Krauthammer | Energy Policy | Rutherford B. Hayes | The Daily Caller

Charles Krauthammer made this point in a recent Fox News appearance:

“His EPA, I can assure you — if he is reelected — is going to do everything it can to shut down, restrict and constrain these new technological wonders, which will start producing gas at such an incredible rate,” Krauthammer said. “I mean, his administration is intent, as his own Secretary of Energy had said in 2008 — of course he recanted just two days ago in Congress, Galileo-style, but he said it, and he obviously believes in it —- that we need to raise the price of gasoline to European levels: about $8-a-gallon. And he believes it. Obama also does. They want to see the stuff we use every day hiked in price so that we will abandon it, so that we will adopt algae, or whatever else he invents tomorrow, and so that we will save the global environment. It’s a theology on their part, and that’s what they believe in.”

It will be interesting to see how this plays out. Will a 2013 Obama administration corrupt the science behind fracking and thus reduce the supply of cheap energy? If so, I am wondering how he will keep from being named the worst president in history?

Interesting Scarcity

Scarcity:

"...a chief sign of this malfunction is that you dream of possessing something, rather than using it. (Timothy Ferriss offers similar advice on planning your life: ask which ongoing experiences would make you happy, rather than which possessions or status-changes.)

But the really fundamental problem with desiring the unattainable is that as soon as you actually get it, it stops being unattainable. If we cannot take joy in the merely available, our lives will always be frustrated..."

Name that Party: Hussein Edition

Here is another chance to play Name that Party!

According to the indictment, the Iraqi Intelligence Service paid $34,000 through an intermediary to Life for Relief and Development, the charity that employed al-Hanooti, to pay the delegation's travel expenses. In September 2002, al-Hanooti traveled to Iraq with three members of Congress whom he believed to be sympathetic to lifting the economic sanctions against Iraq.

The U.S. led an invasion into Iraq, starting the war, in March 2003.

The indictment did not name the lawmakers, but Democratic Reps. Jim McDermott of Washington, David Bonior of Michigan and Mike Thompson of California made a trip to Iraq at that time.

I know it is tough to guess the party. Just try. You might get lucky.

Obamas' Income

Go to the TaxProf Blog to see the returns. Funny how the Obamas' income skyrocketed after getting elected. Hmmmmm.

Ghandi, Where Are You?

This is really tragic, but might be a watershed moment of humanity:

"Paramilitary police opened fire on hundreds of monks, nuns and Tibetans who tried to march on a local government office in western China yesterday to demand the return of the Dalai Lama."

Tyrants really have not changed all that much in the last 10,000 years. Only now, there are video cameras and Internet reporting. This is going to get good when the Olympics comes. The world will be watching.

Hillary's Balkan Adventures

Update and Bumped: Drudge links to this CBS YouTube video. Wow. Seared indeed.

Now if we could only unearth John Kerry's Cambodia adventure.

Hillary's Balkan Adventures, Part II - Fact Checker:

"'I remember landing under sniper fire. There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base.'
--Hillary Clinton, speech at George Washington University, March 17, 2008.

Hillary Clinton has been regaling supporters on the campaign trail with hair-raising tales of a trip she made to Bosnia in March 1996. In her retelling, she was sent to places that her husband, President Clinton, could not go because they were 'too dangerous.' When her account was challenged by one of her traveling companions, the comedian Sinbad, she upped the ante and injected even more drama into the story. In a speech earlier this week, she talked about 'landing under sniper fire' and running for safety with 'our heads down.'

There are numerous problems with Clinton's version of events."

Imagine my surprise at the embellishments.

Moral Leakage

NY Governor Billed Hotel Trysts As "Constituent Services":

"NY Governor Paterson may have used campaign funds for his hookups.
This was Paterson's first week in his new job.
Last week the previous Democratic Governor stepped down after being caught in a prostitution ring.
The New York Daily News reported:

Gov. Paterson admitted Wednesday he may have improperly billed his campaign for at least one hotel tryst with a girlfriend."

I call this moral leakage. When you are doing something dishonest, it takes a complex system to then systematically cover it up. If you are like me and your memory is failing, I would find it hard to lead a double or triple life like these guys have done. Eventually, you slip, get caught and then it all crashes.

That is why I have found it far better to be honest and transparent. This does not mean telling everyone everything, but don't lie, obscure or mislead; it will come back to haunt you.

It all comes down to morality. If you are engaged in moral acts, then you should not have to hide. If you are not, then you won't. Of course, the only danger is your acts will be misinterpreted which is why you must take the time to make sure everyone understands what you are doing and why. That is not to say that either the past or present NY governor will be able to place their actions in context....