Say what??? Exactly! =========== Sometimes when a President adopts his own view of reality, especially this one, it’s hard to budge him off of it. We editorialized here yesterday that Bank of America’s planned $5 monthly fee on debit cards—in response to Dodd-Frank’s revenue-reducing rules—is “perhaps the most transparent pricing change in the history of American finance.” No matter. By our count, Mr. Obama... Read more
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Harold Hamm: How North Dakota Became Saudi Arabia
October 2 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, ObamaAnyone know a good realtor in ND? ======= Harold Hamm, the Oklahoma-based founder and CEO of Continental Resources, the 14th-largest oil company in America, is a man who thinks big. He came to Washington last month to spread a needed message of economic optimism: With the right set of national energy policies, the United States could be “completely energy independent by the... Read more
What Solyndra Fiasco?
September 29 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Environment, Obama, The LeftDid all these folks fail their Jr. High math class? ========== If you thought the $535 million Solyndra scandal had chastened the fearless venture capitalists of the Obama Administration, think again. The Department of Energy shovelled out $1.1 billion in new loan guarantees to solar projects in Nevada and Arizona Wednesday, and more deals are pending before the $18 billion program funded... Read more
A European’s Warning to America
September 10 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Obama, The LeftThis is a March 2011 story, but in light of the past few weeks or month, I think it is “a word to the wise”. ========== By DANIEL HANNAN On a U.S. talk-radio show recently, I was asked what I thought about the notion that Barack Obama had been born in Kenya. “Pah!” I replied. “Your president was plainly born in Brussels.” American conservatives... Read more
