Posted on June 26, 2009 by dakinikat
or When Will Journalists actually Report Real News?
So for those that don’t want to see the People Magazine section on the front page of every news paper and as the lead in to every TV news item, let’s look at some real news.
Climate Change : The American Clean Energy and Security Act:
Should [...]
Filed under: Environmental Protection, Health care reform, Team Obama, The DNC, The Media SUCKS, U.S. Economy, president teleprompter jesus | Tagged: Climate change, Froomkin, GLBT rights, Greenpeace, Joe Biden, The American Clean Energy and Security Act, Vice President of Gaffes, Waxman-Markey, White House Watch | 3 Comments »
Posted on May 14, 2009 by dakinikat
When ever I hear folks rant and rave on the evils of European Social Democracies and how horrid they are, I always ask them to name the country that comes up consistently with the highest literacy rates in the world, lowest infant mortality, and much higher the the USA GDP per capita, and at the [...]
Filed under: Economic Develpment, Environmental Protection, Global Financial Crisis, Uncategorized | Tagged: democratic socialism., green economy, Kristin Halvorsen, Norway, Standard of living | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 6, 2009 by dakinikat
I decided I need a break from the finance side of the economy for awhile and start a discussion on the Obama Administration’s Cap and Trade initiative. This is an extremely controversial plan and will basically cause political alignments of states and regions more than party affiliation. Cap and Trade programs have been discussed in [...]
Filed under: Environmental Protection, U.S. Economy | Tagged: cap and trade, pollution, trading allowances | 7 Comments »
Posted on December 28, 2008 by dakinikat
A few weeks ago I opened a thread about a Pigouvian tax on gas. I argued that it would accomplish several things. The first is to discourage consumption of gas and oil. The second to discourage consumption of gas and oil from foreign countries. The third was to discourage consumption of gas and oil that [...]
Filed under: Environmental Protection, U.S. Economy | 9 Comments »
Posted on December 17, 2008 by dakinikat
This thread is going to speak to solving several major problems we have in our Economy in a way that is not going to be highly popular with folks outside the Pigou Club. If you slept during or avoided your microeconomics course, or blocked the bad memories the minute you finished the course, you undoubtedly [...]
Filed under: Environmental Protection, U.S. Economy, president teleprompter jesus | Tagged: energy policy, Oil Tax, Pigou Tax on Energy, steven Chu | 5 Comments »
Posted on December 15, 2008 by dakinikat
As a public employee, I found myself frequently in the position of watching higher-ups do things that were not ethical, responsible or mindful of the public welfare. I have less problems with that now that I work for a University as a prof endowed with intellectual freedom. Other agency employees don’t have that same protection. I [...]
Filed under: A My Pet Goat Moment, Action Memo, Environmental Protection, No Obama, Team Obama, U.S. Economy, president teleprompter jesus | Tagged: bad obama appointments, Lisa Jackson, obama bad for the EPA, Obama EPA appointment is bad for environment and public, PEER | 1 Comment »
