Plan to fight climate change unveiled (1/29/08, page A6)
Kristin Bender, CCTimes
Wow. One long laudry list of how people can give up their standard of living so that they can claim they are trying to change the climate. The same climate that has been changing since the beginning of time.
I wonder how many of these Saint AlGore is complying with?
I also wonder why the [...]
Socialist Failure in Venezuela (1/28/08, not in CCTimes)
From the Independent Institute (you won’t see this in the CCTimes):
Reporting from Caracas, Venezuela, Alvaro Vargas Llosa, director of the Independent Institute’s Center on Global Prosperity, writes, “After an extensive visit to the slums of this capital, I am convinced that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez lost the recent referendum that would have extended the time [...]
Turbines remain a threat, panel says (1/26/08, page A3)
Chris Metinko, CCTimes
Environmentalists – We demand “clean” energy. Build windmills!
Animal Freedom Fighters - We demand freedom from humans for all animals. Tear down the windmills!
Californians – We’re screwed.
 Chris got the first two points right, but failed to cover the last part where we as residents of California will not to pay more for electricity thanks to [...]
Bush plan to open acreage is under fire (1/26/08, page A12)
Christopher Lee, Washington Post
Christopher opens by quoting critics of the plan to allow Americans to have affordable toilet paper (“no trees, no toilet paper,” is the motto).
He finally gets to the 4th paragraph before he quotes an Alaskan (the area in question) who points out that this new logging will create jobs while protecting the [...]
Attacks against Border Patrol agents increasing (1/23/08, page A11)
Dave Montgomery, McClatchy
Holey cow! An agent is murdered on the US side of the border this past weekend and it takes the Contra Costa Times until Wednesday to mention it?
That’s irresponsible given the heavy debate over the border wall, a wall which would have kept the vehicle that killed the agent (a Hispanic-American no less) [...]
Clinton predicts recession; vows fight (1/23/08, page A11)
Mary Anne Ostrom, MediaNews
It wasn’t 8 years ago that Clinton/Gore were whining about how Bush/Cheney were “talking down the economy.”
Now that the shoe’s on the other foot, what does Mrs. Clinton do? She talks down the economy.
But two things are different this time:
1) Bush isn’t whining.
2) The press is ignoring how her “talking down the [...]
World market tumbles (1/22/08, page C1)
Toby Anderson, AP
No problem with Toby’s story, BIG problem with subhead, “Fear of U.S. recession and lack of faith in Bush’s stimulus plan lead to drop.”
Bush’s plan? He made it very clear that it was a joint plan with the Dems. For a change they were going to work together, but I guess that’s not [...]