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  Toothless Energy Bill Passes

  12.14.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Toothless Energy Bill Passes

  US Congress – What Evil? The Senate eviscerated the energy bill, taking out the long-term production tax credits, the renewable portfolio standard, and reducing the role of renewables dramatically. A disappointing outcome from a disappointing body. Here’s a professional story on the subject via Renewable Energy Access: After a hard-fought battle on the political playing […]

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  Millionaire Candidates

  12.14.07 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  In prior entries I looked at the individual net worth and incomes of the Republican and Democratic contenders for the Presidency. Now, let’s take a look at that data combined by estimated net worth and by estimated income to understand how representative our candidates are of the US at large. Caveats about the data and […]

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  Republican Contender Finances

  12.13.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Welcome to Part II of our series on the personal finances of the presidential candidates from both parties. Yesterday I posted about the Democratic contenders, today we’ll get to the Republicans. With the primaries coming up and selection time at hand, I thought it would be instructive to get a glimpse into the candidates personal […]

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  Democratic Contender Finances

  12.12.07 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  With the primaries coming up and selection time at hand, I thought it would be instructive to get a glimpse into the candidates personal finances. They’ve all filed disclosures with the Federal Elections Commission and the data this entry is based on those public disclosures. The only “funny” thing about it is, candidates are not […]

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  Ban Scientology?

  12.08.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Germany has recently contemplated banning Scientology from the country stating that “the goals of Church of Scientology to be in conflict with the principles of the nation’s constitution.” That’s pretty strong stuff. Those of you who read this site with regularity know that I’m not all that enthusiastic with religion and its affect on the […]

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