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GOP's Crying Wolves |
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 THE thing people often forget
about the story of the boy who
cried wolf was that, at the end of
the day, there was a wolf. For the
past six years - since Barack
Obama announced his presidential
intentions - Republicans have been crying
themselves hoarse. Obama, if they
were to be believed, was a Kenyan-born
communist Muslim with a forged birth
certificate who stole the election by registering
millions of ineligible voters.
"A lot of information about Obama's
background is missing," said Abigail
Billings, at a meeting of a 9-12 group
(organised by the conservative former
Fox host Glenn Beck) at a non-alcoholic
bar in Lexington, Kentucky, in 2009.
"The media in America is not doing any
research. They're not asking any questions
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US Energy Exports |
 WHAT first caught my eye
was the op-ed article in The
Wall Street Journal.
Published in late February,
it was written by Andrew N
Liveris, the chairman and chief executive
of the Dow Chemical Co Liveris, an
Australian, has become quite the
Washington player in recent years.
Among other things, he heads
President Barack Obama's efforts to
revive manufacturing.
The op-ed was about one of my
favourite subjects: the abundance of
natural gas reserves discovered in the
United States since the 'fracking revolution'
began. This newly found gas,
Liveris wrote, offered "a historic
opportunity to strengthen the economy,
increase national ... |
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