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Imagine a world where war or turmoil in oil producing nations has little to no effect on the price? Is that world today? (Emphasis mine.)
Even as the U.S. rig count has retreated like Napoleon from Russia, shale remains the key to understanding the global oil landscape. Consider that despite all of the turmoil in key oil-producing regions, namely the Middle East, oil prices have not spiked.
For in the end, they are pretty much aligned to the same end – The Bigger the Citizen, the smaller the citizen (emphasis mine):
During the Christmas holidays of 1949 I decided to spend my spare time reading Karl Marx to try to understand the appeal of communism for many people. For the first time I carefully scrutinized Das Kapital and The Communist Manifesto. I also read some interpretative works on the thinking of Marx and Lenin. In reading such Communist writings I drew certain conclusions that have remained with me as convictions to this day. First, I rejected their materialistic interpretation of history. Communism, avowedly secularistic and materialistic, has no place for God. This I could never accept, for as a Christian, I believe that there is a creative personal power in the universe who is the ground and essence of all reality-a power that cannot be explained in materialistic terms. History is ultimately guided by spirit, not matter. Second, I strongly disagreed with communism’s ethical relativism. Since for the Communist there is no divine government, no absolute moral order, there are no fixed, immutable principles; consequently almost anything-force, violence murder, lying-is a justifiable means to the ‘millennial’ end. This type of relativism was abhorrent to me. Constructive ends can never give absolute moral justification to destructive means, because in the final analysis the end is preexistent in the means.
In essence, are they trying to “calm” (at best, mislead at worst) their base while appealing to the new electorate that they want? Quite disturbing this – that Nikki Haley (Gov, R-SC) said one thing about immigration in English while Mario Díaz-Balart (Congressman, R-FL) said the opposite when they gave the response to Obama’s SOTU address. Now look, those two speeches are microscoped well before they are given six ways to Sunday for tone, tenor, content, and delivery. While considered to be an honor to give it, this is a speech that are Star Chambered by the GOP Establishment including the GOP itself, the Senate, the House, and others. Not a word or syllable is included that they don’t approve of in advance (and that ‘scope looks for stuff left out, too).
So why were there two versions of the GOP response given – and why do they contradict each other? Hmmm?
While her candor about the candidate surprised many listeners, the Republican Party’s official Spanish language State of the Union response took a softer tone on the issue that has contributed so much to Trump’s success in the polls: Immigration.
Here are the two speeches (diffs in bold):
Hillary: “there should be no bank too big to fail and no individual too powerful to jail“
Of COURSE, this magnificent threesome didn’t get the audience that it truly earned deserved DNC Debbie Wasserman-Schultz was praying not to get. How could it – a Sunday night of a long weekend (well, at least for Government workers that got today, MLK Day, off) and wedged inbetween two NFL playoff games on a channel nobody watches (WIN! for DWS and for Hillary). Normally I’d be tweeting live (ok, I am a sick puppy for watching these kinds of events) but couldn’t last nite so, yes, I DVR’d it. A few observations as it went along:
The recent flood of illegal migrants currently inundating Europe continues to be one of the most horrific and misunderstood events of our time. This merciless attack upon Western Civilization has been unleashed on an unsuspecting European populace and continues to leave chaos and destruction in its wake. Though there is much coverage of the ‘effects’ of this attack there is no mention of the cause. Strange, isn’t it? The fact that no main stream news outlets are explaining the causal factors behind this mass human migration should indicate, at least to those that are awake, that there is more to this situation than meets the eye. This column is not primarily about the tragic events in Europe, but a cursory explanation is crucial to grasp the totality of the circumstances effecting America. The intention of the Global architects, who are orchestrating this invasion, is multifaceted, but yet simple in its intent. The main thrust behind what is occurring is an attempt to ‘reshuffle’ the ‘old order’ to usher in the ‘new’. The intent is to re-seat new leadership in these ‘gap’ nations that lay in the Middle East and North Africa. The goal is to eventually ‘wire them’ into the new global economic system taking shape (but more on that in another column). There are three main objectives that flow out of this effort; #1 To disrupt the idea of the Nation state and ‘Nationality’; #2 Depopulate the nations that are currently ‘in play’ until they are brought under control.
So, why is understanding the mechanics of what is happening in Europe important to the residents of New Hampshire?
Democrats love guns…in the hands of the proper people. Stalin, Mao, and the Kims of North Korea, all held or hold this same opinion. Guns are great, but the state must hold the monopoly on force. Order is dispensed by the privileged few (the governing) and imposed upon the rest, regulated by the will of the State.
House Democrat Katherine Rogers, as an ideological descendant of Stalin and Mao, understands this, and has proposed a legislative path to achieve this in New Hampshire.
A Democrat / Progressive definition:
Loophole: – any condition whereby there are insufficient laws or regulations which do not allow government to control an issue or situation down to the molecular level (and would prefer down to individual atom control).
At 14 minutes into MTP, Chuck Todd was interviewing Bernie Sanders on gun control violence safety (those Progressives, they certainly burn through words to advance (and then screw up) their issues, don’t they?) makes the case that citizens should suffer because of the inadequacies of govt – the Charlestown “loophole”:
Another thing that’s going to come upon the issue of gun safety is the issue of a waiting period. The Clinton campaign is hitting you for supporting only a 3 day waiting period or instant background checks and not being in favor something longer like a 5 day or a 7 day window. And the reason why this is being brought up is that Dylan Roof, the man who killed those 9 folks in Charleston last year. If it had been a longer waiting period, he might have been prevented from buying a gun.
Progressives are trying to “tout” that they have discovered yet one more area where ordinary people can “take advantage” of the all-beneficent Government that only wants what’s best for us. What Todd, what Bernie, what Hillary, what any anti-gunner does not want to admit,
Boy, Marco squirms in and out of the “immigration hole” faster than the Eldest’s pet snake. We Conservatives had problems with this former TEA Party darling since he decided that he would hook up with Senator Chuckie Schumer (D-NY) who basically took him to the cleaners w/respect illegal immigration. A lot of us went “HUH?” when Schumer sent him forth to try to “convince” Conservatives “hey, this Amnesty isn’t all that bad!”.
Downhill from there and this has dogged him ever since. This is what happens when you break the Consistency rule – on such an important issue, Trust has been lost. The problem is that with Rubio’s constant straddling that line (like a football player doing foot drills, one side and then the other) with small steps first this side and then another. So who knows what his real intentions are? And today, he made it REAL problematic for himself and the primary voters on Meet The Press – it really was a head scratcher for me:
TODD: Let me ask you, by the way, quickly, on the eleven million [illegal aliens residing in the United States]. Are you still for find a way for them to stay legally in the United States?
Rubio: We are not going to be able to do anything on people who are here illegally until we first prove to people that illegal immigration is under control and America is safe.
WHAT?
I’m not allowed to say what I truly think about Trump for this Twitter post. This is a family blog after all. I will NEVER vote for this candidate. EVER. Is this the New York that Ted Cruz is talking about & demeaning? pic.twitter.com/rYGX9vazku — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 16, 2016
And yes, the fact that Bernie Sanders chose to spend bring his new bride to Moscow should be a definite Red flag. And while he easily calls himself a Socialist, remember that one is a Socialist on their way to becoming a Communist. And Paul Sperry in a column in the NY Post pretty much lays that out – not Socialist but a Communist (reformatted, emphasis mine):
As polls tighten and self-described socialist Bernie Sanders looks more like a serious contender than a novelty candidate for president, the liberal media elite have suddenly stopped calling him socialist. He’s now cleaned-up as a “progressive” or “pragmatist.” But he’s not even a socialist. He’s a communist. Mainstreaming Sanders requires whitewashing his radical pro-Communist past. It won’t be easy to do.
I’d be surprised if Mizzou didn’t get this idea from the Obama administration (Attack Watch, Truth Team, See something Say Something, etc.,). The University of Missouri is encouraging its students to file a report any time they hear someone make fun of another person on campus for any reason. In fact, Mizzou apparently considers campus teasing … Read more
c/o Donna Green’s blog, Apology To Hampstead Residents To the editor, I want to apologize for alarming you with the remarks I made during the January 14th Budget Committee meeting. Watch the incident here, beginning at 36:01 http://tinyurl.com/jrs82mr My intention was to highlight the fact that the children are more at risk on the playground … Read more
Kevin Kervick joined us for two segments to talk about a culture that forces people with more conservative views to remain silent – to stay, “in the closet.” He explains what he is doing to open up the debate in the classroom and to let in some light from the right, so to speak. This … Read more
“Don’t you see the rest of the country looks upon New York like we’re left-wing, communist, Jewish, homosexual pornographers? I think of us that way sometimes and I live here.” — Woody Allen in Annie Hall A New Yorker observes: Cruz is Right About Trump’s New York Values. More at the Washington Examiner where Trump is … Read more
There’s a new hashtag you can use to help support Jorge Mesa-Tejada. #StandWithMesa And you should stand with him. Jorge knows what he is talking about. That slick campaign to put Hampstead taxpayers on the hook for a huge ten-year bond is irresponsible and unnecessary. As proof, here is the space utilization presentation Jorge gave to … Read more
On Meet The Press today, Steve Schmidt (of the failed McCain campaign) brought out that 43% of Iowa Democrats self identify as Socialists and not as capitalists. I didn’t know that but it is an eye-popping statistic lending credence that the Democrat Party has gone far more Left than the Republicans have gone Right. After all, I have put up the videos of DWS and Hillary unable to tell Chris Matthews what the difference is between those two points on the political spectrum.
And then this (Heh!): Stephanie Cutter (former deputy campaign manager for Obama):
Iowa has always had, whether they call themselves Socialists or Liberal Democrats, has always had this tremendous liberal strain in the Democrat Party. It was there in ’08 and it was there in 2012 which is why as an Obama campaign official, we never really pushed too hard back on the socialist arguments that people in your Party were making.
At least she’s honest about it. After watching the show, I ran across the post from which this stat was mentioned:
About those “Marine” Castaways captured in Iranian waters.
So how did they get more than 70 miles and 90 degrees off their course, (some “short cut”) which at their speeds of more than 40 mph would have taken over an hour one way, and fall into the 12 mile limit of the Farsi Islands claimed by Iran???In short, they didn’t.??
So, what really happened? At least one US Navy Seal who is calling BS.
“If you are elected president, how will you make a college education more affordable?”
The Concord Monitor had a piece “Where do the presidential candidates stand on college affordability?” that outlines some of the Prez Wannabees positions on that subject. Frankly, I disagree with the question; why is it the proper role of Government of the Federal Government to be meddling in this area in the first place? Sure, we are talking about a public good and folks might say that horse has left the barn, but if we do not continue to ask the question over and over, government always expands if it sees no impediment in front of it. After all, like water seeking a downhill path, government always expands. But back to the “socialize the risk, privatize the profit” question: