October 26, 2008
Gasoline prices burned a hole in the wallets of most Americans over the summer, and McCain attempted to use this problem against Obama by highlighting Democratic support for an offshore drilling moratorium. McCain’s, “Drill baby, drill,” refrain sloshed bold and black into newsprint and e-p...
go to article »October 22, 2008
Oil is gold these days, as a hot topic on the presidential campaign trail, and as a commodity that fuels more than homes, but also wars and diplomatic relations. Take the U.S. relationship with Venezuela for example. One of the biggest threats that President Chavez has made is that he will cut off U...
go to article »October 19, 2008
This picture reminded me of La Mala's astute observations of John McCain's muecas. The blog that posted this picture was talking very importantly about the author's ambivalent agreement with McCain over the issue of bio fuels and ethanol. But of course, crass and shallow me was more interested in...
go to article »October 9, 2008
Robert Zubrin, author of Energy Victory and this glorious book, examined John McCain’s energy proposals back at the end of June. In his article, he argues we are seeing the largest transfer of wealth in human history between oil consumers and the Middle East oil cartels. These cartels are crea...
go to article »October 7, 2008
October 5, 2008
America has always been a land of new frontiers. From the time that Columbus first set foot here, to the time that pioneers set out to settle the West, to the time that Americans set out for the moon, there has always been a sense here that there are new frontiers to explore. And yet, America now fi...
go to article »October 3, 2008
Several political commentators and analysts talked about energy policy recently on PJTV - a new initiative of Pajamas Media, an important advertiser on PoliGazette. It was quite an interesting show, with Glenn Reynolds and others taking a closer look at the energy policy proposals of John McCain and...
go to article »September 24, 2008
Foot.in.mouth.Joe. Again. During a campaign appearance Senator Joe Biden, Senator Barack Obama’s running mate, started railing against clean coal. He, he said, opposed it with all his heart. ©2008 PoliGazette. All Rights Reserved.. ...
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