,000 more – in a market where low fuel prices prevail.
Now President Obama and his EPA have their sights set on the fossil fuel industry itself, making it even more difficult for auto makers to sell their cars. Continue reading
Auto manufacturers are having second thoughts on EPA’s 2025 fuel efficiency standard
“Auto manufacturers … you made your bed, now you have to lie in it.” – Eldon Kramer
For years I have written op-eds and posts to this blog criticizing weak-kneed auto manufacturers for caving to the demands of the EPA and mandated Café Standards for miles per gallon under administrations of both parties. Now they are voicing concern over their ability to meet the target 54.5 mpg by 2025, citing their belief that cheaper gas will reduce the demand for more fuel efficient cars. Continue reading
The demise of political correctness? Maybe
For some time now, I have been deliberating over a piece on political correctness, commonly referred to as PC. Donald Trump’s owes much of his popularity to his flagrant indifference to it. Continue reading
With Obama, social programs trump military issues
For some reason, Fridays are slow news days, but I couldn’t help but notice a kind of incongruence in issues in one of yesterday’s news reports. Continue reading
Rhodes’ deceit bred in the corrupt Obama administration White House
The deceit of the Obama administration, brought forth with the revelation of Ben Rhodes’ manipulation of the media concerning our dealings with Iran’s evil regime, was just the latest in a long record covered in this blog over the years. Continue reading
Bobby Jindal: Electing Trump is the second-worst thing we could do
“I was one of the earliest and loudest critics of Mr. Trump. I mocked his appearance, demeanor, ideology and ego in the strongest language I have ever used to publicly criticize anyone in politics. – Former Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal
So wrote Jindal is his op-ed piece, “I’m voting Trump, Warts and All,” in today’s Wall Street Journal. “I worked harder than most, with little apparent effect, to stop his ascendancy,” he adds. Continue reading