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By
thudfactor on
February 2, 2006
I see that Bush has already had to back off his SOTU promise to replace 75% of Middle-Eastern oil imports with renewable resources.
bq. One day after President Bush vowed to reduce America’s dependence on Middle East oil by cutting imports from there 75 percent by 2025, his energy secretary and national economic adviser said Wednesday [...]
Posted in Politics
| Tagged America, Bush, energy, energy sources, Knight-Ridder, Middle, middle east, New York Times, oil, oil imports, oil supplier, oil supplies, Persian Gulf, Prince Turki, Saudi Arabia, Turki al-Faisal, United States, Washington
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By
thudfactor on
August 23, 2005
Ed Cone quotes Ann Coulter saying:
bq. It’s far preferable to fight them in the streets of Baghdad than in the streets of New York (where the residents would immediately surrender). [ "Ed Cone":http://radio.weblogs.com/0107946/2005/08/23.html#a4836 ]
Of course. We all know that New Yorkers are liberal, and liberal = coward, right? Or possibly French. So much for the bravery of [...]
Posted in What The...?!?
| Tagged Ann Coulter, Baghdad, Ed Cone, Iraq, Jon Stewart, New York, oil, Oklahoma City, Pat Robertson, Pat Robertson Ed Cone, Supreme Court, Venezuela
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By
thudfactor on
April 16, 2005
Being hip near-urbanites, we walk and ride subways far more than we drive. So the gas prices today took me a little by surprise. $2.50/gal for the cheap gas?
_Dude_. If we _are_ going to do the blood for oil thing, we should at least get the oil. I’m just sayin’.
Posted in Politics
| Tagged gas prices, oil, oil thing, USD
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By
thudfactor on
July 8, 2004
Dave Kopel is working on a review of F911 for National Review Online. You can
preview it here. This is certainly more along the lines of how I think people ought to address the film. Far from saying F911 is unconvincing and leaving it at that, Kopel actually goes into detail.
However, for the most part I [...]
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By
thudfactor on
April 23, 2004
Some readers might remember the discussion I had with Cameron of the late great Snarkalicious about the runup to the war in Iraq. (My posts are
here and here).
I think there were a lot of good reasons to invade Iraq or try to depose Saddam, and I wish it had been attempted under the Clinton regime. [...]
Posted in Politics
| Tagged Afghanistan, Bush, Bush administration, Governing Council, Iraq, oil, United States
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