As I’ve said countless times before; our nation is falling way behind in the world of internet communications. The latest international rankings now has the U.S. in 26th place when it comes to internet speed: When South Koreans tested their wired broadband connections over the past 30 days, they found an average downstream speed of […]

I’ve blogged about our local GOP in the past and some of the problems he has faced. Well last night the Butler County GOP got together and voted him out of power: The Butler County Republican party ousted its incumbent chairman Wednesday, May 26, voting instead for a Liberty Twp. trustee backed by some of […]

And guess who is a part owner of it? The Trans-Alaska Pipeline, partly owned by BP (BP.L), shut down on Tuesday after spilling several thousand barrels of crude oil into backup containers, drastically cutting supply down the main artery between refineries and Alaska’s oilfields. The accident comes at a difficult time for BP — the […]

BP has begun the “top kill” process of pumping drilling mud into the blow out preventer 5,000 feet below the sea. BP is saying this has a 60-70% chance of working, while President Obama is cautioning that there are no guarantees. At this stage of the game, I am not optimistic at all. So much […]

Yesterday another attempt to raise the liability limit on big oil for spills was blocked by the GOP. Now the GOP is trying their own bill: After a third Republican block of a Democratic bill to raise the liability on oil spills, the GOP put forward its own bill on Tuesday afternoon. This one would […]

Welcome to my newest acronym – Angry Men With Guns. I came up with it while reading this article from Politico talking about the rise in threats against lawmakers. The key passage: Though each threat case is different, the FBI documents reveal some common characteristics. The suspects are mostly men who own guns, and several […]

A couple of stories have my blood really boiling this morning over the whole oil spill mess. First we have BP ignoring EPA orders to not use the toxic dispersant. BP just ignored them time and time again and the EPA finally threw their arms up and caved: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson said […]

This one from Reuters really got my blood pressure boiling: US will “push” out BP if spill response falls short The U.S. government will move aside BP (BP.L) from the operation to try to halt the Gulf of Mexico oil spill if it decides the company is not performing as required in its response to […]

The Rand Paul/Civil Rights controversy didn’t die down over the weekend. Yesterday Sarah Palin appeared on Fox News (ohh – big shock!) and was defending Paul against the “prejudice” media (ohh – even bigger shock!): “One thing we can learn in this lesson that I have learned and Rand Paul is learning now is don’t […]

With all the Rand Paul news going on, I think it’s time to put his anti-government rhetoric into some perspective. When people think government regulation, especially after you hear some Republican talk about it, you never think about the things that really keep us safe – things like fire safety codes. They are just there […]