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KARL ROVE – HOW THE GOP CAN BLOW IT IN 2012
JUNE 30, 2011 Thomas Dewey tried to run out the clock on Harry Truman. It didn’t work. By KARL ROVE High unemployment, anemic growth, defections in key groups such as independents and Hispanics, and unpopular policies are among the reasons President Obama is unlikely to win re-election. But likely to lose is far from certain
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THE FACTS ABOUT FRACKING
JUNE 25, 2011 The real risks of the shale gas revolution, and how to manage them. The U.S. is in the midst of an energy revolution, and we don’t mean solar panels or wind turbines. A new gusher of natural gas from shale has the potential to transform U.S. energy production—that is, unless politicians, greens
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OUR REACTIONARY PRESIDENT – VICTOR DAVIS HANSON
June 16, 2011 Our Reactionary President ‹ By Victor Davis Hanson Barack Obama is the most reactionary president in the recent history of the United States. Obama seems intent on turning back the clock to the good old days of the 1960s and 1970s, when rigid political orthodoxy, not an open mind, once guided government.
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NC LAWMAKERS OVERRIDE HISTORIC PERDUE BUDGET VETO
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press Wednesday, June 15, 2011 A North Carolina state government budget written by Republicans that cuts taxes, scales back environmental controls and trims courts and dozens of agencies became law Wednesday despite Democratic Gov. Beverly Perdue’s arguments it would eliminate tens of thousands of jobs. The two-year spending plan took
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NORTH CAROLINA HOUSE OK’S BILL TO BOOST DRILLING FOR NATURAL GAS
Printed from the News & Observer – www.NewsObserver.com Published Tue, Jun 14, 2011 BY MICHAEL BIESECKER – Staff writer Published in: State In a largely party-line vote, the state House approved a Republican-backed bill that rewrites state energy policy to promote and approve of drilling for natural gas on land and off the coast. Supporters
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THE EPA’S WAR ON JOBS
JUNE 13, 2011 Coal is from Earth, Lisa Jackson is from mercury. President Obama’s jobs council will make its first recommendations today on lifting hiring and strengthening the economy. Too bad the message doesn’t seem to be reaching the Administration’s regulators, in particular the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA is currently conducting a campaign against
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AMERICA NEEDS THE SHALE REVOLUTION
JUNE 13, 2011 The drilling boom is the best U.S. energy news in generations and is crucial for reviving domestic manufacturing. By ROBERT BRYCE The U.S. is on the verge of an industrial renaissance if—and it’s a big if—policy makers don’t foul it up by restricting the ability of drillers to use the technology that’s
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ELECTRIC CARS MAY NOT BE SO GREEN AFTER ALL, SAYS BRITISH STUDY
THE AUSTRALIAN Ben Webster From: The Times June 10, 2011 A Jaguar electric car goes on show at a preview event for the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show. Picture: AFP Source: AFP ELECTRIC cars could produce higher emissions over their lifetimes than petrol equivalents because of the energy consumed in making their batteries, a study
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