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A Gathering Storm

Lowther — Fri, 16 May 2008 03:11:37 GMT

John McCain apparently has decided that he has the good fortune of being the No Can Lose candidate in this year’s presidential race. Unlike many of his other views, he is probably correct in this assumption. The reason is the Democrats. B. Hussein Obama, once thought a rising affirmative action star candidate has begun his fall back to earth that will likely end in total disintegration long before November. It may be too late for Democrat Super Delegate buyer remorse and a switch to Hillary Clinton because Obama supporters might burn down Denver . The Democrats, or more accurately, move on dot org , has positioned themselves in a no win situation. By summer, realistic Democrats will be straining to protect down ticket candidates for Congress from the pending landslide at the top – against Obama. Nevertheless, thank you Democrats for not vetting your candidate and giving us yet another problem and potential civil unrest by nominating a Harvard educated raciest with radical socialistic leanings. Obama is sure to be crushed like a beer can in the general election and raise greater tensions in the Black community at the same moment America struggles economically ...

An Inconvenient Truth about Energy

Lowther — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:26:11 GMT

Inconvenient Truth about Energy For those not familiar with how the energy systems work and are easily persuaded to blame oil companies or certain politicians or both for the high price of energy these days, please read the following. The basic energy blocks for the world are oil, coal, natural gas, nuclear and hydro. In the United States , oil, coal, and natural gas are the only forms of major energy that don’t require a subsidy. Oil, coal and natural gas are all taxed making them more expensive to the consumer yet still they remain cheaper than all other forms. Nuclear and Hydro electric require massive up-front expenditures to establish and must be amortized over many years to be economical. Exotic forms of energy production such as wind, solar, bio-mass, geo-thermal and ethanol require subsidies because they are less efficient and in each case require more energy to equal the same unit of energy than does oil, natural gas or coal. What that means is that alternatives energy costs more. The knock against oil, natural gas and coal is that it produces carbon emissions when burned as a fuel. These emissions are classified ...