Battery Competition! Let the Good Times Roll

McCain has challenged Americans to build a better battery. I for one, declare my entry into this race!
The presumed Republican nominee is proposing a $300 million government prize to whoever can develop an automobile battery that far surpasses existing technology. The bounty would equate to $1 for every man, woman and child in the [...]

Democrats Call for Nationalization of Refineries. No, No, No!!!

Nationalization of anything is bad, and nationalization of something as important as gas is just asking for disaster, but on queue the democrats disregard economics and claim they can handle rising energy costs themselves.
House Democrats responded to President’s Bush’s call for Congress to lift the moratorium on offshore drilling. This was at an on-camera press [...]

Political Messaging in the News 6/17/2008

Here are a couple of quick links to some of today’s political news………….. that are interesting.
Reuters: McCain touts energy conservation and oil exploration (we will make him a supply sider yet!)
AP: McCain, Obama offer different visions on taxes (Duh- but the article is at least a little bit spiteful, plus, I know both Jason Furman [...]

Why Are the Rich Rich?

A recent report from the National Center for Policy Analysis might not answer this question, but at they at least shed some light on the issue. Here are a couple of interesting statistics that are pointed out in the paper:
Census data show a large difference in full-time work and in the number of weeks worked [...]

Middle of the Night: The Democrats do it Again!

In politics as in war rules are thrown out of the window. However, for many years an air of civility has permeated the Senate floor. This air of civility is deteriorating and the Sen Harry Reid, the Majority Leader, is adding to this ethical race to the bottom. I awoke this morning to [...]

Trucker Strike

I found a new business, shipping. Currently, some of the sub-contractors, truckers, are paying to do the job. This sounds like the type of business plan that Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn might propose.
Jimmy Lowry, 51, of St. Petersburg, Fla., and others said it costs about $1 a mile to drive [...]