Archive for 'Oil'
Gravel, You’re Not Our Kind!
Mike Gravel was not invited to the Dem debate last night (pretty much the only one) because he hadn’t raised enough money, and thus wasn’t a viable candidate per the organizers’ view.
Don’t count him out. He has an angel in New Hampshire - Gregory Chase. Mr. Chase has has paid for full-page ads […]
Posted: October 31st, 2007 under Energy, Campaign Strategy, Mike Gravel, Oil.
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Peak Oil and Politics
James Pethokoukis wonders on the Capital Commerce Blog from US News “Are Democrats the Peak-Oil Party?”
What’s Peak Oil all about? Matthew Simmons will tell you.
Pethokoukis quotes from Joe Biden at the NH Debate:
“We have to understand how weak [Iran] is,” explained Sen. Joe Biden last month at the Democratic presidential debate in Nashua, N.H. […]
Posted: July 30th, 2007 under Clinton, Energy, Edwards, Oil, Petroleum, Biden.
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So Long, Old Friend!
First, Bill Richardson resigned from the Board of Directors of Valero Energy (VLO) in June 2002 to run for Governor of New Mexico.
Then, in June of this year, he sold all of his stock because
“it was just a distraction” in his campaign.
“Because I was getting questions, I just felt it was best to divest myself,” […]
Posted: July 19th, 2007 under Energy, Richardson, Oil, Petroleum.
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Looking at all the Effects
Recently, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have agreed to co-sponsor legislation aimed at making the Chinese government revalue their currency, the yuan.
A newsletter I subscribe to, Penny Sleuth, had an interesting article about the effects of this.
Here is a bit about some effects that they think would happen:
We believe tariffs benefit the select few […]
Posted: July 9th, 2007 under Clinton, Obama, Oil, Iraq, China.
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