Author Archives: Steve Maley

As Friday’s House recess deadline looms, the CLEAR Act is rushing toward a floor vote. The CLEAR Act was supposed to fix whatever went wrong with Federal oversight of the Deepwater Horizon. One provision of the bill, offered by Rep. … Continue reading →

Link: Louisiana is speaking, but is anyone listening? #rsrh The Mainstream Media are Obama’s willful accomplices in the destruction of Louisiana’s economy. Even Texas is sitting on the sidelines, oblivious to the damage being wreaked upon the Gulf States. The … Continue reading →

Link: Hahaha. Thos. Friedman in NYT sounds like Vladimir of 3 mos ago. #rsrh Not that he’s really optimistic, you see…it’s the oil that we can’t see that’s going to kill us all in our beds while we sleep! Ooooh, … Continue reading →

Link: Wikileaks docs: Pak spies planned to poison U.S. geologist’s beer. #rsrh Hmmm. That never occurred to me before. Not the “poisoning geologists” part; that’s occurred to me on many occasions. It’s the “how” that’s so clever. Geologists will drink … Continue reading →

Imagine if the government required automobile drivers to purchase liability insurance against the Worst Case Accident: totalling a 2010 Maybach Laundalet with four newly-minted orthopedic surgeons aboard. Worst case liability: $50 million or so. With a $50 million liability insurance … Continue reading →

Link: BREAKING: Excrement did *not* hit the fans! #rsrh “Everybody’s a music critic.”

Link: Since when is the BP #oilspill a ‘natural disaster’? #rsrh Do people even pay attention to what they write?

Deepwater Well Design 101, by Shell Oil. In which Shell throws BP under the bus. Very professionally, of course.

Link: Sec. Salazar “sees light at the end of the tunnel”. | #rsrh Uh, try closing your mouth, dude.

Link: Sen. Kerry acts rationally, makes conservative point. #rsrh Said point being that the wealthy have the assets and the wherewithal to avoid taxation when they think those taxes are excessive. And that means that lower tax jurisdictions, a/k/a “tax … Continue reading →