Drill, Baby, Drill!


Posted by josh

We’re seeing more and more examples that demonstrate with stunning clarity just how huge a scam electric cars are. Will we one day have the technology to provide electric cars that perform as well as our current fleet? Probably. But we don’t yet.

It is grossly irresponsible to sink taxpayer money into a science fiction myth. My administration will not offer another dime where private venture capitalists will not. We won’t put you in a position to take all the risk and reap none of the rewards.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/warrenmeyer/2011/10/20/update-fisker-karma-electric-car-gets-worse-mileage-than-an-suv/

The Fisker Karma electric car, developed mainly with your tax money so that a bunch of rich VC’s wouldn’t have to risk any real money, has rolled out with an nominal EPA MPGe of 52.

Not bad?  Unfortunately, it’s a sham.  This figure is calculated using the grossly flawed EPA process that substantially underestimates the amount of fossil fuels required to power the electric car, as I showed in great depth in an earlier Forbes.com article.  In short, the EPA methodology leaves out, among other things, the conversion efficiency in generating the electricity from fossil fuels in the first place.

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As I calculated in my earlier Forbes article, one needs to multiply the EPA MPGe by .365 to get a number that truly compares fossil fuel use of an electric car with a traditional gasoline engine car on an apples to apples basis.  In the case of the Fisker Karma, we get a true MPGe of 19.  This makes it worse than even the city rating of a Ford Explorer SUV.


End the TSA


Posted by josh

Once all the ceremonial and legal paperwork is completed to inaugurate me as president, the very first item I will put my pen to is the order which immediately and permanently abolish the TSA and end its intrusion into the lives of American citizens.

http://www.newschannel5.com/story/15725035/officials-claim-tennessee-becomes-first-state-to-deploy-vipr-statewide

“Somebody sees something somewhere and we want them to be responsible citizens, report that and let us work it through our processes to abet the concern that they had when they saw something suspicious,” said Paul Armes, TSA Federal Security Director for Nashville International Airport.


School Should Teach Math – Not Preferences, Mrs Obama.


Posted by josh

Is there anything scarier than the government admitting they view school as the place where they can shape who our children will be for their entire lives? Is there anything more horrifying that the government twisted morality being thrust upon our children?

This is precisely why my administration will be eliminating the Department of Education. Parents, and parents alone, should be the source of values for their children. They should be the ones to decide who has input. As president, I will not be so arrogant as to assume I know better than you how to raise your children.

http://nation.foxnews.com/michelle-obama/2011/10/19/michelle-obama-gov-t-should-shape-kids

First Lady Michelle Obama said yesterday that the government can affect who kids “will be forever” if it can shape their “habits and preferences” during the large part of the day they are at school.


We Don’t Need More Welfare


Posted by josh

We need more Jon Bon Jovis. When people have success, many of them desire to give back to their communities. Men and women like Bon Jovi see a need and seek to meet it.

This is precisely why we don’t need more government involvement in welfare. Imagine how much it would cost a bloated bureaucracy to start a restaurant. And of course, the government would never allow itself to expect the patrons to give back to the community. But we have a citizen with means making a tremendous difference.

If we give men and women more of their own money to invest in their communities, we’ll see significantly greater success in the battle to end hunger in America.

http://news.yahoo.com/jon-bon-jovis-charity-restaurant-opens-nj-172118923.html

“If you come in and say, ‘I’m hungry,’ we’ll feed you,” Bon Jovi said. “But we’re going to need you to do something. It’s very important to what we’re trying to achieve.”

That includes making people feel part of a larger community that cares about them, while still expecting them to contribute to society at large.

“This is not an entitlement thing,” Bon Jovi said. “This is about empowering people because you have to earn that gift certificate.”


Intelligent Energy


Posted by josh

Energy independance is no longer just a possiblity. It’s a necessity. And we can’t keep living in the fantasy of non-existent gains in renewable energy sources. Sure, we should continue to allow the marketplace to find ways to profit using solar, wind and geothermal energy sources, but we can’t continue to compromise our security and economy for something that’s still science-fiction.

http://dailycaller.com/2011/10/14/114-year-old-electric-car-gets-same-40-miles-to-the-charge-as-chevy-volt/

Meet the Roberts electric car. Built in 1896, it gets a solid 40 miles to the charge — exactly the mileage Chevrolet advertises for the Volt — the much-touted $31,645 electric car General Motors CEO Dan Akerson called “not a step forward, but a leap forward.”


We Must Improve Education


Posted by josh

I will immediately improve education by getting the federal government out of it. The Department of Education will be eliminated. Education is crucial. But the government has an abysmal record full of failure after failure. We want to support states in educating our children. But we refuse to continue throwing good money after bad.

We will base federal education support on a state’s willingness to take the necessary steps to improve education by addressing issues of teacher’s unions, disparities between inner city schools and suburban/urban schools, school choice, school funding at the state/local level including tax relief, waste and redundancy and the practice of promoting unqualified students.

Gone are the days of unfunded federal mandates. At the same time, federal dollars will be much harder to come by and will require states to demonstrate a real committment to education, and not just maintaining the status quo.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=126152737490378

Interviewer: “Why should anyone pay for your college tuition?”
Protester: “Why? It’s just, it’s just my opinion.”


Liberals, This is your tea party?


Posted by josh

Obviosuly, my administration will defend the right of all Americans to assemble peacefully. However, I can’t help but notice – and point out – that there were people trying to demonize the Tea Party in an effort to drown out their voices and their concerns. Now, when the shoe is on the other foot, liberals are willing to tolerate violence, destruction of property and ideoligical idiocy.

There was never any violence at a Tea Party rally. They cleaned up after themselves, cooperated with law enforcement and went home – or back to work – when their business was concluced. THAT is how Americans ought to handle these things.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/10/14/violence-breaks-out-during-occupy-wall-street-march-on-wall-street/

Police say the protesters were throwing bottles and bags of garbage at officers, triggering the police response, Sandberg reported. Police say they were trying to control the situation when it got out of hand.


Union Busting


Posted by josh

Obviously, we will not interfere with a state’s right to conduct its own business, but we will operate within legal boundaries, through legislation and negotiation, to scale back the influence of unions. We cannot afford to ask the American people to continue to fund bloated benefits packages for public servants. We cannot have government held hostage by the demands of its workforce. We will pay government workers fair wages and offer competitive benefits. We must reward excellence and punish incompetence. But the days of excess are over.

Additionally, while we cannot tell a state government how to structure its workforce, we will pay close attention to how states manage their finances when deciding how to allocate federal aid to the states. States with a history of excess and waste are more likely to waste federal money – YOUR money – and that will factor in to our decision making process at the federal level.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44872639/ns/us_news-life/

The Chicago Tribune and WGN-TV, which obtained information about union pension benefits during a joint investigation, said at least eight union officials in Chicago were eligible for what were described as inflated city pensions on top of union pensions for the same period of employment.


Support US Immigration Laws


Posted by josh

My administration will not, as some administrations have done, oppose states seeking to protect their citizens and their economies by enforcing immigration laws. In fact, we will support them by assisting them in the enforcement of already existing federal immigration laws. We will work to remove the magnets for illegal immigrants by whatever means we deem legal and ethical.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/12/us-alabama-immigration-idUSTRE79B7GO20111012

Just how many immigrants are fleeing the state is unclear. The departures began soon after the law passed earlier this year, and advocates, educators and employers say they have seen an uptick since a September 28 court order that put into effect many of the challenged provisions