Politics: Energy and Environment
Currently listing articles 207-151:
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President Obama— The Obnoxious American takes a peek into the future
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Senator McCain's Conservative Role Model is...The Envelope, Please...— Senator McCain has named Theodore Roosevelt as his conservative role model. Is that an appropriate choice?
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Obama, McCain, and The Politics of Oil— The high cost of oil and gasoline is a political football. The players include Bush, Congress, Obama, McCain, Venezuela, Russia, and the Middle East.
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Rant: Useful Idiots Are, Well, Useful — Useful Idiots perform a function in society: they make us angry. That is a good thing.
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A Party of Extremes: The Texas GOP Platform (Part II)— What kind of serious candidate could run on a platform which advocates theocracy, isolationism and the death penalty for rape?
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The Real Price Of Oil— Countries need to start figuring out how to wean us off fossil fuels before it's too late.
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Planned Economies Do Not Work - Part IV— Kudos to Congressional Republicans for defending capitalism and rejecting central economic planning.
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Mortgage Crooks Arrested Nationwide in FBI Sweep— The FBI has charged 406 in mortgage fraud investigations and exposures of financial malfeasance continue.
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The Righteous Fist Rides Into the Sunset: Final Notes on the Texas GOP Convention— A few final reports as the Texas State Republican Convention winds down.
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The Righteous Fist Marches On: More from the Texas Republican State Convention— We have photos from the Texas Republican State Convention! And John Cornyn on energy policy. And extra live, live, live content!
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The Writing Was on the Wall But GM Couldn't Read It— The future when we'd need to replace fossil fuels is now.
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The Case For Six Dollar (and Even Eight Dollar) Gasoline— Controlling the price of gasoline at the pump is a matter of national security.
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Accusations and Idiocy Are Not Sound Energy Policy— Senators are pointing the finger at Big Oil, but the finger ought to be pointed at them for creating high gas prices with bad policy.
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Willie Nelson's Myanmar Disaster Relief Challenge— Willie Nelson and friends are asking us all to join the recovery efforts to assist cyclone victims in Myanmar.
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Book Review: Trash Talk by Dave and Lillian Brummet— Pick up some tips for green living with "An inspirational guide to saving time and money through better waste and resource management."
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Stoned People Shouldn't Throw Glass Horses
— The truth is being demonstrated in Southwest Asia as I write this post
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Now Taking Smug Living to the Back Yard— Smug living moves into the back yard.
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Obama's Race Problem— Is this election race all about race?
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Five Ways to Reduce the Cost of Gas— The Obnoxious American has a better prescription than Barack Obama to reduce gas prices
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Putin, Iraq, Iran, Russia— President Vladimir Putin: The man, the myth, the godfather of a new Russia. The recreation of a superpower.
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Confessions of a Smug Driver— A road trip from Michigan to California convinced me not to give the gas companies and the state of Michigan more money.
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Karzai's Instant Karma— Karzai discovered confronting the American winds of change can result in big time blowback.
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DVD Review: Sharkwater— When we first find Stewart, he’s holding a shark in a loving embrace and it appears as though the shark would rather be just about
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Satire: An Earth Day Interview With Mother Earth— Mother Earth was in quite the mood. She's really out of touch with what it means to be human.
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TV Review Return to the Amazon: Ocean Adventures— The Earth is an evolving organism. The Amazon is its heart.
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The Mommy Mobile Grinds To A Halt— How not to create transportation tyrants in your own family.
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Open Skies Goes Into Effect - But Visibility Remains Clouded— Theoretically, the agreement deregulates the airline industries of the US and Europe.
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Will Kokura's Luck Run Out For Us?— Hopefully King Abdullah quoted Cheney's commentary to Pat Leahy back at him in response to the news.
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The Meaninglessness Of "Earth Hour"— Earth Hour and Earth Day are meaningless compared to the damage inflicted on the planet as we go about our lives.
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"We Shan't Really Die"— We tell ourselves that we can't die before we've accumulated our fair share of earthly possessions. Is that the reason we can't accept nature
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Global Warming: Is There Really Even A Debate?— Global warming, debating beyond the logic not the science.
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Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week: How Green Is Green?— Eco-fashion hits the runway in image-conscious Los Angeles.
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When Light is Dark: Waste from Key Solar Cell Ingredient Damages Chinese Environment— China is courting environmental disaster by rushing to industrialize. The components of solar cells are part of the problem.
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Super Tuesday! Texas and Ohio Open A Can of Worms for Democrats— Is it possible that this is the first time the spoiler of an election was a member of the same party?
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Ohio Dem Debate: A Scrappy Senator Clinton Knocks Herself Out— Obama did not and should not say that he would be more historic or represent greater change as the "black" president.
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Let’s Turn Down the Heat on Discussions of Global Warming— Even if global warming is hoax perpetrated by power-hungry scientists, we will benefit from changing our energy-intensive ways.
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Protected Wild Burros In Danger of Extinction— If the current rate of attrition of both habitat and animals is allowed to continue, it will result in the extinction of wild burro herds.
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America's Wild Horses Under Threat— 36 years of mismanagement and conflict of interest have reduced the population of "protected" wild horses by nearly 50%.
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A Modest Proposal For Reforming The Health Insurance Industry— How to reduce the cost of health care with or without help from the government.
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The Official Obama Hit Piece— An in-depth analysis of the Democratic frontrunner's own policies
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Obama The King of Pop(ulism) Wins Grammy While McCain Lacks Floor-Play in this Election— Kudos to George Bush, John McCain and Billary for making Barack possible.
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Blizzard in Israel— Is snow a gift or an inconvenience? Is it a sign of the World of Truth or the World of Lies?
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There's A New Sheriff In Town?— Anyway you count it, the US under George W. Bush might be looking at The End of the Lonesome Trail.
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Pruning the Preening Peacock— Only George knows why the war against oil nations must continue, but he's not convincing anyone.
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It's My Party and I'll (Still) Get Paid if I Want To!— What is the true depth of American's patience in the face of unmitigated greed?
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Buzzword of the Political Season: "Change"— Everyone who’s running for president is pushing for change But how can it be achieved?
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Graphic Novel Review: As The World Burns - 50 Things You Can Do To Stay In Denial by Derrick Jensen and Stephanie McMillan— This is definitely not a graphic novel for those looking to escape the troubles of the world...
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Australia Online and at Home— As the information age unfolds, power will become the biggest policy challenge. Maybe it is time to start planning for progress.
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This Ain't Your Grandfather's 1945!— The nation that defeated two of history's most militarized nations simultaneously is in danger of becoming the world's pariah.
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Ron Paul Has A Blimp, But Will It Fly?— Weather was keeping the Ron Paul blimp grounded, but when now that it's up, it could get the media attention his campaign needs.
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Iran Redux— Why we still can't live with a nuclear Iran...
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It's Still About Oil— While alternative energy sources hold promise, it's petroleum that still drives the U.S. economy.
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DVD Review: Arctic Tale— Instead of providing a carefree romp through the polar wilderness, the film shoehorns in a blaring global warming message.
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The Farm Bill: Do We Really Need More Government Cheese?— You don't have to be lactose intolerant to be sickened by the Farm Bill currently being considered in Congress.
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An Interview with Documentary Filmmaker Rob Stewart - Part One — Part one of Nathalie's conversation with Rob Stewart, creator of the documentary Sharkwater.
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Bolivian Airport Seized By Angry Protestors— Overnight, Bolivia has taken center stage in the struggle between Capitalism and Socialism in Latin America.
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Gore Gets Ginormous [Global] "Green" Light
— Al Gore, Jr. Wins Nobel Peace Prize with no announcement of presidential candidacy.
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