I was disappointed to read that President Obama has taken NAFTA renegotiation of the table. American workers are suffering because of failed “free-trade” policies. If he wants high employment and a strong economy, protecting our workers is a primary way to get there. This is a result of the people Obama has put into power.
Congratulations go to formor President Bush for allowing Iran to become another nuclear state. It joins North Korea as a country that can threaten our allies for years to come, just as the War industry wanted.
Hexcel Corporation broke ground on a 100,000-sq-ft facility in north-eastern Colorado that will manufacture epoxy-resin components for wind blades. They moved here because Vestas manufactures those wind blades at an adjacent location. While the gas and oil industry cuts jobs in Colorado due to lack of demand for their products, the wind and solar industry enjoys new businesses and new jobs.
Another 627,000 jobs were lost in the Economy Bush Built. Net job losses could total 700,000 for February. Good thing corporate profits were setting records as late as last year. I’d hate to think the economy was bad or something.
About one in four people with a mortgage owe more than their homes are worth. One of Obama’s solutions is to force lenders to re-negotiate mortgage terms. The lending industry, who got us into this mess in the first place, is objecting to the plan. As usual, they’re also not proposing any kind of solution. Doing nothing will all but destroy our economy.
David Harsanyi continues his crusade against America with his op-ed this week. He claims taxes, extreme government spending and wealth redistribution are patriotic in an attempt to slam President Obama’s recovery plans. In Con Fantasy Land, it seems tax reductions are now called tax increases. Similarly, the past 8 years of keeping occupations off the budget and creating the largest government program in 30 years (that doesn’t work with its peers) went by uncommented since it was a Con “president” who proposed the “extreme government spending”. Last but not least, Harsanyi’s characterization of wealth redistribution comes across as pathetic after we’ve seen the effects of Bush’s “tax cuts”. Americans were sure glad to get one two grand back (the first year only) they were passed weren’t they? Oh, except for the richest 1%. They’re keeping hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars per year thanks to Bush’s tax cuts. Wealth redistribution indeed. And what’s up with this:
Yes, the same Freddie and Fannie — once implicitly guaranteed by government and now explicitly run by government — that helped, through social engineering, to push us into recession.
I wish the rest of us had figured out what the great sage Harsanyi did – Fannie and Freddie (with Cons leading them right up through the beginning of this horrible recession) were so unbelievably powerful. Cons love their conspiracy theories. I learned an important lesson during the Bush years. When a Con says something, the reality is exactly opposite.
Breckenridge ski resort may not be allowed to expand onto Peak 6. At issue is a lynx recovery plan. It’s nice to see more honest consideration of all factors with something like this.
A Colorado constitutional rewrite is being seriously considered by more and more people. State spending is affected by numerous, conflicting amendments. Colorado can either lose out on education, health care and prisons or a group of adults (hopefully) can come together and implement realistic solutions. If a Constitutional Convention is called, one potential flaw is they can rewrite any part of the Constitution they want. It would be nice if people who were convinced government can’t operate weren’t put in charge of that government. It simply makes no sense.
The Colorado House Agriculture Committee killed a proposal to limit the involvement of the Division of Wildlife in issuing oil and gas drilling permits. The CDoW became involved in the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission only after a Democratic Governor was elected. Not surprisingly, this pro-business article ony quoted a proponent of the bill. Unlike climate change articles, where the denyers’ point-of-view in nearly sacrosant, opponents of HB-1255 didn’t get their comments published.
On a positive note for science, the Orbiting Carbon Observatory is scheduled to launch Tuesday. The polar-orbiting satellite will measure oxygen-to-carbon ratios to indicate where carbon sources and sinks are at. My fear is that carbon sources will be found to be larger and more prevalent than carbon sinks. There are already indications that the warming oceans are soaking up less carbon every year, allowing the atmosphere and oceans to warm up even further.
