A combination of a stronger dollar and an unexpected decrease in the rate of consumption (it’s hard to say “a decrease in the rate of increase in demand” without sounding confusing) has led to falling oil prices. The latest market data shows US crude oil imports dropping 2.3 million barrels/day from last week, and US [...]
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Strengthening US Dollar Drives Oil Prices Down – Temporarily
Posted in Bush, Oil, Politics, tagged Bush, Gasoline Prices, October surprise, Oil, Oil Prices, OPEC, Politics, Saudi Arabia on September 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Fat Bush Theory – NY Times Op-Ed
Posted in Bush, Global warming, Uncategorized, tagged George W. Bush on April 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Gail Collins has succinctly described a conundrum that I have been wondering since the President declared it in 2002 – How is reducing the rate of increase in greenhouse gases somehow reducing the quantity of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere? The whole piece is here, but here’s the part I liked:
Suppose that two years [...]
A thought on Iraq and the Declaration of Independence
Posted in Bush, Iraq, tagged Iraq on June 8, 2007 | 1 Comment »
From the Declaration of Independence, 1776, a list of grievances:
“To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world…
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his [...]
Little Brats
Posted in Bush, Life, Politics, tagged Bullies, Bush, Politics on June 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Think back. Remember when you were in elementary school… kindergarten or first grade? There was always that one kid in the class, the little brat that would pick a fight with another kid and then run to the teacher and blame the other kid for hitting him? Or maybe he knocked over [...]
Verschärfte Vernehmung
Posted in Bush, Politics, tagged Politics on May 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This blog post is disturbing enough, but some of the responses are downright scary. First read the original, along with the references, then follow the talk-backs. “The Bull in Full” has a particularly good analysis, part of which I’ve excerpted below.
“The written word is a funny thing, though … And there’s something [...]
I See It Clearly
Posted in Bush, Lincoln, Politics on May 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s an interesting juxtaposition. First, the current president speaking at a press conference in the Rose Garden on May 25 (link):
“Failure in Iraq affects the security of this country. It’s hard for some Americans to see that, I fully understand it. I see it clearly.”
Compare/contrast the current President to a former President, in this [...]
