Bob Morris on Oct 30, 2011, 7:00 am It's an 'independent' probe, know what I mean? Obama is doing as little as possible on Solyndra, stonewalling all the way while hoping someone might actually believe the independent probe will be independent. Given that the probe is headed by a corporate / DC insider who used to head Merrill Lynch and Fannie, I [...] Bob Morris on Oct 29, 2011, 10:30 pm Despite big investment, they’ve been unable to find naturally occurring algae that can be tweaked and used to product commercial-scale biofuel. “I believe that a fully synthetic cell approach will be the best way to get to a truly disruptive change,” Venter said. But getting there will cost huge amounts of money. Bob Morris on Oct 29, 2011, 5:30 pm A few excerpts. Read them all! America (United States of): A country located in the N. Western Hemisphere that is #1 Communism: The belief that the government should ever do anything. Extremist (Liberal): Espousing or adhering to political beliefs that are held by only a majority of Americans. Liberal: A person who should be rounded [...] Bob Morris on Oct 29, 2011, 12:15 pm The parade also had antique tractors, cars, camp wagons both old and new, as well as huge modern farm equipment that I’ve no clue what the function is. This parade is not just for show. Sheep are herded down from the mountains this time of year and have right-of-way on designated roads. Camp wagons [...] Bob Morris on Oct 29, 2011, 11:15 am Europe considers issuing bonds denominated in Chinese currency. BusinessInsider details the multitude of reasons why this is a short-sighted, unworkable, self-defeating, and generally idiotic idea. Chief among them is why would China want to buy bonds from countries already hopelessly in debt. A far better idea, and what will happen regardless of what desperate [...] Bob Morris on Oct 29, 2011, 7:00 am “You’re supposed to imagine the evil masterminds as Bolsheviks, not bankers.” – Eugene Robinson in WaPo. Bob Morris on Oct 28, 2011, 9:30 pm According to music historians “At a time when hillbilly music was emerging and consisted of old time music with a fiddler or guitar player, and singers who all sounded alike, Rodgers brought a distinctive, colorful personality and a rousing vocal style. He turned the public’s attention away from rustic fiddles to popularize the free [...] Bob Morris on Oct 28, 2011, 4:30 pm New lease agreements could lead to a whopping 5GW increase in wind power off Scotland, which is a serious amount of power indeed, probably enough for 2-3 million Scottish homes. Meanwhile our own country, champion of renewable energy that it is, has precisely zero offshore wind farms. Now that Cape Wind has been harpooned, [...] Bob Morris on Oct 28, 2011, 12:00 pm Take a bow, Kennedy clan and the rest of you phony squeaky green environmentalists around Cape Cod who support clean energy as long as you don’t have to look at an icky wind turbine way distant in the ocean. Oh the horror. Yes, Cape Wind is probably dead. It would have been the first offshore [...] Bob Morris on Oct 28, 2011, 10:00 am Heading into the Virgin River Gorge I-15 goes south through Utah, crossing into Arizona for 29 miles through the spectacular, steep, sometimes dangerous Virgin River Gorge, before entering Nevada. Mesquite is the first Nevada city with Vegas just 80 miles away. But the bridges in the Virgin River Gorge are deficient or near-deficient and [...] | Independent Voter NetworkArticles by Bob Morris on California and Arizona renewable energy, budget and border issues |
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