The Democratic Energy Plan: $5 Gas

 
Our beloved Democratic Congress, led by professional politicians Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, has hit another milestone. Unfortunately, their latest achievement is completely bungling U.S. energy policy, resulting in the highest oil prices ever seen on the face of the Earth.


Crude Oil and Gasoline Prices under the current Democratic Congress(source: Gateway Pundit, click to zoom)
You may ask: why would I blame the Democrats? The answer is a simple, brutal fact (hat tip: Gateway Pundit).


Democrats have prohibited drilling in all areas marked in red
The "not-in-my-backyard" Democrats have prohibited drilling in literally every oil-rich area that surrounds the country.

This US DOE Report posits that there are more than 9000 billion barrels of oil in this country alone. New technologies coming online could double U.S. oil reserves. Even the known stripper oil wells could be converted to crude oil production.

Were the Democrats' objections to local exploration based upon ecological grounds? Of course not. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita proved -- beyond a shadow of a doubt -- that offshore rigs are ecologically sound. During the twin storms, the rigs were swept away like leaves in the tailwind of a Rosie O'Donnell fart. Did you hear about any oil spills in the aftermath of the storms? Nope. The Democrats' bogus objections to offshore drilling are based upon two factors unique to the liberal progressive wing of the party: stupidity compounded with arrogance.

Meanwhile, there's important offshore drilling news that the mainstream media hasn't chosen to share with its customers: China is drilling for oil 50 miles from Key West, Florida. Yes, you heard that right. Michael Moore's socialist utopia -- Cuba -- is leasing drilling rights to the Chinese. In turn, they are draining the gulf of oil with the tacit approval of your Democratic Congressional leadership.


Cuba has leased drilling rights to China 50 miles from Key West, FL
Now, you'll forgive me as I have to write my representatives a thank you note for their wonderful stewardship of U.S. energy policy.

Broad coalition demands the FCC enforce network neutrality

 
Many consider Comcast's throttling of BitTorrent traffic -- by forging TCP RST packets -- an egregious violation of network neutrality principles.

This is the Internet without Network Neutrality

News.com reports:

Members of the SavetheInternet.com Coalition and Internet scholars from Harvard, Yale and Stanford law schools filed a petition and complaint with the Federal Communications Commission Thursday in response to claims that Comcast is blocking some kinds of peer-to-peer traffic.

The complaint comes after the Associated Press discovered, based on its own testing, that content was blocked on several Comcast broadband connections using the peer-to-peer filing sharing network BitTorrent. Other Comcast users have also complained that their BitTorrent content has been blocked.

In their petition, the groups claim that Comcast is violating the FCC's Internet Policy Statement, which essentially states that consumers are entitled to access all applications, services and content of their choice...

The Internet -- the greatest democratic publishing platform ever invented -- hangs in the balance. Will Congress and its lobbyists allow the few remaining telcos and cable companies to act as gatekeepers? Will they decide which "channels" (web sites) we can visit? Which applications we can run?

Put simply, the would-be monopolists want to turn the Internet into cable TV. Don't let it happen. Go to Save the Internet now -- and make your voice heard.

Guinness record for human shields

 
An IDF aircraft snapped this photo of Palestinian terrorists launching mortar shells from an elementary school. Talk about human shields!

I wonder why no one in the UN asks the obvious question: when will the Palestinian leaders lay down their arms and attempt to live in peace with their neighbors? The suffering of the Palestinian people is due solely to their corrupt, despicable leadership.

Hat tips: Atlas and Larwyn

The third world does its part to fight global warming

 
The brilliant Ramirez hits another one out of the park.

See Investors' Business Daily Editorial Cartoons.

Willie and Joe

 

Courtesy: Attack Cartoons.com.

Sometimes even a blind squirrel finds a nut

 
Scientists have struggled to unravel a series of mysteries over the last few decades: where matter goes when it is sucked into a black hole; the structure of gravitational waves; and how this blog was named a 2007 Blog Awards Finalist.

Yep, it happened again. Thanks to my loyal cadre of six regular readers (thanks, Mom!), I've hit the blog jackpot again this year. Endorsements, award shows, and a steady stream of bribes from the Vast Right-wing Conspiracy aren't in the cards. But chicks seem to dig it.

In all seriousness, I'd like to say thanks to Kevin Aylward and the entire Wizbang gang for slogging through thousands of blogs to pick all of the finalists.

Polling begins in a few days. If you'd like to throw a pity vote my way, bookmark my site and visit every 24 hours (that's the maximum frequency that folks can vote). Your reward? On your deathbed, you'll achieve total consciousness. So you've got that going for you.

Update:


Brothers and sisters, can you spare a vote? Nominations for the 2007 Weblog Awards are now open. If you have a spare second, click on over.

Hillary's Executive Experience

 
Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney have pointed out that Hillary Clinton's executive experience is zip. Zilch. Nada.

She's never run a city, she's never run a state. She's never run a business. She has never met a payroll. She has never been responsible for the safety and security of millions of people, much less even hundreds of people.

Actually, they're forgetting about an important part of Hillary's past. In her work as an attorney, she led a couple of associates at the Rose Law Firm. Let's recap.


In January 1996, a long sought-after copy of billing records from the Rose Law Firm were identified. The mysterious reappearance of the billing records, sought for years via various subpoenas, has never been fully explained. Shortly after their rediscovery, Hillary Clinton made history as the only First Lady ever called to testify before a Grand Jury.

Of particular interest to investigators has been Ms. Clinton's work on an option agreement that "was principally designed to further obfuscate and hide the fraudulent nature of the underlying Castle Grande transactions." Hillary claimed that her initials on the billing records were effectively a misrepresentation, that they were those of an associate, and that "it was not an area that I really know anything... about."

Hillary also told a federal grand jury that she didn't work on or manage a certain key project in the Whitewater scandal; however, she did so, was caught in the apparent fib, and then stated that she didn't recognize it by that name.

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So when those evil Rethuglicans claim Hillary has no management experience, she can proudly rebut the charges by pointing to her executive leadership work at the Rose Law Firm.

Reference: Hillary's Top Twelve Fabrications