Navy’s biofuel program vanquishes GSA in battle for wasteful spending supremacy By Paul Driessen If America had a “Spend Like a Drunken Sailor Award,” Navy Secretary Ray Mabus would win hands-down, for blowing $12 million on biofuel for Navy ships. Even as the armed services face drastic budget cuts under “automatic sequestration” and other proposed…
Tom DeWeese
Environmental Protection or Global Governance? Reality Vs Spin
By Tom DeWeese Those who are determined to impose global governance on the rest of us have made great sport out of attacking anyone who dares oppose their plans. They have attacked those who challenge their claims of global warming by calling for “Nuremburg-style” show trials. Al Gore has actually called for violence against climate…
Government Circus
Shrinking AARP is Losing Plenty of Seniors
Fall from Grace — It only takes a few days on the Internet and this will have reached 75 percent of the public in the USA . This letter was sent to Mr. Rand who is the Executive Director of AARP. THIS LADY NOT ONLY HAS A GRASP OF ‘THE SITUATION’ BUT AN INCREDIBLE COMMAND…
Paul Chesser
Taxpayer-Backed, Yet Cash-Poor, A123 Stock Hits All-Time Low
By Paul Chesser A week and a half ago cash-poor A123 Systems, recipient of $279 million-plus in federal money and millions more from the State of Michigan, announced it would access $39 million via a stock sale to institutional investors and the release of other cash after meeting requirements related to its existing reserves. It…
Paul Chesser
GE Solar Delay Shows Timing Will Never Be Good
By Paul Chesser We’ve heard this story before. Much like taxpayer-backed Abound Solar – which just revealed it would declare bankruptcy – General Electric announced last week it would suspend construction of a solar panel manufacturing plant in Colorado. The excuse given was that GE plans to focus on research and development to improve the…
David Rothbard, Paul Driessen
Rio+20 is greatest threat to biodiversity
99% of species and humans are ill served by the 0.1% UN and environmentalist elites Paul Driessen and David Rothbard The UN Conference on Sustainable Development is underway in Rio de Janeiro. This time, 20 years after the original 1992 Rio “Earth Summit,” thousands of politicians, bureaucrats and environmental activists are toning down references to…