Ravalli County News http://ravallicountynews.com Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:30:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en Obama and Ayers http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/392/ http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/392/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:30:03 +0000 admin http://ravallicountynews.com/?p=392

]]> http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/392/feed/ Rick Moran: We can say for certain that Obama is a liar of the first magnitude. http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/390/ http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/390/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:28:09 +0000 admin http://ravallicountynews.com/?p=390 Annenberg documents show extensive contacts between Obama and Ayers

]]> http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/390/feed/ Clinton Supporter Writes Article Endorsing McCain http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/388/ http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/388/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:25:02 +0000 admin http://ravallicountynews.com/?p=388 “Between the final two Democratic contenders, Hillary was the only candidate who demonstrated leadership and a true understanding of key issues.”

]]> http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/388/feed/ ABC News Producer Arrested in Denver http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/386/ http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/386/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:21:19 +0000 admin http://ravallicountynews.com/?p=386 “… attempting to take pictures on a public sidewalk of Democratic Senators and VIP donors leaving a private meeting at the Brown Palace Hotel.”

“Eslocker and his ABC News colleagues are spending the week investigating the role of corporate lobbyists and wealthy donors at the convention for a series of Money Trail reports on ABC…”

]]> http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/386/feed/ McCain Takes On Obama Over Iran http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/384/ http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/384/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:03:21 +0000 admin http://ravallicountynews.com/?p=384

]]> http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/384/feed/ New Study: Solar Radiation the Major Factor in Historical Climate Changes http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/382/ http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/382/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:24:12 +0000 admin http://ravallicountynews.com/?p=382 “… new study confirms that during periods when Earth received less solar radiation, the Atlantic Ocean cooled, icebergs increased and precipitation fell…”

“… research team… examined the trace metal strontium and carbon and oxygen isotopes in the stalagmite, which preserved climate conditions averaged over periods as brief as a few years.”

]]> http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/382/feed/ Powering Things Without Using Wires http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/380/ http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/380/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:14:03 +0000 admin http://ravallicountynews.com/?p=380 “Electricity was sent wirelessly to a lamp on stage, lighting a 60 watt bulb that uses more power than a typical laptop computer… without zapping anything or anyone that got between the sending and receiving units.”

]]> http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/380/feed/ More Energy Hope http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/378/ http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/378/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:02:51 +0000 admin http://ravallicountynews.com/?p=378 Here’s another entry in the competition: “…we can use these organisms to convert residual hydrocarbons into natural gas and create a new source of domestic energy… We are also experimenting with shales and other unconventional reservoirs.”

There are many many projects underway to develop alternative sources of energy.  We have no way of knowing which will pan out.  That’s why it’s important for government to get out of the way and let the competition proceed.

Subsidies for particular technologies - corn ethanol, windmills, or what have you - make winners out of uneconomic losers.  And waste taxpayers’ money.  And feed corruption.

Oil at over $100 per barrel is plenty of incentive to spur energy innovation.

]]> http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/378/feed/ The time has come for Congress to do nothing. http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/376/ http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/376/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:51:26 +0000 admin http://ravallicountynews.com/?p=376 “If Congress simply does nothing, the ban will expire, uncorking significant new supplies of oil and gas, and sending a message to world energy markets that the game has changed.”

]]> http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/376/feed/ Infanticide http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/374/ http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/374/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:46:28 +0000 admin http://ravallicountynews.com/?p=374 “How could Obama have voted to deny legal protection to these ‘born alive’ babies?”

]]> http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/374/feed/ We’ve had a good fire year in Montana. Not so in California. http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/372/ http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/372/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:29:35 +0000 admin http://ravallicountynews.com/?p=372 “Our state government, led by the Governor, should call on the Forest Service to expedite thinning projects and fuel load reductions in our horribly overcrowded forests - and not settle for a non-answer.”

]]> http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/372/feed/ Clinton Supporter in McCain Ad Ousted as a Delegate http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/370/ http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/370/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:00:07 +0000 admin http://ravallicountynews.com/?p=370

Bartoshevich’s move has led to her ouster as one of Wisconsin’s delegates at the Democratic National Convention.

]]> http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/370/feed/ How Obama Became an Illinois State Senator http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/368/ http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/368/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:37:16 +0000 admin http://ravallicountynews.com/?p=368 In the end, Mr. Obama disqualified all four opponents — including the incumbent state senator, Alice Palmer, and three minor candidates.

]]> http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/368/feed/ Punitive Liberalism http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/366/ http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/366/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:30:55 +0000 admin http://ravallicountynews.com/?p=366 Roger Kimball: Obama’s punitive liberalism, or why treating success as a form of failure is wrong

]]> http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/366/feed/ Dems Have Reason to Be Worried http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/364/ http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/364/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:21:27 +0000 admin http://ravallicountynews.com/?p=364 Barack Obama opposed legislation protecting children who had survived an abortion attempt.

]]> http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/364/feed/ Comment Spam Filter Needs Tinkering http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/362/ http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/362/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:15:03 +0000 admin http://ravallicountynews.com/?p=362 I just realized that my comment spam filter has been overdoing the filtering. In addition to rejecting the ubiquitous ads for auto insurance and gambling, it has been rejecting legitimate comments.

Please accept my apologies and don’t give up on posting comments. I’ll be tinkering with the filter over the next few days, trying to get it just right. Suspected spam will still be held, which may delay posting, but I will be reviewing it rather than just ignoring it.

]]> http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/362/feed/ Here’s the ad everyone is talking about… http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/360/ http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/360/#comments Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:59:22 +0000 admin http://ravallicountynews.com/?p=360

]]> http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/360/feed/ Moratorium on offshore oil drilling and domestic oil shale production is set to expire http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/358/ http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/358/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:39:37 +0000 admin http://ravallicountynews.com/?p=358 A no brainer.  Let the moratorium expire.

]]> http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/358/feed/ More Energy Hope http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/356/ http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/356/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:32:48 +0000 admin http://ravallicountynews.com/?p=356 Here’s another entry in the competition: “… processes for the direct conversion of biomass to hydrocarbon fuels such as high-octane gasoline or jet fuel…”

There are many many projects underway to develop alternative sources of energy.  We have no way of knowing which will pan out.  That’s why it’s important for government to get out of the way and let the competition proceed.

Subsidies for particular technologies - corn ethanol, windmills, or what have you - make winners out of uneconomic losers.  And waste taxpayers’ money.  And feed corruption.

Oil at over $100 per barrel is plenty of incentive to spur energy innovation.

]]> http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/356/feed/ Energy Hope http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/354/ http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/354/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:25:16 +0000 admin http://ravallicountynews.com/?p=354 Here’s another entry in the competition: “… a new ’super yeast’ able to produce cellulosic ethanol from non-edible parts of plants…”

There are many many projects underway to develop alternative sources of energy.  We have no way of knowing which will pan out.  That’s why it’s important for government to get out of the way and let the competition proceed.

Subsidies for particular technologies - corn ethanol, windmills, or what have you - make winners out of uneconomic losers.  And waste taxpayers’ money.  And feed corruption.

Oil at over $100 per barrel is plenty of incentive to spur energy innovation.

]]> http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/354/feed/ Obama Demeans Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/352/ http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/352/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:18:22 +0000 admin http://ravallicountynews.com/?p=352 So much for civility in politics and bringing people together.

]]> http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/352/feed/ Fishy Data From the Government http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/350/ http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/350/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:11:54 +0000 admin http://ravallicountynews.com/?p=350 The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Boulder, Colorado, shows Arctic sea ice extent only 10 per cent greater than this date in 2007.  But a comparison of ice-extent maps shows that Arctic ice extent was 30 per cent greater on August 11, 2008 than it was on August 12, 2007.

]]> http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/350/feed/ Energy Hope http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/348/ http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/348/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:03:07 +0000 admin http://ravallicountynews.com/?p=348 There are many many projects underway to develop alternative sources of energy.  We have no way of knowing which will pan out.  That’s why it’s important for government to get out of the way and let the competition proceed.

Subsidies for particular technologies - corn ethanol, windmills, or what have you - make winners out of uneconomic losers.  And waste taxpayers’ money.  And feed corruption.

Oil at over $100 per barrel is plenty of incentive to spur energy innovation.

Here’s one entry in the competition: Algae Gets Another Endorsement As Biofuel Of The Future

]]> http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/348/feed/ Little Ice Age On The Way? http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/346/ http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/346/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:49:18 +0000 admin http://ravallicountynews.com/?p=346 “An expert from the National Autonomous University of Mexico predicted that in about ten years the Earth will enter a ‘little ice age’ which will last from 60 to 80 years and may be caused by the decrease in solar activity.”

]]> http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/346/feed/ William Ayers, Model Citizen? http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/344/ http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/344/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:37:13 +0000 admin http://ravallicountynews.com/?p=344 “Obama’s rebuttal document defends the man who implicated himself in terror bombings in his own 2001 memoir, Fugitive Days. The document calls it a ‘lie’ that Ayers is an ‘unrepentant domestic terrorist’…”

]]> http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/344/feed/ Obama won’t keep his promise to debate McCain “anywhere, anytime.” http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/342/ http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/342/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:30:51 +0000 admin http://ravallicountynews.com/?p=342 “It was only in May that Sen. Barack Obama cockily proclaimed he would debate Sen. John McCain ‘anywhere, anytime.’ But…”

]]> http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/342/feed/ Obama’s Rapid Response Backfires http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/340/ http://ravallicountynews.com/2008/08/340/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:25:56 +0000 admin http://ravallicountynews.com/?p=340 “He has been forced to confirm things he’d hoped would stay buried.”

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