A few years ago, a good fiend of mine said, "All government does is ruin lives and steal money. " That pretty much sums it up. In an intereview, one of the Weinstein brothers (Eric or Bret) was asked what government agencies are trustworthy. He thought for a minute and said, "The FAA and the Coast Guard." I'm not so sure about the FAA, with their stated goal of pushing DEI. I'll guess the only time any of us would be 100% overjoyed to see a government agency show up is when we're clinging to a sinking boat.
I agree with that ,except the government is not stealing our money ,they rob it from us .Stealing is done in secrete ,robbery is done by using force .Governments take our money by force ,CALLED ROBBERY .In answer to Gary Blackman
Great Article by Elizabeth Nickson. "Green Energy" is the ultimate con game. I'd add "virgin births" but that might piss some people off. All energy is dirty and all births start with a bloody screaming infant in bed with a naked woman, and it gets worse from there.
Governor Gruesome of California decided to keep the one nuclear power plant in the state open for a few extra years because he HAD TO. Without that nuke plant people would have no electricity and demand Gavin's head on a pike. Gov. Gruesome is facing another recall election. Canadians hate the carbon tax and want to throw out Turdeau. The Climate Change "green" energy turd is stinking up the house.
I think even the "local" recall & other elections are rigged. Think of Chicago- they had THE MOST AWFUL black woman mayor who became so unpopular but, what a surprise!, the good folks of Chicago wanted more of her ruination and voted in a carbon-copy of her! The only difference was - he's a guy!
Sam: I agree. The elections are rigged but the recall petition does irritate Gov. Newsom. Maybe it's just a distraction, but Newsom has to deal with it. Last time the recall failed, Newsom just turned the screws of oppression tighter after he "won" 2:1.
I used to worry to death about us, this country, failing because of BS like the current (illegitimate) administration and their farcical agenda for so-called green energy — especially since not one of them have worked a single day in their lives in the electric power industry. Like one of my mentors in the industry used to tell me, “let the children fail” — because at their core, that’s what these elites are: They’re spoiled children who don’t know the value of a damned thing.
In 2022, Jeff Currie (Global head of commodities at Goldman) gave an interview where he stated:
“let’s look at how much did the greens investment give us? Here’s a stat for you, as of January of this year. At the end of last year, overall, fossil fuels represented 81 percent of overall energy consumption. Ten years ago, they were at 82. So though, all of that investment in renewables, you’re talking about 3.8 trillion, let me repeat that $3.8 trillion of investment in renewables moved fossil fuel consumption from 82 to 81 percent, of the overall energy consumption. But you know, given the recent events [Russia/Ukraine] and what’s happened with the loss of gas and replacing it with coal, that number is likely above 82.l
You have a knack for hitting hard with your reports. I respect that. Truth needs to cut no corners, but be proclaimed loudly and frequently, with no quarter given.
In a similar but different (and less life-threatening) scenario, remember during the Hussein era of "too big to fail" bailouts, when GM and Chrysler were essentially removed from private ownership and transferred to "the "Murican public" as overseers?
As a board member (presumably) I never once was privy to any financials or anything else, were you?
And, before you knew it, we were displaced as "owners" and the mega corporations were officially turned over to the AFL-CIO union folks. Wow, that was an underwhelming stint of auto corporation ownership for the "Murican citizenry, no?
Completely unrelated, but worth a stroll down memory lane anyway.....Does anybody remember what Hussein's nearly first official action was post-inauguration? He issued a EO mandating a specific tax increase be levied, in a spirit of binding us together, he issued an additional feral tax to be collected on tanning salons. Tanning salons. OK, Mr. BLM not MLK, ever. Point taken. You were simply looking out for whitey's health, right? Not making a statement on your racial preferences.
And, surprisingly(!) those racist and commie views have only become more obvious since then. Who could have seen that coming?
The premise of the entire climate grift is a complete lie.
But even if we were to believe that the use of fossil fuels was a real problem, the total refusal to even acknowledge nuclear power as a viable option tells you everything you need to know.
Well stated. The green agenda is truly the Trojan Horse of our time designed to gain entry into our lives and cultures for many other hidden and evil objectives. Green is vague, nebulous and without truly objective science or data. Very much like a religion or cult, it promises everything on faith. And the true believers are hooked. Most westerners have long ago had the religion (Christianity) beaten out of them and replaced with nihilism, socialism or some other form of joining. Our genetic desire to be part of something bigger than ourselves has been stealthily replaced by every evil leftist cause. Many of us resist and fight on. Notably you Elizabeth and I thank you for your work. I too shall do my small part. I do believe the good in us all will eventually win. Not easily but inevitable. Until then I shall pray, plan, prepare and RESIST.
Green religion IS a false religion. These people worship the Baals and Molech. They do wish for the vast majority of human beings to die to “cleanse” the earth. The utopia they seek will never happen. WWW3 will be a war over energy supply. Whoever has the most energy generation and distribution will win this global war.
The American elites are doing everything in their power to shut down the American energy supply. They are slaves to Communist China and the WEF
True Christians are still here today. Our Blessed Hope is the 2nd Advent, the 2nd coming of King Jesus on the Day of the Lord. Yes, we are now a remnant in the west. The Christian church is growing in Africa, Asia, and in remote places. Until the Day of the Lord, YHWH the Holy Spirit clings to us and holds us fast until the end.
Praise God Almighty for eternity ✝️. Praise God the Son, King Jesus our Saviour. Praise God the Holy Spirit for guiding us and getting us ready to live in eternity directly before the face of God Almighty, Corum Deo
You are 100% correct, Liz. Drill deep into your local 'power companies' that are fueling all of this nonsense noting that they are 'public-private partnerships' in ripping you off. Power companies WANT EVs(et al) so they can further drive pricing based on a faulty electrical grid. Learn it, folks.
Here in rural MN the power 'company's' are paying our blessed farmers to cover our most fertile soil with wretched solar panels that contribute maybe 5 hours per day of 'energy'. Once they fail(< 15 years) they will drain their cadmium waste onto said fertile soil. Note that cadmium was outlawed in manufacturing here in the 90s...
Perhaps the observation, "Substack is the only medium not controlled by the deep state", might be more accurately phrased, "Substack is the only medium not YET controlled by the deep state".
Developers with no money but a dream of using someone else’s money to fund their dream which also coincides with becoming generationally wealthy are the key drivers of wind and solar development, along with the lobbyists that keep the investment tax credits (ITC’s) and production tax credits (PTC’s) available to support the wind and solar impedance on grid operations. The investor owned utilities (IOU’s) could care less one way or the other, deregulation put them in a postion to raise rates anytime market fluctuations on the power generation side affected their prices to the rate payer, aka the tax payers. They hide their malfeasance in transportation and delivery charges, which you see every month on your electric power bill. There is nothing to see here folks, move along. In North American our forests are over grown and so unhealthy and pest infested that they blow down and or burn out of control or both. The restoration attempts of the various anadromous and catadromous fish species on both coasts of North America are massive failures and have cost billions, and adding insult to injury are causing 1000’s of green energy hydro electricity to be mothballed and or removed at tax payer expense. However if you are an XRay thin white woman socialite living in a plastic world of fantasy in the Stepford Wives worlds of the east and west coast elite water holes, confident in your castrated husband’s ability to make a ton of money so you’re biological male children can wear mascara to private schools that virtue signal their DIE commitment and compliance than it is all good and surely uncle Joe and the grifters in DC will get your vote. Well hon, it’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye…75% of the nation can’t be docile forever. Sooner or later they will get mad, and they will get even. History bears this out time and time and time again.
I used to commute to Fremont, CA for work during Barry The Dividers first term. The old Toyota plant had been "given" to two start-ups under Barry's green scheme. One was Solyndra...and, the other...Tesla. I used to count the cars in the lot and, having raised venture capital in the tech space --- I try to figure out how much money they were burning through. Going for venture money is hard. Going for government money is easy by comparison - and there is more of it. My rule of thumb, any idea so bad that the venture guys won't touch it....means it is a bad idea. The venture guys watch the progress and then swoop in to "privatize" things if they see success. Put another way - the "seed" money is government and the loss is us. But..the win goes to the venture capital guys. Just like you pointed out.
Very astute. Indeed, if it weren’t for the easy guvvy money, almost none of these schemes would merit private investment. That should tell us right there, wind and solar are really not what they been cracked up to be. We’ve been had, yet again.
The Green Thing's a complete scam. I live on the edge of Toronto's Rosedale and am SICK of seeing all of the Teslas. Totally useless. Their drivers are also rude and entitled. I'm also infuriated when commentators on the Left keep pointing out that the stock market's up. Reminder: The people struggling to decide whether to keep their family warm OR fed don't have any money to invest in the stock market. It's the upper- and upper-middle classes who do. These people, when they still went to church and honoured biblical principles, used to practise noblesse oblige. Today: What's that?
Great article Elizabeth. The climate change hoax will start killing millions of human beings if we don’t stop it, by force if required. Solar panels and wind mills are extremely low density energy sources. They pollute the landscape and harm the natural environment. Nuclear power is our greatest possible solution globally. Until that, natural gas and oil for transportation are required sources.
Im ' thankful that so far I live in an area where there are no windmill spinning ..If I had to look at spinning windmills every day,my mind and brain wold be spinning at warp speed shortly before I die .
The thievery continues because consumers allow themselves to be raped by corporations and governments. Do you need a $200 phone bill, a $200 cable bill, a $700 car payment or spend $500/night in some swanky villa?
Governments by their nature can never be ethical. That would mean that the citizen would be in control. Never going to happen. They will use any means necessary to control your life and that also means over-marketing you to death whereby you become a slave to over-consuming.
Within my lifetime, it has not been true that governments can never be ethical, though I fear it's the case now, for the most part. But I'm 71. Eisenhower was elected the year I was born. The more I read about him, the stronger my admiration goes.
I think the basis of ethics is courage, and therefore, JFK qualifies, lamentable as his private life was. I think Carter was ethical, and that in his visionless way, Reagan was, as well.
Governor Bob Casey of Pennsylvania and Governor Reuben Askew of Florida were uncompromising pro - life Democrats. Each of them could have been an effective president in a less decadent America.
There have been others, as well, in Congress, in other governorships, in state legislatures. Daniel Patrick Moynihan was one. John Tower was one ( that rarest of creatures, a Republican who wasn't rich ). Ron Paul is certainly one. But we've been given over to governance by ideological maniacs and greedy pigs. Of all the people who are around today, I think Tulsi Gabbard has ethics, but the pickings beyond her do seem to be sparse, indeed.
Bobby maybe you missed something when reading about Eisenhower .Do you know that he let scores of German prisoners starve after they surrendered in the Rheinland .He hated everything German ,no matter who they where .The solders did not enjoy being solders ,they where forced to be solders .If you where called in and you did not go ,you where executed by Guillotine or firing squad .My uncle was one of the prisoners there and he said he survived by eating grass along the prison fence .Every day truck loads of the dead where taken out and buried in a mass grave .A train from Swizerland with donated food was turned back on orders from Eisenhower .History lists Eisenhower as a war criminal .
Well, the pro life movement shows the wisdom of being careful about what you ask for. They wanted Roe repealed, they got it, and the backfire coming their way is not something they imagined would ever happen.
In hindsight, it's obvious that pro life voters should never have made Roe a cause for war. If pro life Americans had realized what American culture was becoming by 1973, they never would have made abortion a political test. They would have known that the only thing for them to do was to concentrate on building homes for unwed mothers and providing the women with adoption information or financial help in building a life if the woman decided to keep the baby.
It's a truism that pro life people are set against providing government aid to the afflicted poor, and it's probably been so in many cases. I don't have that view, however.
Wait a minute here: "force a pregnancy on you"? Pregnancies are the end product of sex, unless contraception is utilized. Until some law is passed allowing government to force you to have sex... Get what I'm saying here?
Not trying to be mean here, but Substack is 'trustworthy' until it isn't. It disturbs me greatly that in the last 15 years almost all online conversation has shifted to Social Media (Of which I am including this platform). Cripes even Gmail is more secure than these sites. Where did people get the idea that email isn't to be used for personal communication any more? Creepy.
Anyway, on-topic, yes Green Energy is just a trap, it's the ultimate dodge in 'looking virtuous' while doing NOTHING.
The 'People are a Virus' crowd won a stupendous victory at Three Mile Island, and we never reconsidered it. Despite the fact that Nuclear Energy is the cleanest, most efficient and least damaging to the environment, source of power we have, it hasn't even been on the table for over 40 years.
I was 14 when 'Back to the Future' came out in 1985. At the end of that film, Doc Brown had been to the far-off year of 2015 & reconfigured his Delorean with a 'Mr. Fusion'. Not only should we have had such a mature application of Fusion Technology a decade ago, we should have had it back in 1985! (Films love to mock us with what actually exists, and pitching it as a far-off future.)
In 1960, the US Military had already developed PORTABLE Fission Generators (About the size of a regular Van). Think about that- In less than 15 years Fission Power had already matured to such a state.
We haven't advanced technologically in any tangible sense, since the 60's. Distracted by the Shiny Beads of Smartphones, The Powers That Be have been taking us back to Pesantry, while getting many to believe we're heading into a bright and shiny future.
Before he left the Senate, and then did the world a solid by leaving it, Nevada Senator Harry Reid made sure he, his family, and his cronies would all profit from the solar energy industry through the public/private boondoggle. If you drive through southern Nevada you will see hundreds of acres of solar panel fields, yet the electricity bills of Nevadans have increased by almost 50% over the past couple years, with another increase on the way to reimburse the NV Energy monopoly for "infrastructure upgrades." Most of the increase in electricity prices is due to the increased cost of natural gas, which still fuels electricity generation. Electricity from the solar energy farms is not stored and is only used to supplement the system during daylight hours. It has not helped reduce power bills, but I'm sure it has increased the bank accounts of contractors and investors.
"If you drive through southern Nevada you will see hundreds of acres of solar panel fields, yet the electricity bills of Nevadans have increased by almost 50% over the past couple years, with another increase on the way to reimburse the NV Energy monopoly for "infrastructure upgrades."
A few years ago, a good fiend of mine said, "All government does is ruin lives and steal money. " That pretty much sums it up. In an intereview, one of the Weinstein brothers (Eric or Bret) was asked what government agencies are trustworthy. He thought for a minute and said, "The FAA and the Coast Guard." I'm not so sure about the FAA, with their stated goal of pushing DEI. I'll guess the only time any of us would be 100% overjoyed to see a government agency show up is when we're clinging to a sinking boat.
It is why the right is usually spot on! Limited government is the only way forward. How do you put that genie back in the bottle?
I suspect, GB, that " clinging to a sinking boat" may be exactly the position in which have placed ourselves. Very apt metaphor!
I agree with that ,except the government is not stealing our money ,they rob it from us .Stealing is done in secrete ,robbery is done by using force .Governments take our money by force ,CALLED ROBBERY .In answer to Gary Blackman
Great Article by Elizabeth Nickson. "Green Energy" is the ultimate con game. I'd add "virgin births" but that might piss some people off. All energy is dirty and all births start with a bloody screaming infant in bed with a naked woman, and it gets worse from there.
Governor Gruesome of California decided to keep the one nuclear power plant in the state open for a few extra years because he HAD TO. Without that nuke plant people would have no electricity and demand Gavin's head on a pike. Gov. Gruesome is facing another recall election. Canadians hate the carbon tax and want to throw out Turdeau. The Climate Change "green" energy turd is stinking up the house.
I think even the "local" recall & other elections are rigged. Think of Chicago- they had THE MOST AWFUL black woman mayor who became so unpopular but, what a surprise!, the good folks of Chicago wanted more of her ruination and voted in a carbon-copy of her! The only difference was - he's a guy!
Sam: I agree. The elections are rigged but the recall petition does irritate Gov. Newsom. Maybe it's just a distraction, but Newsom has to deal with it. Last time the recall failed, Newsom just turned the screws of oppression tighter after he "won" 2:1.
So is the carbon tax the only thing they hate about Trudeau ?? J.ust in time for voting he may go black face and the voters will love him again .
joe s 85: The carbon tax hits Canadians directly. I think it raised fuel and utilities by 30%? Maybe more. Gasoline is already expensive in BC.
Is there one thing Trudeau did,that I could not do better by myself .
joe s 85: No. LOL. Trudeau is a total fail.
.Thank you Timmy .By the way ,I'm not 85 anymore ,I'm 88 now .
joe s 88: 8 is a lucky number.
I used to worry to death about us, this country, failing because of BS like the current (illegitimate) administration and their farcical agenda for so-called green energy — especially since not one of them have worked a single day in their lives in the electric power industry. Like one of my mentors in the industry used to tell me, “let the children fail” — because at their core, that’s what these elites are: They’re spoiled children who don’t know the value of a damned thing.
Really enjoyed your article — thank you!
In 2022, Jeff Currie (Global head of commodities at Goldman) gave an interview where he stated:
“let’s look at how much did the greens investment give us? Here’s a stat for you, as of January of this year. At the end of last year, overall, fossil fuels represented 81 percent of overall energy consumption. Ten years ago, they were at 82. So though, all of that investment in renewables, you’re talking about 3.8 trillion, let me repeat that $3.8 trillion of investment in renewables moved fossil fuel consumption from 82 to 81 percent, of the overall energy consumption. But you know, given the recent events [Russia/Ukraine] and what’s happened with the loss of gas and replacing it with coal, that number is likely above 82.l
I believe you were not supposed to notice that!
I use my wind to power my toilet .
Wonderful read, Elizabeth
You have a knack for hitting hard with your reports. I respect that. Truth needs to cut no corners, but be proclaimed loudly and frequently, with no quarter given.
In a similar but different (and less life-threatening) scenario, remember during the Hussein era of "too big to fail" bailouts, when GM and Chrysler were essentially removed from private ownership and transferred to "the "Murican public" as overseers?
As a board member (presumably) I never once was privy to any financials or anything else, were you?
And, before you knew it, we were displaced as "owners" and the mega corporations were officially turned over to the AFL-CIO union folks. Wow, that was an underwhelming stint of auto corporation ownership for the "Murican citizenry, no?
Completely unrelated, but worth a stroll down memory lane anyway.....Does anybody remember what Hussein's nearly first official action was post-inauguration? He issued a EO mandating a specific tax increase be levied, in a spirit of binding us together, he issued an additional feral tax to be collected on tanning salons. Tanning salons. OK, Mr. BLM not MLK, ever. Point taken. You were simply looking out for whitey's health, right? Not making a statement on your racial preferences.
And, surprisingly(!) those racist and commie views have only become more obvious since then. Who could have seen that coming?
Onward, Christian soldiers!
The premise of the entire climate grift is a complete lie.
But even if we were to believe that the use of fossil fuels was a real problem, the total refusal to even acknowledge nuclear power as a viable option tells you everything you need to know.
All nuclear power is reserved for bombs . Using it for our benefit is wasting it .
Well stated. The green agenda is truly the Trojan Horse of our time designed to gain entry into our lives and cultures for many other hidden and evil objectives. Green is vague, nebulous and without truly objective science or data. Very much like a religion or cult, it promises everything on faith. And the true believers are hooked. Most westerners have long ago had the religion (Christianity) beaten out of them and replaced with nihilism, socialism or some other form of joining. Our genetic desire to be part of something bigger than ourselves has been stealthily replaced by every evil leftist cause. Many of us resist and fight on. Notably you Elizabeth and I thank you for your work. I too shall do my small part. I do believe the good in us all will eventually win. Not easily but inevitable. Until then I shall pray, plan, prepare and RESIST.
Green religion IS a false religion. These people worship the Baals and Molech. They do wish for the vast majority of human beings to die to “cleanse” the earth. The utopia they seek will never happen. WWW3 will be a war over energy supply. Whoever has the most energy generation and distribution will win this global war.
The American elites are doing everything in their power to shut down the American energy supply. They are slaves to Communist China and the WEF
True Christians are still here today. Our Blessed Hope is the 2nd Advent, the 2nd coming of King Jesus on the Day of the Lord. Yes, we are now a remnant in the west. The Christian church is growing in Africa, Asia, and in remote places. Until the Day of the Lord, YHWH the Holy Spirit clings to us and holds us fast until the end.
Praise God Almighty for eternity ✝️. Praise God the Son, King Jesus our Saviour. Praise God the Holy Spirit for guiding us and getting us ready to live in eternity directly before the face of God Almighty, Corum Deo
Amen Mr Potts.
You are 100% correct, Liz. Drill deep into your local 'power companies' that are fueling all of this nonsense noting that they are 'public-private partnerships' in ripping you off. Power companies WANT EVs(et al) so they can further drive pricing based on a faulty electrical grid. Learn it, folks.
Here in rural MN the power 'company's' are paying our blessed farmers to cover our most fertile soil with wretched solar panels that contribute maybe 5 hours per day of 'energy'. Once they fail(< 15 years) they will drain their cadmium waste onto said fertile soil. Note that cadmium was outlawed in manufacturing here in the 90s...
There's another term for 'public-private partnerships', isn't there?
Yes; it's called "fascism".
Mussolini created it. The World Economic Forum are implementing it worldwide.
Pure evil.
Might I suggest a minor edit:
Perhaps the observation, "Substack is the only medium not controlled by the deep state", might be more accurately phrased, "Substack is the only medium not YET controlled by the deep state".
It’s already been appropriated by the DS.
What about Rumble?
Not YET Lew.
Developers with no money but a dream of using someone else’s money to fund their dream which also coincides with becoming generationally wealthy are the key drivers of wind and solar development, along with the lobbyists that keep the investment tax credits (ITC’s) and production tax credits (PTC’s) available to support the wind and solar impedance on grid operations. The investor owned utilities (IOU’s) could care less one way or the other, deregulation put them in a postion to raise rates anytime market fluctuations on the power generation side affected their prices to the rate payer, aka the tax payers. They hide their malfeasance in transportation and delivery charges, which you see every month on your electric power bill. There is nothing to see here folks, move along. In North American our forests are over grown and so unhealthy and pest infested that they blow down and or burn out of control or both. The restoration attempts of the various anadromous and catadromous fish species on both coasts of North America are massive failures and have cost billions, and adding insult to injury are causing 1000’s of green energy hydro electricity to be mothballed and or removed at tax payer expense. However if you are an XRay thin white woman socialite living in a plastic world of fantasy in the Stepford Wives worlds of the east and west coast elite water holes, confident in your castrated husband’s ability to make a ton of money so you’re biological male children can wear mascara to private schools that virtue signal their DIE commitment and compliance than it is all good and surely uncle Joe and the grifters in DC will get your vote. Well hon, it’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye…75% of the nation can’t be docile forever. Sooner or later they will get mad, and they will get even. History bears this out time and time and time again.
I used to commute to Fremont, CA for work during Barry The Dividers first term. The old Toyota plant had been "given" to two start-ups under Barry's green scheme. One was Solyndra...and, the other...Tesla. I used to count the cars in the lot and, having raised venture capital in the tech space --- I try to figure out how much money they were burning through. Going for venture money is hard. Going for government money is easy by comparison - and there is more of it. My rule of thumb, any idea so bad that the venture guys won't touch it....means it is a bad idea. The venture guys watch the progress and then swoop in to "privatize" things if they see success. Put another way - the "seed" money is government and the loss is us. But..the win goes to the venture capital guys. Just like you pointed out.
Very astute. Indeed, if it weren’t for the easy guvvy money, almost none of these schemes would merit private investment. That should tell us right there, wind and solar are really not what they been cracked up to be. We’ve been had, yet again.
The Green Thing's a complete scam. I live on the edge of Toronto's Rosedale and am SICK of seeing all of the Teslas. Totally useless. Their drivers are also rude and entitled. I'm also infuriated when commentators on the Left keep pointing out that the stock market's up. Reminder: The people struggling to decide whether to keep their family warm OR fed don't have any money to invest in the stock market. It's the upper- and upper-middle classes who do. These people, when they still went to church and honoured biblical principles, used to practise noblesse oblige. Today: What's that?
Great article Elizabeth. The climate change hoax will start killing millions of human beings if we don’t stop it, by force if required. Solar panels and wind mills are extremely low density energy sources. They pollute the landscape and harm the natural environment. Nuclear power is our greatest possible solution globally. Until that, natural gas and oil for transportation are required sources.
Im ' thankful that so far I live in an area where there are no windmill spinning ..If I had to look at spinning windmills every day,my mind and brain wold be spinning at warp speed shortly before I die .
The thievery continues because consumers allow themselves to be raped by corporations and governments. Do you need a $200 phone bill, a $200 cable bill, a $700 car payment or spend $500/night in some swanky villa?
Governments by their nature can never be ethical. That would mean that the citizen would be in control. Never going to happen. They will use any means necessary to control your life and that also means over-marketing you to death whereby you become a slave to over-consuming.
Within my lifetime, it has not been true that governments can never be ethical, though I fear it's the case now, for the most part. But I'm 71. Eisenhower was elected the year I was born. The more I read about him, the stronger my admiration goes.
I think the basis of ethics is courage, and therefore, JFK qualifies, lamentable as his private life was. I think Carter was ethical, and that in his visionless way, Reagan was, as well.
Governor Bob Casey of Pennsylvania and Governor Reuben Askew of Florida were uncompromising pro - life Democrats. Each of them could have been an effective president in a less decadent America.
There have been others, as well, in Congress, in other governorships, in state legislatures. Daniel Patrick Moynihan was one. John Tower was one ( that rarest of creatures, a Republican who wasn't rich ). Ron Paul is certainly one. But we've been given over to governance by ideological maniacs and greedy pigs. Of all the people who are around today, I think Tulsi Gabbard has ethics, but the pickings beyond her do seem to be sparse, indeed.
Bobby maybe you missed something when reading about Eisenhower .Do you know that he let scores of German prisoners starve after they surrendered in the Rheinland .He hated everything German ,no matter who they where .The solders did not enjoy being solders ,they where forced to be solders .If you where called in and you did not go ,you where executed by Guillotine or firing squad .My uncle was one of the prisoners there and he said he survived by eating grass along the prison fence .Every day truck loads of the dead where taken out and buried in a mass grave .A train from Swizerland with donated food was turned back on orders from Eisenhower .History lists Eisenhower as a war criminal .
I've never heard this, and wonder why?
Well Bobby there are many books out there ,when reading you have to be selective .
Loved your post!
Thank you!
Well, the pro life movement shows the wisdom of being careful about what you ask for. They wanted Roe repealed, they got it, and the backfire coming their way is not something they imagined would ever happen.
In hindsight, it's obvious that pro life voters should never have made Roe a cause for war. If pro life Americans had realized what American culture was becoming by 1973, they never would have made abortion a political test. They would have known that the only thing for them to do was to concentrate on building homes for unwed mothers and providing the women with adoption information or financial help in building a life if the woman decided to keep the baby.
It's a truism that pro life people are set against providing government aid to the afflicted poor, and it's probably been so in many cases. I don't have that view, however.
Wait a minute here: "force a pregnancy on you"? Pregnancies are the end product of sex, unless contraception is utilized. Until some law is passed allowing government to force you to have sex... Get what I'm saying here?
Not trying to be mean here, but Substack is 'trustworthy' until it isn't. It disturbs me greatly that in the last 15 years almost all online conversation has shifted to Social Media (Of which I am including this platform). Cripes even Gmail is more secure than these sites. Where did people get the idea that email isn't to be used for personal communication any more? Creepy.
Anyway, on-topic, yes Green Energy is just a trap, it's the ultimate dodge in 'looking virtuous' while doing NOTHING.
The 'People are a Virus' crowd won a stupendous victory at Three Mile Island, and we never reconsidered it. Despite the fact that Nuclear Energy is the cleanest, most efficient and least damaging to the environment, source of power we have, it hasn't even been on the table for over 40 years.
I was 14 when 'Back to the Future' came out in 1985. At the end of that film, Doc Brown had been to the far-off year of 2015 & reconfigured his Delorean with a 'Mr. Fusion'. Not only should we have had such a mature application of Fusion Technology a decade ago, we should have had it back in 1985! (Films love to mock us with what actually exists, and pitching it as a far-off future.)
In 1960, the US Military had already developed PORTABLE Fission Generators (About the size of a regular Van). Think about that- In less than 15 years Fission Power had already matured to such a state.
We haven't advanced technologically in any tangible sense, since the 60's. Distracted by the Shiny Beads of Smartphones, The Powers That Be have been taking us back to Pesantry, while getting many to believe we're heading into a bright and shiny future.
Before he left the Senate, and then did the world a solid by leaving it, Nevada Senator Harry Reid made sure he, his family, and his cronies would all profit from the solar energy industry through the public/private boondoggle. If you drive through southern Nevada you will see hundreds of acres of solar panel fields, yet the electricity bills of Nevadans have increased by almost 50% over the past couple years, with another increase on the way to reimburse the NV Energy monopoly for "infrastructure upgrades." Most of the increase in electricity prices is due to the increased cost of natural gas, which still fuels electricity generation. Electricity from the solar energy farms is not stored and is only used to supplement the system during daylight hours. It has not helped reduce power bills, but I'm sure it has increased the bank accounts of contractors and investors.
"If you drive through southern Nevada you will see hundreds of acres of solar panel fields, yet the electricity bills of Nevadans have increased by almost 50% over the past couple years, with another increase on the way to reimburse the NV Energy monopoly for "infrastructure upgrades."
Absolutely 💯 % true dat.