Tim Miles

Peak Oil, Cars, and Depressions

Thanks, Jim. Good to know so many deeply care about our energy problems and see the connections.

Peak Oil's Bell Is Ringing

Will lower prices at the pump lull Americans into complacency once again and back to their gas-guzzling SUVs? Or have they learned any lessons yet? I thought the first energy crisis in the mid-1970s would have taught us all something. But then the Reagan Administration eliminated the alternative energy R&D programs that President Carter started and the rest is history. We should listen to T. Boone Pickens and others who say we need to get over our oil addiction for the good of our economy, our nation, and our children's future.

Will Obama's Economic Policies Drag the U.S. Down?

Gerard: Like most Australians who are pretty fair and sensible, you might give Obama a chance to show what he and the U.S. Congress can do.

Obama's Green Obsession: More Harm Than Good?

Gerard: I hope Australia is not listening to you. I spent ten years of my youth there and have a high regard for the Australian people and their common sense.

Tim

U.S. Economy: There Are No Problems, Only Solutions

You have some good ideas and observations in your article. Yes, in the end, we are all going to have to sacrifice and change our lives if we are going to work ourselves out of this mess. That's the reality. However, I expect that there will still be those who will spend lavishly and prey on others.

The Reagan Counterrevolution

Sorry that you are taking the election so hard, Peter. Your ideology and economic philosophy are bankrupt and most of your dire predictions for the Obama era have already come true. However, I guess you have enough money stored in Swiss bank accounts so that you don't have to worry about rising food, education, and medical costs. Let the poor and the middle class, who evidently don't work as hard as you do, "eat cake." Right?

The Biden-Palin Panderfest

Anthill: It is hard to ignore history, but some people like you can. I guess you like ranting. Have fun. I have other things to do.

Congress' Economic Literacy (Or Lack Thereof)

Jim Carey: I get your point. I hope that you won't decease and insist. I think maybe we all take ourselves too seriously, but I would say that these are hard times with a lot at stake. I apologize. We do need laughter.

The Biden-Palin Panderfest

Hate and blame. That is really a Republican strategy that goes back to the McCarthy Era and beyond. To that, the modern Republicans and McCain have added fear. A Democratic president, FDR, once said 'that we have nothing to fear, but fear itself"

The Biden-Palin Panderfest

wpdragon: I see your point. My in-laws are the same way. They and oldfolkdance don't understand that more drilling is expensive since the new oil is harder to reach, will take 5-10 years to come online, will go onto the international marketplace which means there is no assurance it will be used for domestic consumption, and will provide absolutely no relief for people at the pumps.

Congress' Economic Literacy (Or Lack Thereof)

Jim Carey: You need to get a life or stop being like your namesake, the film star and comedian.

The Biden-Palin Panderfest

Oldfolkdance: You have had cost cutting people in Congress. They came in with Newt and have succeeded in spending about $1 trillion on the Iraq War and in giving us an enormous national deficit. At least Obama would spend the money on supporting innovation, creating new industries and jobs, helping people who can't afford decent health care, and weaning us off our oil addiction. Please vote for McCain if you like what has happened over the past 8 years and don't care about the money that has been thrown away.

The Biden-Palin Panderfest

oldfolkdance: I am glad that you are not a right wing radical, but I think you tend to take at face value a lot of what the right wing media is putting out about Obama. I would expect that you are not going to vote for anyone this year, based on your reasoning, since MCCain is more beholden to the extremely wealthy.

By the way, two of my sons are small businessmen. They work as hard as you do and are concerned about the fortune the United States is spending on the Iraq War (not to mention the human cost), affordable health care, and the miserable state of the economy.

The Biden-Palin Panderfest

Only trouble is that Governor Palin really supports the people who have been the most irresponsible.

Those who talk about the "Nanny State" are the ones who use simple notions to explain things they don't really understand or crises for which they don't want to take any responsibility. Normally those who ask for the government to get out of the way are the first to ask for help when they mess up or when tragedy strikes. Don't blame government for the mistakes of conservatives in Congress and the President and Vice President.

The Biden-Palin Panderfest

By the way, you right wing radicals make my day. I hope you like the mess your heroes have gotten the United States into.