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MACDONALD: How About Public Money for Gas Stations?

October 7, 2026 Steve MacDonald

My first reaction to a story about one million dollars in state grants to build EV Charging stations was, “Where’s the grant money to help build gas stations?” Or, more correctly, if we aren’t giving out grants for that- and we don’t, as far as I can tell- then why would we give grants for … Read more

Bananas GOP 3: Return of the Son of Ramaswamy

November 12, 2023 Johnny Bananas (Fake News Reporter!)

The Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami, Florida, was the site of the third Republican debate. Missing from the stage were candidates Mike Pence, Asa Hutchinson, and that guy Doug, as was the Reagan Library plane that disappeared like the hopes of the three vanquished old white guys.

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There’s A REAL Disconnect Between The Greens “Electrify EVERYTHING” and Doing it

June 15, 2023 Skip

There is a very real disconnect in the green’s “electrify everything” movement, and it is wrapped up in this one simple question: “Why is it that greens want everyone to drive electric cars but don’t want people to have electricity?”

What If Big Oil Cut Off Places That Sue Them for Climate Compensation?

March 26, 2023 Steve MacDonald

The climateer’s nuisance lawsuits against energy companies continue as woke activists get cities or counties to claim climate damages and then sue for compensation. The cases end up in court for years, but there may be a simpler, cheaper, less carbon-intensive solution.

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Firewood Prices Rise With Demand as Folks Look for Ways to Stay Warm

November 24, 2022 Steve MacDonald

Nothing says “environmentalism” like an energy policy that encourages deforestation. With oil and gas prices rising or in short supply, folks are turning to firewood to keep warm. It’s been trending in Germany, and now Maine is wrestling with increased demand and insufficient supply.

Remember, Your Energy Bill Is on the Ballot! It’s Bad When Your Electric Company Tells You “Prepare – We May ‘Got Nuttin Fer Ya’”

November 7, 2022November 6, 2022 Skip

And notice and remember, the Democrats are NOT talking about your energy bills lately – especially as your gas bill at the pump is rising again, you’re starting to get your heating bills, and your electric bills have already arrived with a bill the size of your mortgage. Except for when that electricity isn’t there … Read more

Bouncing Back

October 8, 2022 Steve Earle

Is it just me or are we starting to see the price of gas increasing again? Hope not but a couple of stations look like it. One thing is we can be happy we are not out in California where it’s at $6.00 or more but there is no reason it should be above $2.00 … Read more

My Reasons for Not Purchasing an Electric Vehicle

August 21, 2022 Op-Ed

Here’s how I figure the costs of owning electric vehicles (EVs) that they are pushing on us. The present cost of gasoline doesn’t even figure into the calculation.

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Donkey Pox: President who Promised to Break US Domestic Energy Production Tries to Pick up the Pieces

June 14, 2022June 14, 2022 Steve MacDonald

On day one, the Bidenistas tipped over the domestic energy apple cart. In the weeks and months that followed, Democrats stomped on the apples because the Big Guy had promised to end fossil fuels, and end them, they would. They are having second thoughts.

Dependent On Russia

June 10, 2022 Steve Earle

Hungary can’t ban Russian gas and oil because 85% of its natural gas and over 56% of its oil comes from Russia, making it the most dependent of the Euro nations on that source. All of Europe is at some level dependent on Russia, and there is no way around it. Unless of course, Biden unlocks American oil and gas production.

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We, Who the Biden Administration Are Trying to Shift from Being Citizens to Being Ruled, Are Starting to Make Our Ire Known

June 5, 2022 Skip

I’ll be recording yet another “out of sequence” Skip’s Sauntering Snippets this afternoon. Silly me – thinking I could have some at the ready for when I had writer’s block. I’m finding out the hard way that events are too many and going along too fast. Part of it will be about that those citizens … Read more

Skip’s Sauntering Snippets# 6-Gas Prices, Shortages, and what’s the Obama/Biden End Game?

May 22, 2022 Skip

Why is gasoline so high? Who is doing the manipulations behind the scenes and then decrying there’s nothing they can do? What IS the end game that they are trying for? Hint: The Obama retreads that now staff President Asterisk’s Administration knew what was to happen even as Biden was campaigning from his basement. Yep, … Read more

Skip’s Sauntering Snippets# 6-Gas Prices, Shortages, and what’s the Obama/Biden End Game?

July 15, 2024May 22, 2022 Skip

Maggie Pretends to Buck Her Party with Gas Tax Holiday but Hassan Votes with Biden Almost 98% Of the Time

May 21, 2022 Steve MacDonald

Maggie Hassan has new ads fouling up my television viewing experience. In them, she claims to be bucking her party by trying to push a federal gas tax holiday (with no chance of passing) because gas prices are too damn high.

How Did Putin Get Biden to Shut Down America’s Largest Domestic Oil and Gas Lease Sale Last Week?

May 14, 2022 Steve MacDonald

If everything is Vladimir Putin’s fault, we might want to consider why he has so much influence over America but only since Joe Biden became president? Any takers? Okay, let’s try something a bit easier.

Gunstock Mountain Resort – Public Comment Session in its entirety

March 26, 2022 Skip

The GAC oversees the Gunstock Mountain Resort and Ski area (owned in total by Belknap County, making it a government agency that makes snow), and this was the first meeting after the appointment of new Commissioner David Strang.

Portrait of a Blameless President

March 21, 2022 Peter Lemiska

One-time Vice President Hubert Humphrey learned a thing or two about politics during his long political career. He once quipped, “To err is human…To blame someone else is politics.” A young Joe Biden must have been taking notes.

Response to Biden’s Boot on Oil Company Necks – Nationalize Them!

March 15, 2022 Steve MacDonald

Democrats cheered when Biden stepped foot into the Oval Office and started shutting down oil and gas infrastructure. Prices immediately rose, and that was good for them too. Make it so expensive that green can compete.

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Buying Foreign Oil Also Keeps US Dollars Away from People Who Disagree with Democrats

March 9, 2022 Steve MacDonald

America has a lot of oil and gas. So much, in fact, that we don’t need to import it. But that’s what Democrats like. Foreign oil keeps more US dollars out of the hands of people who disagree with them politically.

The Perfect Headline Doesn’t Exis…”Biden Sells Alaska Back to Russia So We Can Start Drilling for Oil There Again”

March 8, 2022 Steve MacDonald

At just fifteen words, this Babylon Bee headline says many things about the Left and its bizarre tendencies. Developing US reserves is bad for the environment but buying more from environmentally-indifferent Russia (plus the thousands of miles to move it) is not.