Texas
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(James Rowen)
The earth is going to get a lot hotter (see: Texas, Russia wildfires, for example) without
Arctic ice to reflect sunlight. That's what it does.
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(James Rowen)
Texas Gov. and GOP Presidential candidate Rick Perry urges President Barack Obama t
o suspend clean air regulations that will help the country recover from hazardous air pollution to which Texas contributes disproportionately.
The new clean air rules are designed to significantly reduce smog and soot pollution by requiring 27 states, including Texas, to decrease smokestack emissions.
The new guidelines apply to sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions, which mostly come from coal-fired plants.
Texas has 19 coal-fired power plants -- more than any other state -- and plans to build nine more. It is one of the few states still adding coal-fired plants and releases more air pollutants than any other state. Most other states are building generation plants that use sources other than coal, particularly natural gas.
Clearly, Perry has failed to manage the issue in his own state, which also happens to be sitting on 30% of the country's supply of cleaner-burning natural gas, making it the nation;
The Scott Walker-Paul Ryan-Rick Perry tax-cut mania, destroyed in two paragraphs
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<a href="/user/man-mke" title="View user profile.">Man MKE</a>
GranholmFormer Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm puts the lie to the current Republican mantra that tax cuts and smaller government will boost the economy. Granholm, a Democrat, faced an economic crisis in Michigan that at one point in the Great Recession pushed official unemployment to 20 percent.She explained to Salon.com's Andrew Leonard why Michigan's experiment with tax cuts and smaller government was a resounding failure. In her new book on fixing the economy:
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<a href="/user/steve-hanson" title="View user profile.">Steve Hanson</a>
Last week during the GOP debate we were treated to the spectacle of a crowd cheering the large numbers of government-sanctioned murders in Texas. This week we were treated to the reality. Troy Davis was put to death last night in Georgia, despite a growing concern on the part of many that his continuous claim of innocence may well have been correct. The court system failed Troy Davis, and we as a nation failed him.
Where to start? The application of the death penalty in the United States is an anomaly among Western nations. We happily cling to a system of punishment that seems to serve no purpose other than retribution. It's not a crime deterrent, it's not even cost-effective. It is government-sanctioned revenge. It is a punishment that cannot be revoked, ameliorated, or forgiven. It is the last desperate act of a government to punish the guilty and destroy a little more of the soul of our nation.
Paul Ryan agrees with Rick Perry: Social Security is a Ponzi scheme
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<a href="/user/xoff" title="View user profile.">xoff</a>
Maybe Paul Ryan really does want to be the vice presidential candidate. What else explains this lunacy?
On Laura Ingraham’s radio show, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) agreed with Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) that Social Security resembles a Ponzi scheme. “It’s not a criminal enterprise, but it is a pay as you go system where earlier investors, or say taxpayers, get a positive rate of return and the most recent investors, or taxpayers, get a negative rate of return,” said Ryan. “That’s how those schemes work." -- Washington Post.
More, including reaction from Wisconsin Dems, on The Paul Ryan Watch.
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