2 Cents Worth for December ‘09

Still scattershooting with these ideas and opinions that are worth at least the advertised price.
With the price we just paid to Nebraska for Nelson’s vote on the Health Care bill we should own the State.  I mean it will add up to billions of dollars over time.   How much can all the assets in Nebraska [...]

Science, Sunshine and the Climate Debate

 
I was cleaning out and sorting some old files,  records and the accumulation of “stuff” that builds up during a lifetime the other day.  I came across a news clipping from the Washington Post in 1978.  At that time I was writing a couple of novels and my wife had cut it out for me [...]

Global Warming Data

I watched another discussion last night about the alleged dangers of Global Warming.  I don’t know about you but what I find particularly disturbing and suspicious is the lack of hard data from those warning of this alleged danger.  The spokesman last night was with one of those envoirnmental groups who advocate everything and anything [...]

Snow and Ice Days

With all the concern and comments about Globalo Warming and the alleged heating of the lower atmosphere, I think sometimes about the times spent in the snow or ice.   Where I live we don’t get very much winter precipitation.  It is not unusual to go through an entire winter with no snow, sleet or freezing rain.  [...]

Population and Pollution–Choices or Panic?

Surely you have noted the recent news articles about the connection between population and the envoirnmental concerns.  Some group of, no doubt, really smart people concluded that it is us that are the problem.  Each one of us adds to the pollution issue and each of us uses up tons of carbon during our life [...]

Time And The Challenge of Global Warming

The massive cap and tax bill passed out of the House is in a moment of hiatus before it gets to serious Senate consideration.  I sure hope cooler heads, no pun intended, prevail over there.  All the science folks admit that the proposal will have minimal effect on the carbon emissions worldwide.  That is especially [...]

Is Government Motors Unamerican?

The news of the day domestically is about GM and its emerging from the Bankruptcy Chapter 11 proceeding.  I haven’t seen the pleadings so I have to rely on the news accounts but apparently they did what is a 363 sale free and clear to create the “new” GM.  That is a standard procedure in [...]

Can Do It, Will Do It–Weapons and Economic Conflict

In the military there is the old principle about assuming for planning purposes that if there is something your enemy can do you best plan on them doing it.   If you rummaged around the bowels of the Pentagon you would find someplace where there were dozens are probably hundreds of books that were the War [...]

Two Cents Worth

Again with a tip of the hat to Blackie Sherrod, the greatest sports writer ever, I offer these tidbits of wisdom or poltoonery for your amusement or consideration.
Last year we had the special program to aid home owners who were defaulting on their mortgages.  It had a catchy name like Home For Homeowers or some [...]

What Is the Greatest Envoirnmental Concern?

Just last week there was a news article about the Cal. Governor making a trip to Fresno to talk about the pending budget crisis there.  As you recall the voters had just voted down the tax hikes and were in no mood for greater government spending.   As important as that issue is in California it [...]