Posted on June 25th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill
Today WaPo reports that Senator John McCain unveiled two components of his energy plan yesterday in Santa Barbara, California.
“[...] , McCain (R-Ariz.) vowed to “put the purchasing power of the United States government on the side of green technology” by buying fuel-efficient vehicles for its civilian fleet of cars and trucks and by retrofitting federal [...]
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Posted on May 26th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
More economic fallout in the news, via the NY Times: “The auto industry is getting sideswiped by the housing crisis.”
Auto lenders and banks, closing their wallets, have prevented hundreds of thousands of consumers from obtaining the financing for a car. Home equity loans, which had been used in at least one of every nine deals, [...]
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Posted on May 13th, 2008 by Dizzy Dezzi
So much to do, so little time. But, I made plenty of time for today’s Ten Post Round-Up:
1: Missouri is trying to imitate Indiana’s faulty voter ID law….
The Worst Voting Law in the Country–Alternet
2: It’s official, Bob Barr is running for president on the Libertarian ticket…
Bob Barr throws a wrench–ColoradoPols.com
3: [...]
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Posted on April 24th, 2008 by Pamela Leavey
We’ve been discussing gas prices here over the past couple of days. Here’s a little related piece of news via Forbes: 20 Most Dangerous Autos. Check and see if your car is on the list.
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