Category Archives: Cheney
Net Neutrality Decision is Pro-Big Business; Why Is the Pro-Big Business Party So Angry?
Congressional Republicans are “angry” the FCC voted to allow big communications companies to charge for Internet use because it creates “new regulations” and other stuff they think is bad for various, nebulous reasons. But if the FCC voted the opposite, … Continue reading
Oil Shale, Coal-to-Liquids Report: Significant Financial and Environmental Risks for Utah, West
Utah is at the top of the list of states affected by this new report on oil shale and coal-to-liquids (CTL) development. But the report is not saying anything those of us who care about Utah, the west, and the … Continue reading
Breaking Irony: America Forgets Who Gave Us 9/11 and the TSA
When it comes to PR disasters, 9/11 has to be the biggest in American history. Yet few people still blame the president and Congress at the time even though there’s ample evidence they not only knew of the impending attacks … Continue reading
Power of Propaganda Proved Again in Fox News, Republican Election Victory; Sequel to the Bush-Cheney, 9/11 Years
Murdoch and News Corp. took the unusual step of donating $1.25 million to the Republican Governors Association and another $1 million to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which led the effort to defeat Democrats. According to a report by the liberal watchdog … Continue reading
Sarah Palin’s “Language” Proves the Only People More Stupid are Her Supporters; Searching for the Rover Back
English is a living language. Shakespeare liked to coin new words too. Got to celebrate it! – Sarah Palin The impossible-yet-probable standard bearer of the Republican Party continues to astound the world by being even more ignorant than her predecessor, … Continue reading
Breaking Irony: FCC Media Ownership Rules No Longer Needed Because Those Rules Destroyed Media Ownership
Media companies are struggling and the government is standing in their way. But even if the FCC got rid of the rules, would it matter anyway? That’s the $64,000 question. – Kenneth Ferree, former FCC official When people say right-wingers … Continue reading
Breaking Irony: Eco-Terrorism, Green Conspiracy Theorists Help Environmentalists in BP Gulf, Chevron Red Butte Oil Disasters
When Rush Limbaugh vomited his “speculation” that eco-terrorists were responsible for the BP Deepwater oil rig nightmare, I was amused yet annoyed. First of all, Rush has NO CREDIBILITY on any subject (he is, like Glenn Beck, an “entertainer” by … Continue reading
Limbaugh Book, Rand Paul: Right Wingnuts Abandon Ideas, Send in the Clowns
Limbaugh has skillfully conjured for his listeners a world in which they are disdained and despised by mysterious elites – a world in which Limbaugh’s $4,000 bottles of wine do not exclude him from the life of the common man. … Continue reading
BP Oil Rig Similar to 9/11: The Question Is Why It Wasn’t Prevented
“How can a device that has 260 failure modes be considered fail-safe?” – Rep. Bart Stupak on the catastrophic failure of spill prevention equipment The oil industry, Republican Party and other radical right-wingers openly express their hatred for environmentalists, calling … Continue reading
Sen. Bennett Thrown Overboard by Utah Tea Party: Keep on Tossing!
The Republican Party may have finally found something they can do correctly: destroy themselves. The developments at Saturday’s Utah state Republican Party convention were more exciting than the Jazz-Lakers game- and it was a good game. With three-term U.S. Senator … Continue reading
