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  • The Real Green Jobs Scandal (updated 20sep2011)

    George Rebane This crap we’ve been hearing about a handful of solar tech companies, led by Solyndra, going bankrupt is small potatoes and the tip of the iceberg, the remainder of which Team Obama and the Dems hope that never sees the light of day.  For all intents and purposes, there are no successful and…

  • Insurmountable Opportunities for All (updated)

    George Rebane What a happy kickoff for the new election season.  Both sides are convinced they have the best position going into 2012.  Our local lefties are especially happy with all the polling results and the ongoing politics here in the county and the state. All this is happening when Congress is graded at historical…

  • Government Training Programs – A History of Failure (updated 17sep2011)

    George Rebane [This is the transcript of my radio commentary broadcast on 16 September 2011 over KVMR-FM.] President Obama’s latest economic stimulus program – the half trillion dollar Ameircan Jobs Act – also contains the next tranche of funding for the next government training program that supersedes his 2009 Green Summer Jobs Corps for youth. …

  • Plan B – Obama Overboard?

    George Rebane More and more progressive voices are beginning to sound discontented with their Chief Community Organizer.  It turns out that even they are beginning to look seriously for what the man’s long suit was – so far they haven’t found anything beyond having done well in his teleprompter training course.  So more and more…

  • Obama’s off and running (updated)

    George Rebane The President’s much trumpeted jobs plan speech came off tonight.  The man has found a new voice that I suspect we’ll be hearing a lot between now and November 2012 – it’s his Right Now! voice that has a new sense of urgency delivered in a brand new timbre. He laid out a…

  • AtPac Lawsuit – still seeking closure

    George Rebane Last week’s release of Clerk-Recorder Greg Diaz’s deposition in the AtPac lawsuit case (please see ‘AtPac Lawsuit – the Greg Diaz Deposition’ and its comment stream) was at the same time corroborating and revealing.  But in reading the deposition, I did find several surprises.  Let me say right away that I found Mr…

  • Agenda 21 and the “Pod People”

    George Rebane Jo Ann and I have attended many local workgroups and meetings where the pod people were in obvious attendance.  These meetings presented ideas and plans for environmental harmony, smart growth, green jobs, local sustainability, and so on.  A recent one we attended involved sincere people who promoted the establishment of many small farms…

  • When free speech goes …

    George Rebane [This is the transcript of my regular KVMR commentary broadcast on 2 September 2011.  Podcast here.] Please accept my apologies for the extended respite you have enjoyed over the last weeks from hearing the outrageous thoughts of KVMR’s lonesome conservetarian commentator.  August got unexpectedly busy with all kinds of matters involving travel and…

  • More Signs of the Times – 2sep2011

    George Rebane As Barack Obama prepares his next economic fix speech, cartoonist Ramirez succinctly explains the shrinking president.  H/T to RR reader. And from another RR reader, a sign of the times seen in Madison, Alabama.   And finally, Wal-Mart understands the American voter, perhaps, the best of anybody (see below).  The world’s largest merchandizer…

  • ‘The Geopolitics of the United States’

    George Rebane Under that title STRATFOR has published a comprehensive two-part essay on how the country got here, and what portents it now faces.  For readers who frequent these pages, this essay is a must read.  It is tightly written, comprehensive, and sports the STRATFOR hallmark for clarity. An important takeaway from its reading is…

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