Just When You Thought the ‘Green’ Movement Couldn’t Get Any Weir
Matt Damon dressed as gas pump? Ben Affleck as an ear of corn? No, it’s not “Good Will Hunting,” the sequel. It’s a new set of videos promoting ethanol mandates on the Web site cleanmyride.org. The Clean My Ride site is run by the Center for American Progress Action Fund, an arm of the liberal think tank Center for American Progress. The purpose of Clean My Ride is to urge Congress to mandate…
Gloom & Doomers: Despite Good Numbers, Times & Globe Talk Down Economy
Last week's economic report couldn't have been much rosier. The economy grew at a faster-than-expected rate, faster than any time in over a year. But far from sparking runaway prices, inflation actually moderated. But that didn't stop the Axis of Gloom, AKA the New York Times and its Beantown subsidiary the Boston Globe from publishing op-ed items this morning finding the cloud on the silver…
New Federal Bureaucracy Proposed to Deal With Carbon Emissions
Just how far is all this global warming nonsense going? Well, on Tuesday, four senators proposed a bill that would create a new federal bureaucracy to oversee the growing multi-billion dollar carbon trading market. Just what we need, right? Another monolithic bureaucracy, this one designed to help solve a problem the existence of which is greatly questioned. As Duke University reported…
Energy Expert Bashes Media, EPA Regulations, Ethanol, and Global Warmi
As oil and gas prices have risen over the past few years,
more and more Americans have become familiar with the name Trilby Lundberg.
For those that aren’t, the Lundberg Survey has been the source
for information related to fuel prices, fuel taxes, and all things petroleum for over
fifty years.
With that in mind, Lundberg was interviewed by
the folks at CNN.com last Wednesday, and the never…
Banks Draw Fire from CBS for Charging Fees
Apparently, “CBS Evening News” thinks it shouldn’t be your responsibility to remember to balance your checkbook. Anthony Mason’s July 11 report bashed banks for *GASP* profiting from overdraft fees.“Banks are cashing in on overdrafts, raking in more than $17 billion in fees last year, according to the Center for Responsible Lending” said Mason.The segment, called "Hidden Charges," did not include…
USA Today Uses Food Police to Bash Foreign Food
Under the guise of "food safety," USA Today called for stricter regulation and more labeling of foreign food.A sidebar to the newspaper's cover story on July 11, cited two left-wing food police groups supportive of more country-of-origin-labeling (COOL), but buried opposition until the last paragraphs."Will knowing where food comes from make it safer?" asked USA Today's Elizabeth Weise before…
