YouTube - Democrats Applauding Their Own Obstructionism

Democrats have had a real fondness for hammering Bush on the deficit.  It’s getting harder, especially since the Obama administration will have added 4.5 TRILLION to it by the end of FY2011.  However, Bush actively tried to trim back expectations of what a government can do and to present realistic arguments on the future of Social Security in particular. I have been looking for this particular piece of video for a bit.  Notice the reaction of the Democrats to his chastising them for their defeat of his proposed Social Security reforms.  Yet today, his words ring true as the “trust fund” is in deficit and all Social Security spending is via direct tax collection and borrowing, a mere 5-years into the baby boom bubble.

Wind Energy, Renewable Energy [Michigan Capitol Confidential]

Wind power, that’s what we need more wind power!! 

 

Wind Energy, Renewable Energy [Michigan Capitol Confidential]

By Jack McHugh | Feb. 9, 2011

A recent article in Slate by Robert Bryce describes how Texas has more wind generator capacity than any other state — around 9,700 megawatts. But last August, when state electricity demand set a one-day record of 63,494 megawatts, all those windmills contributed just 500 megawatts, or about 5 percent of their rated capacity.

Mexico's Gun Supply and the 90 Percent Myth | STRATFOR

Facts pertaining to the MYTH!

 

Mexico's Gun Supply and the 90 Percent Myth | STRATFOR

February 10, 2011 | 0951 GMT

By Scott Stewart

For several years now, STRATFOR has been closely watching developments in Mexico that relate to what we consider the three wars being waged there. Those three wars are the war between the various drug cartels, the war between the government and the cartels, and the war being waged against citizens and businesses by criminals.