Our idiot Attorney General, who is still in contempt of Congress for not honoring a subpoena from Congress to provide "fast and furious" documents to Congress, apparently doesn't trust the very Judicial system that he's supposedly in charge of when he continues to question the verdict in the Zimmerman case. He's vowed to bring Federal charges against Zimmerman. It's not going to happen. There is no case.
The FBI itself has confirmed that race wasn't a factor. One of the jurists has confirmed that race wasn't a factor.
People like Obama and Holder and all of black apologist celebrities and "black racist leaders" are making me a racist! How much idiocy can one person stand??
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Updated: An Ambitious Energy Plan For the US
In a recent blog The US Top Oil Producer in World March 2013, I mention that the US is producing about 11.7 million barrels of oil and condensate, exceeding the liquids production of both of the perennial top producers of Saudi Arabia and Russia.
Meanwhile since 2004, oil consumption has been declining due to high oil and gasoline prices, better automobile mileage, lower miles driven, recessionary conditions, etc. Now oil consumed is about 18 million barrels per day. This means that our oil import situation is drastically improved from recent years. See the energy outlook graphs from the EIA:
Meanwhile since 2004, oil consumption has been declining due to high oil and gasoline prices, better automobile mileage, lower miles driven, recessionary conditions, etc. Now oil consumed is about 18 million barrels per day. This means that our oil import situation is drastically improved from recent years. See the energy outlook graphs from the EIA:
Sunday, July 14, 2013
The Failed Political Prosecution of Zimmerman
There never was a good case against George Zimmerman, which is why Sanford police never even arrested him in the first place. Local and State police won't prosecute cases where they don't have a reasonable chance of winning. The local police alone knew the facts of the case early on and decided that there was no case. The case is sad, but it is now proven in court that there was no crime; and this despite the fact that the court resembled more of a Kangaroo court.
This whole episode is a "political" prosecution. The trial was precipitated only because many discredited black leaders (are there any that aren't discredited??), including Obama, whipped up protests and racial resentment and ALL jumped to the WRONG conclusions---before hearing the facts. That's called mob justice, which isn't justice at all.
Then the liberal media jumped in (incorrectly). Then celebrities jumped in (incorrectly). Most black people jumped in (incorrectly). These people never get it.
Meanwhile, 67 people were shot and 12 killed by gun violence over the long 4th of July weekend (Wed to Sun) in Chicago alone. And BJS statistics say that, on average, at least 57% of those killings are committed by black men and that over 90% of those committed by blacks are black-on-black murders. Where's the outrage about that??
If black folks are tired of being profiled, then they need to stop committing crimes at rates up to 7 times the rate of whites! And if you don't want others to assume that you're a criminal, don't dress like a thug by wearing a hoodie!
This whole episode is a "political" prosecution. The trial was precipitated only because many discredited black leaders (are there any that aren't discredited??), including Obama, whipped up protests and racial resentment and ALL jumped to the WRONG conclusions---before hearing the facts. That's called mob justice, which isn't justice at all.
Then the liberal media jumped in (incorrectly). Then celebrities jumped in (incorrectly). Most black people jumped in (incorrectly). These people never get it.
Meanwhile, 67 people were shot and 12 killed by gun violence over the long 4th of July weekend (Wed to Sun) in Chicago alone. And BJS statistics say that, on average, at least 57% of those killings are committed by black men and that over 90% of those committed by blacks are black-on-black murders. Where's the outrage about that??
If black folks are tired of being profiled, then they need to stop committing crimes at rates up to 7 times the rate of whites! And if you don't want others to assume that you're a criminal, don't dress like a thug by wearing a hoodie!
Saturday, July 13, 2013
Budget Cutting and Reducing Government Works
History has more than a few examples where government expenditures were drastically reduced but the private economy boomed. For instance, government spending dropped drastically in the US after World War II and after the Korean war. US Government spending fell from about 50% of GDP to 11% of GDP after WWII. There was a recession, but the 50's are remembered as a golden era for the US economy with strong growth, low inflation and low interest rates.
It's also interesting that the US is now seeing a rebounding economy even after the Sequester cuts; which most economists and most other people (Keynesians), including our Socialist-lite President Obama, said would trigger "disaster." I've seen descriptions by competent commentators that sequester cuts, along with the increase in payroll taxes, are the deepest austerity in 50 years. Scary right? Well, the economy is not tanking as predicted. In fact, it appears to be going the other way.
Friday, July 12, 2013
Socialist Presidents Part 2: Cristina De Kirchner of Argentina
In my previous blog Socialist Presidents Come from the Same Mold, I complain about the idiot socialist president of France, Francois Hollande. Rather than see the light on the dangers of stagnation due to higher and higher taxes on the population feeding a government that, more and more dominates the economy, he doubles down with more taxes on the people. Socialists never cut spending and most certainly never lower taxes on their people.
In fact, all Governments rarely cut spending or taxes. When they do, it brings prosperity! Iceland cut spending after the 2008/2009 crash and they are logging strong growth now, unlike the rest of Socialist States of Europe. See my blog European Austerity Is All About Tax Increases. It's also interesting that the US is seeing a rebounding economy even after the Sequester cuts; which most economists and other people, including our socialist president, said would trigger disaster. See my blog Budget Cutting and Reducing Government Helps.
In fact, all Governments rarely cut spending or taxes. When they do, it brings prosperity! Iceland cut spending after the 2008/2009 crash and they are logging strong growth now, unlike the rest of Socialist States of Europe. See my blog European Austerity Is All About Tax Increases. It's also interesting that the US is seeing a rebounding economy even after the Sequester cuts; which most economists and other people, including our socialist president, said would trigger disaster. See my blog Budget Cutting and Reducing Government Helps.
Sunday, July 7, 2013
100 Things I Hate About Government
Saturday, July 6, 2013
No, You Can't Keep Your Existing Coverage
I just got a notice from Aetna saying that my individual policy will no longer comply with ObamaCare's requirements. I will be forced to upgrade my coverage which will dramatically increase my costs due to the law whether I want it or not!
I was happy before, now not so much. I'm being forcibly upgraded to a higher cost policy against my will! Maybe I'll move to Thailand where the government is not screwing everything up.
My "impermissible" policy is a policy that only covers only hospitalization and ambulance transport but has a fairly low deductible and moderate maximum out-of-pocket limit. The policy doesn't cover doctor's visits or even prescriptions. Interestingly it does cover preventative medicine. I bought the policy to keep my monthly cost low but mainly to cover myself against financial calamity (the true nature of insurance) caused by a hospital stay due to a serious condition. I was OK with the cost but even the cost of this type of policy ($233 per month) has more than doubled, maybe tripled, since Obama started his "crusade."
Friday, July 5, 2013
ObamaCare Zombie Staggers Forward
Obama has decided, by his newly invented fiat power to selectively enforce or not enforce laws, that he will delay until 2015 (or whatever) the Unaffordable Care Act's employer mandate to provide insurance.He must have heard from thousands of small businesses and read my blog ObamaCare Is Killing Jobs: Obama Doesn't Get It. Heck, the law is so complex, that not only can businesses not afford it, but I'll bet that they can't even figure out how to implement it. See my blog: ObamaCare's Administrative Nightmare.
So, now small businesses don't have to provide insurance to comply with the law (yet). But the individual mandate remains; meaning that now you must buy the mandated expensive insurance options yourself or face a (small) penalty. How is that going to work?
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
US Top World Oil Producer as of March 2013
When you include liquids production from natural gas production, the US is now the largest oil/liquids producer in the world as of March 2013, greater than Saudi Arabia or Russia. This is, of course, due to the revolution in energy production called fracking.
I have no idea why the American people are so hostile or have negative attitudes about the highly competitive US oil and gas industry. It's just millions of solid professional people working hard every day to provide energy for your car, home and for our industry at the cheapest possible price. Why are they so vilified and demagogued by this Administration and the American people?
We should be singing their praises.
From Carpe Diem blog: (Original data at EIA)
As always, click to enlarge.
I have no idea why the American people are so hostile or have negative attitudes about the highly competitive US oil and gas industry. It's just millions of solid professional people working hard every day to provide energy for your car, home and for our industry at the cheapest possible price. Why are they so vilified and demagogued by this Administration and the American people?
We should be singing their praises.
From Carpe Diem blog: (Original data at EIA)
As always, click to enlarge.
Egyptians Angry at Obama and Ambassador Patterson: Major Media Lets You Down Again
Egypt is once again on the verge of total disaster. You'd be surprised how many Egyptians are angry at Obama and Ambassador Patterson and blame them for not speaking up and "pushing back" at the various power grabs by the Brotherhood.
The Muslim Brotherhood was always going to be a disaster. They are just another force of tyranny: Islamic tyranny. I doubt that they fairly won the elections, but I don't know. We were quick to throw Mubarak under the bus (it was always a lose-lose situation) which has led to an even worse situation, especially if you're a Christian in Egypt.
The Muslim Brotherhood was always going to be a disaster. They are just another force of tyranny: Islamic tyranny. I doubt that they fairly won the elections, but I don't know. We were quick to throw Mubarak under the bus (it was always a lose-lose situation) which has led to an even worse situation, especially if you're a Christian in Egypt.
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Reverse EPA's Carbon Regulation Mandate
The USA should be proud of our accomplishments in cleaning air and
water since the 1960s. I would think most of us are satisfied about the
cleanliness of our air and water. I don't hear any public clamoring
for additional regulations, do you? But President Obama is doubling down on carbon regulation while other, MUCH more serious problems, are unaddressed. Getting and keeping a job is American's biggest concern, but more carbon regulation will reduce jobs and not increase them.
I guess there is a portion of the public that has succumbed to global warming extremism, but much of that extremism is based on exaggerated claims of computer models that have proven themselves wrong. The extreme scenarios are not happening. Nearly all of the models have over-estimated warming rates and missed the recent "pause" in temperature increases over the past decade or so.
The EPA is only doing it under the guise that carbon dioxide is "harmful or threatening to human health". To call 400 parts per million levels of CO2 in the atmosphere "harmful to human or public health" is untrue and should be reversed. It's just not true. Your exhaled breath is 100 times higher at 4% for some perspective. Unlike other gases such as sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide is naturally occurring at about 0.030% (300 ppm), plants require it for their photosynthesis and the level has only risen to a less-than-astounding 0.040% in 60 years (or 400 ppm). Plants are growing faster now. Humans have a bit of difficulty breathing in a complete absence of CO2.
At best, you might call the effects an "inconvenience" since nothing drastic is happening quickly. There's plenty of time to adjust.
Yeah, the earth has warmed 1.6 degree Fahrenheit in the past 100 years, but it's not a cause for panic nor an excuse to kill the world economy. The sea is rising about 1/10th of an inch per year or about 10 inches in 100 years. We can move cities gradually inland over 100 years! Most structures don't last 100 years, so building on higher ground can and will become a routine thing. Any forget alarmist claims about acidifying the ocean: the ocean has a pH of 8.0 or already on the basic end of the scale and it will take 100s of years to come down to even neutral pH (still safe), as the sea is a natural carbon dioxide buffer system. See my blog on global warming and related politics: Global Warming Made Easy, Climate Change Update, Global Warming Extremism, Cap and Trade Is All About Taxing, Not Warming, EPA Carbon Regulation Power Grab, Bloomberg and Climate Change Politics, Eco-Imperialism Thriving in the Obama Administration
The age of hydrocarbons may be over in 100 years. Thorium nuclear reactors should become our primary carbon-free energy source in the years and decades to come.
You can see why sulfur dioxide is appropriately regulated. Other than volcanic activity, it is not a naturally occuring atmospheric pollutant. Mostly through burning of coal, man emits sulfur dioxide and, if not regulated and reduced, has shown to cause acid rain, deforestation and harm to human respiration. It is an irritant to human respiration. Carbon dioxide is not an irritant to human respiration at anywhere close to the 400 parts per million level. In fact, your breathing is disrupted without such levels. To this day, sulfur dioxide emissions are reduced and that's largely a good and desirable thing for the public.
It's dirty to mine, that's for sure! But don't be confused by the confusers, coal completely combusts in coal burning power plants. There is a bit of an ash problem with coal, but there are bag-houses to catch those. I've recently heard that some coal has small amounts of mercury, but that can be removed and captured. Sulfur dioxide is already being scrubbed from many coal fired power plants so that the effects of acid rain has been substantially eliminated.
I'll bet you $1,000 that Obama has never been in a coal fired power plant! He doesn't have a clue about this industry or the entire energy business in general. That's the problem with government: the people with the least information and expertise are making decisions!
The EPA will continue it's self-aggrandizement unless this regulatory mandate is overturned. They will inject themselves further into the business community and hurt the economy and jobs. Already this administration is cancelling coal burning power plants and removing permits for existing plants under this regulation. Now, Obama is trying to put even more of a crimp on US power plants and coal producers. Fortunately we have an extremely cheap natural gas market thanks to our oil and gas companies--who have created a true energy revolution with fracking technology.
Reverse the EPA's mandate to regulate CO2! It's based on untruths, over-excited alarmists, still evolving science, faulty thinking and faulty understanding of economics! The only way to fight this is for Congress to reduce the EPA's budget and wait for Obama to exit stage right.
I guess there is a portion of the public that has succumbed to global warming extremism, but much of that extremism is based on exaggerated claims of computer models that have proven themselves wrong. The extreme scenarios are not happening. Nearly all of the models have over-estimated warming rates and missed the recent "pause" in temperature increases over the past decade or so.
The Whole Issue of EPA Regulating Carbon Dioxide is a Joke!
The EPA is only doing it under the guise that carbon dioxide is "harmful or threatening to human health". To call 400 parts per million levels of CO2 in the atmosphere "harmful to human or public health" is untrue and should be reversed. It's just not true. Your exhaled breath is 100 times higher at 4% for some perspective. Unlike other gases such as sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide is naturally occurring at about 0.030% (300 ppm), plants require it for their photosynthesis and the level has only risen to a less-than-astounding 0.040% in 60 years (or 400 ppm). Plants are growing faster now. Humans have a bit of difficulty breathing in a complete absence of CO2.
At best, you might call the effects an "inconvenience" since nothing drastic is happening quickly. There's plenty of time to adjust.
Yeah, the earth has warmed 1.6 degree Fahrenheit in the past 100 years, but it's not a cause for panic nor an excuse to kill the world economy. The sea is rising about 1/10th of an inch per year or about 10 inches in 100 years. We can move cities gradually inland over 100 years! Most structures don't last 100 years, so building on higher ground can and will become a routine thing. Any forget alarmist claims about acidifying the ocean: the ocean has a pH of 8.0 or already on the basic end of the scale and it will take 100s of years to come down to even neutral pH (still safe), as the sea is a natural carbon dioxide buffer system. See my blog on global warming and related politics: Global Warming Made Easy, Climate Change Update, Global Warming Extremism, Cap and Trade Is All About Taxing, Not Warming, EPA Carbon Regulation Power Grab, Bloomberg and Climate Change Politics, Eco-Imperialism Thriving in the Obama Administration
The age of hydrocarbons may be over in 100 years. Thorium nuclear reactors should become our primary carbon-free energy source in the years and decades to come.
Carbon Dioxide is Not Like Sulfur Dioxide
You can see why sulfur dioxide is appropriately regulated. Other than volcanic activity, it is not a naturally occuring atmospheric pollutant. Mostly through burning of coal, man emits sulfur dioxide and, if not regulated and reduced, has shown to cause acid rain, deforestation and harm to human respiration. It is an irritant to human respiration. Carbon dioxide is not an irritant to human respiration at anywhere close to the 400 parts per million level. In fact, your breathing is disrupted without such levels. To this day, sulfur dioxide emissions are reduced and that's largely a good and desirable thing for the public.
Coal doesn't deserve it's "dirty" reputation.
It's dirty to mine, that's for sure! But don't be confused by the confusers, coal completely combusts in coal burning power plants. There is a bit of an ash problem with coal, but there are bag-houses to catch those. I've recently heard that some coal has small amounts of mercury, but that can be removed and captured. Sulfur dioxide is already being scrubbed from many coal fired power plants so that the effects of acid rain has been substantially eliminated.
I'll bet you $1,000 that Obama has never been in a coal fired power plant! He doesn't have a clue about this industry or the entire energy business in general. That's the problem with government: the people with the least information and expertise are making decisions!
Reverse the EPA's Mandate to Regulate Carbon Dioxide
The EPA will continue it's self-aggrandizement unless this regulatory mandate is overturned. They will inject themselves further into the business community and hurt the economy and jobs. Already this administration is cancelling coal burning power plants and removing permits for existing plants under this regulation. Now, Obama is trying to put even more of a crimp on US power plants and coal producers. Fortunately we have an extremely cheap natural gas market thanks to our oil and gas companies--who have created a true energy revolution with fracking technology.
Reverse the EPA's mandate to regulate CO2! It's based on untruths, over-excited alarmists, still evolving science, faulty thinking and faulty understanding of economics! The only way to fight this is for Congress to reduce the EPA's budget and wait for Obama to exit stage right.
Monday, July 1, 2013
The Lynching of Paula Deen
You're got to feel sorry for Paula Deen, in our era of extreme political correctness, that you must pretend black people are the same as whites. I wish it were true. I really do. But, in general it's not true. She made the mistake of being honest---something not advisable in our insanely politically correct culture---that she had used the "n" word in the past. I hate to tell you. I've used the "n" word this month (to make a point)! Believe me there are plenty of blacks the well deserve that epithet!!
So, now all of her sponsors are dumping her. The Food Network dropped her. Her right to earn a living has been taken away. I call that a lynching. Yep, Paula Deen has been lynched; robbed of her ability to earn a living and "disgraced" and certainly embarrassed by the media! They didn't even report that she had said it in the distant past! Idiots.
None of us are perfect, but the reality is that ....
It's sad but true. If you think I'm racists, you are dead wrong as I'm ALWAYS delighted to meet the many super-nice and responsible black folks. More black women have their act together. But, the fact is that blacks only represent 13% of this nation but continue to do major damage to our country. Look at those deserving the 'n' word insult:
If black people were suddenly gone, then,
So, now all of her sponsors are dumping her. The Food Network dropped her. Her right to earn a living has been taken away. I call that a lynching. Yep, Paula Deen has been lynched; robbed of her ability to earn a living and "disgraced" and certainly embarrassed by the media! They didn't even report that she had said it in the distant past! Idiots.
None of us are perfect, but the reality is that ....
The US would be better off without black people.
It's sad but true. If you think I'm racists, you are dead wrong as I'm ALWAYS delighted to meet the many super-nice and responsible black folks. More black women have their act together. But, the fact is that blacks only represent 13% of this nation but continue to do major damage to our country. Look at those deserving the 'n' word insult:
If black people were suddenly gone, then,
- Prisons would empty by almost 50% immediately (link):
- Gun murders would drop 56%, all murders would drop 52%, drug homicides would drop by 66%. Wouldn't that be great? I vote for that! Homicide rates by blacks is 7 to 8 times that of whites. (here) Thanks to all you black criminals!
- Gonorrhea infections would drop by 70% (CDC) which is 18 times the rate of infections of whites.
- New HIV infections would drop 70%. Black men represent 70% of new HIV cases or 7 times the rate of whites, blacks account for 44% of all HIV cases. (CDC)
- Abortion is disproportionally about black pregancies and would drop substantially. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports that black women accounted for 35.4% of all abortions in 2009. Abortion rates for black women is 4 times the rate of those for white women.
- 72% of newborn black babies are born to a family without a father. How useless are black men?? (link) From the NYT, “the simple, tragic truth is that a large number of young black men do engage in violent acts and other forms of criminal behavior and over 80 percent of black children have been abandoned emotionally and, usually, economically by their fathers,” Sadly, their fathers had been abandoned too. So, it's an inter-generational problem.
- BJS estimates that 1 in 3 black men will serve time in prison over there lifetimes.
- And 37% of blacks aged 20 to 34 without a high school diploma are in prison. Comparing males aged 20 to 34 yrs old, black rates of incarceration in 2010 is 10 times that of white Americans. (link)
- More young black high school dropouts are in prison or jail than have paying jobs. (link)
- Black men are more likely to go to prison than to graduate with a four-year college degree or complete military service. (link)
- Black dropouts are more likely to spend at least a year in prison than to get married. (link)
- Average US standardized school test results would rise without black results; black students much lower on IQ and every standardized academic aptitude and IQ test---even when compared to whites of the same socio-economic groupings.(link) and (link)
- In the latest year, it is reported that only 66% of blacks graduate high school compared to about 83% of whites and 93% for Asians (link) But even that black high school graduation rate is, in fact, inflated by about 40% because it doesn't take into account the large number of incarcerated young blacks! Sadly, there may have been no progress in black high school graduations in recent decades when adjusting data for the large black incarcerated population. (link)
- Average black IQ is reported as 85 with a standard deviation of 13. This means that half of the black population has an IQ below 85. It also means that at least 85% of blacks have IQs below the white median of 100. That is just statistics, not commentary. People with less than 85 IQ would be expected to fill menial jobs and probably not graduate from high school. I'm genuinely sorry about these facts but they are the facts. It's so explosive that you can hardly find the data. But, this more than anything, explains the problem. I hope this can eventually reversed somehow, but the data supports that the white-black gap is persistent.
- If only merit (GPA and Admissions Testing) were considered, there would be essentially no black students admitted to the top professional schools. Given their IQ distribution, intellectually "gifted" blacks are extremely rare. The article, by the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, worries that the gap between white and black is actually rising not shrinking. (link) Obama himself has almost certainly benefited generously thru affirmative action programs. Why else are ALL of his academic records sealed?
- Black criminals march across my local TV news every night--at least 50% or more of the crimes reported---every night--night after night. Sometimes it seems that EVERY crime reported is a black perpetrator. The newscasters don't even mention race in their reporting anymore. It would be extremely embarrassing---and politically incorrect!
- How about the all foolish idiots in the black community leaping out to support Trayvon Martin, assuming that Zimmerman was wrong when it is black crime that is at epidemic proportions in Trayvon's neighborhood. Even the black community is unable to "process" or admit how bad their culture remains.
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