Seeing Stars: French Fried Fraud Legs

by Randall Smith | 7:00 am, February 22, 2012

Peter Gleick attempted to discredit the Heartland Institute’s climate work through a stack of leaked documents but he made a serious mistake. Look, I’m not going to discredit leaks. After all, the ClimateGate emails were made public through a leak. How…

Seeing Stars: Let’s Socialize the Energy Industry

by Randall Smith | 7:00 am, February 21, 2012

So says Rep. Maxine Waters. That’s par for Democrats so I doubt you’ll see much about it. The other story making waves around the country is the rise of sex changes for kids because it’s no longer enough that kids be secure and confident with who they …

Seeing Stars: Oh, Frack!

by Randall Smith | 7:00 am, February 20, 2012

Thanks to growing up in the 80s and my general geekiness, I cannot hear the word “frack” without thinking of Battlestar Galactica. It also means that I can rarely read a story about hydraulic fracturing without chuckling a little to myself when I see f…

Seeing Stars: I Know of This Debt of Which You Speak

by Randall Smith | 7:00 am, February 18, 2012

Linking to interesting news stories is easy. Writing headlines? That’s hard.

Anyway, the observant among you will notice that nearly everything in the “Everywhere else” section is budget related. That’s actually a happy accident but all of the storie…

Seeing Stars: You Can’t Hide Your Pregnancy from Target

by Randall Smith | 7:00 am, February 17, 2012

Once again it’s Seeing Stars bringing you yesterday’s news today. If you read just one story today, that’s more than a lot of people. Be careful what you buy though, Target is watching.

On to the links … assuming the government lets you.

Colorado…

Seeing Stars: A Story of Failure

by Randall Smith | 7:00 am, February 16, 2012

Today’s list of links from everywhere else paint a story of failure. Surprisingly, Republicans are hardly involved at all.

On to the links.

Colorado

An attempt to appeal Colorado’s carbon tax moved out of committee in the House. I doubt that Demo…

Seeing Stars: Crowder Throws Hat in for SD-35

by Randall Smith | 7:00 am, February 15, 2012

Larry Crowder has decided to run on the Republican ticket for SD-35. Crowder has always struck me as a big government Republican. He was antagonistic to my role in the Tea Party and the Tea Party in general during my brief stint as county chair and alw…

Seeing Stars: Meet the New Budget; Same as the Old Budget

by Randall Smith | 7:00 am, February 14, 2012

President Obama presented his budget proposal yesterday. It boasts another $1.33 trillion in deficit spending. Heritage has their rapid reactions posted on the Foundry blog.

Feel free to dig through it but it’s the same story Obama’s been spinning fo…

Seeing Stars: Happy Monday

by Randall Smith | 7:00 am, February 13, 2012

Happy Monday, everyone. May your hangovers be mild and your boss understanding. He’s paying for your contraceptives, after all.

On to the links.

Colorado

What does it say about a business when it is dependent upon government handouts to survive?
…

Seeing Stars: Support an Occupier on $60 per Day

by Randall Smith | 7:00 am, February 11, 2012

Some interesting tax numbers:

The top one percent pay 36.7 percent of all income taxes.
The top ten percent pay 70.5 percent of all income taxes.
The bottom 50 percent pay 2.3 percent of all income taxes.

You know, it’s really hard to cut the t…

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