Obama, Reid facing revolt over Keystone ethical oil pipeline?

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  December 16th at 03:00 PM  | 

(Via @davidhauptmann) Background: the House of Representatives, understandably upset that the Obama administration would rather please foreign conflict oil despots and radical progressives than provide manufacturing and construction jobs to good Americans – to say nothing of cheaper energy – has passed a bill that would expedite the construction of the Keystone ethical oil pipeline. More specifically, the House passed a bill that would extend | Read More »

Scene from the Conflict Oil Wars: Austan Goolsbee v. the Naive Greens

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  November 29th at 05:30 PM  | 

Quick background: there’s a lot of oil in Canada.  Quite a bit of it is tied up in the form of oil sands, which radical Greenies hate with the same passion that normal people reserve for ax murderers or child rapists.  Despite this hatred, the Canadians have noticed that the price of oil makes oil sand development highly cost effective, which is why they were | Read More »