Cash for Clunkers Results Finally In: Taxpayers Paid $24,000 per Vehicle Sold, Reports Edmunds.com
"Once the numbers were determined, Edmunds.com's analysts divided three billion dollars by 125,000 vehicles to arrive at the average $24,000 per vehicle."
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white house response
Friday, October 30, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Gore Vidal: Obama 'Dreadful' as President
Gore Vidal: Obama 'Dreadful' as President
"Gore Vidal ... is publicly declaring he made a mistake in switching his support during the 2008 Democratic presidential campaign from Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama."
"We'll have a military dictatorship fairly soon"
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Obama can not even satisfy the left-wing nuts.
"Gore Vidal ... is publicly declaring he made a mistake in switching his support during the 2008 Democratic presidential campaign from Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama."
"We'll have a military dictatorship fairly soon"
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Obama can not even satisfy the left-wing nuts.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Another Example of U.N. Stupidity.
UN investigator warns US on use of drones
"A U.N. human rights investigator is warning the United States that its use of unmanned warplanes to carry out targeted executions may violate international law.
Philip Alston says the U.S. will increasingly be perceived as carrying out indiscriminate killings in violation of international law unless the government explains the legal basis for targeting particular individuals and the measures it is taking to comply with international humanitarian law which prohibits arbitrary executions.
His comments Tuesday came as the U.S. has increased the use of Predator drones in Afghanistan and Pakistan and is considering stepping up their use even further against al-Qaida and Taliban targets.
Alston, the U.N. Human Rights Council's investigator on extrajudicial, summary and arbitrary executions, told a news conference the U.S. response — that the Geneva-based council and the U.N. General Assembly have no role in relation to killings during an armed conflict — is untenable."
"A U.N. human rights investigator is warning the United States that its use of unmanned warplanes to carry out targeted executions may violate international law.
Philip Alston says the U.S. will increasingly be perceived as carrying out indiscriminate killings in violation of international law unless the government explains the legal basis for targeting particular individuals and the measures it is taking to comply with international humanitarian law which prohibits arbitrary executions.
His comments Tuesday came as the U.S. has increased the use of Predator drones in Afghanistan and Pakistan and is considering stepping up their use even further against al-Qaida and Taliban targets.
Alston, the U.N. Human Rights Council's investigator on extrajudicial, summary and arbitrary executions, told a news conference the U.S. response — that the Geneva-based council and the U.N. General Assembly have no role in relation to killings during an armed conflict — is untenable."
Friday, October 23, 2009
Socialism at Work: 3 Minute Showers.
Chavez urges 3-minute showers to conserve water
"Leftist President Hugo Chavez called on Venezuelans on Wednesday to stop singing in the shower and to wash in three minutes because the oil-exporting nation is having problems supplying water and electricity. "
"He called on ministries and state-run companies to cut energy consumption by 20 percent immediately. "
"Leftist President Hugo Chavez called on Venezuelans on Wednesday to stop singing in the shower and to wash in three minutes because the oil-exporting nation is having problems supplying water and electricity. "
"He called on ministries and state-run companies to cut energy consumption by 20 percent immediately. "
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Taking Lessons from Hugo Chavez
It appears the Obama administration has taken a page out of Chavez's playbook by demonizing Fox News and Chamber of Commerce.
Windmills
I like windmills, but there are many problems with them. They kill birds. The most efficient production area are far from consumption areas. Alternative energy plants (nuclear, coal or gas) have to be built to supply the equivalent energy when the wind isn't blowing, etc.
But I wonder what would be the impact of large scale farms. I haven't been able to find out any research so this is just speculation.
The windmill converts the energy in the wind into electricity. But doing this reduces the amount of energy is the remaining wind. How many windmills can be built before it impacts the environment? Will it effect where the rain falls? Can it turn a area to a dessert or cause droughts? Or cause floods as rain falls in more concentrated area? Will it effect the migration of birds?
But I wonder what would be the impact of large scale farms. I haven't been able to find out any research so this is just speculation.
The windmill converts the energy in the wind into electricity. But doing this reduces the amount of energy is the remaining wind. How many windmills can be built before it impacts the environment? Will it effect where the rain falls? Can it turn a area to a dessert or cause droughts? Or cause floods as rain falls in more concentrated area? Will it effect the migration of birds?
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