Opinion Forum

Meet President Obama’s Special Economic Adviser

October 18th, 2012

By Dan Miller She was little known before her appearance on a local radio call-in program. Classical economic theory is based largely on principles of causation and assumptions of rational behavior coupled with the free flow of information and minimal governmental interference. Under those assumptions, the interplay of supply and demand causes price fluctuations just […]

Articles written by Dan Miller
Tags: demand, economy, gas, prices, recession, regulation, satire, supply
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Climate Change Is the Worst Peril Mother Earth Has Ever Faced

March 26th, 2012

By Dan Miller It is everywhere and is the worst threat ever to everything. It is worse than all other horrors combined. Demon climate change must be killed. If we don’t succeed — and Yes, We Can — the odds will soon become overwhelming to the point that even people who have never died before […]

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Tags: Al Gore, climate change, Earth, environment, gas, oil, Rio, satire, UN
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Get Ready for Higher Gas Prices

January 22nd, 2012

By Dan Miller Why an oil refinery in the U.S. Virgin Islands will shut down by mid-February. An oil refinery in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, will shut down by mid-February. It is owned by Hovensa, a joint venture of U.S.-based Hess Corp. and Venezuela’s state-owned oil company Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA). Losses at […]

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Tags: environment, EPA, gas, oil refinery, prices, U.S. Virgin Islands, Venezuela
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We need a Reasonable Everything Board (REB)

January 20th, 2012

By Dan Miller Six reasonable Democrats in the House (please excuse the redundancy) want a Reasonable Profits Board (RPB) to impose additional taxes on sellers of oil and gas. Six House Democrats, led by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), want to set up a “Reasonable Profits Board” to control gas profits. The Democrats, worried about higher […]

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Tags: board, Democrats, gas, oil, profits, reasonable, REB, RPB, satire, taxes
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Is Obama a Serial Liar?

May 10th, 2011

By Nancy Morgan Accusing someone of lying is a serious matter. Especially when that someone is the President of the United States. Charges of that nature should be leveled based only on absolute proof of a deliberate statement, intentionally made, whose sole purpose is to deceive. Based on this criteria, President Obama is a liar. […]

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Tags: bin Laden, budget, deficits, gas, immigration, liar, lies, Obama, prices, taxes
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