You know the old rule of thumb in politics was for each party during the primaries, you go gangbusters here as far extreme to the left or right as you need to to get your base and get the nomination, then the old Nixon theory, and once you go to the general, you moderate and […]

Let me give you some oil data here… According to the US Department of Energy, US oil production has fallen approximately 40% since 1985, while US consumption has grown more than 30%. So in real barrels, US oil production is now below five million barrels a day. It was approximately nine million barrels a day […]

Economic news: “The number of US workers filing claim for initial jobless benefits fell…” FELL! This means that fewer people filed for unemployment compensation. It “fell more than expected.” Is that just a template now, “more than expected“? It’s probably a keystroke, like Command-E. “More than expected.” Just do that rather than type the words. […]

Today, ladies and gentlemen, I address the Democrat superdelegates. It must be apparent to you “supers” that Senator Obama will not lead you to victory in November (painfully, obviously), but you fear that denying him support will create a permanent fissure between black voters and the Democrat Party. No Democrat has the courage to examine […]

“Homes facing foreclosure more than doubled in the first quarter from 2007.” Okay. You know what the number is? One out of every 194 homes foreclosed on in the first quarter. Do you know what percentage that is? 0.5%. Point five percent! One half of 1% of homes in this country are being foreclosed on […]