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To Impeach or Not to Impeach, part 3

Published on October 5, 2014 By sirrahc

“I want Obama to go through the [impeachment] process because he has it coming…. Obama should be forced to defend his contemptible lies and actions. If for no other reason than his unbearable arrogance, the schmuck should have to pay a penalty.” — columnist Burt Prelutsky On the other hand,… “[W]e should focus our attention […]

To Impeach or Not to Impeach, part 2

Published on September 21, 2014 By sirrahc

“[S]ome provision should be made for defending the community against the incapacity, negligence, or perfidy of the chief magistrate. He might pervert his administration into a scheme of peculation [i.e., embezzlement] or oppression. He might betray his trust to foreign powers.” — James Madison, during the debates of the Constitutional Convention (1787) In Part 1 […]

Obama’s Climate Change Plan: My Prediction

Published on June 1, 2014 By sirrahc

Tomorrow, the Obama administration is supposed to announce its new plan, as drafted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to fulfill the President’s original election-year promises for fighting climate change. (Or, was it “global warming”?) The new standards will be finalized in June 2015, after everyone has had a year to react & respond. States […]

Frack This!

Published on June 10, 2011 By sirrahc

Since at least the 1970s, we’ve been warned that the world is at, or close to reaching, “peak oil“. As you can probably guess, the term indicates reaching some sort of limit. According to Wikipedia, “Peak oil is the point in time when the maximum rate of global petroleum extraction is reached, after which the […]