U.S. Common Sense

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As you’ve notice, my activity on the site has been a little light over the past few weeks. I would like to apologize about that since things have been rather busy over here. Between multiple trips out of town, marriages, and a weeklong Vacation Bible School at my church, time has been short [...]

I was flipping through CNN’s website and came across the “Solving the energy crisis: You decide” link, so I decided to see what people were saying.  Now this is a non-scientific on-line poll, so I wouldn’t read too much into it.  However, with over 26,000 people responding, I think it should be close to the [...]

The attached video is brought to you compliments of The BoBo Files.  The person in the video (”Joe American”) lays out a very good proposal on how the presidential candidates can be leaders on our energy problem in conjunction with the Iraq war.  Definitely worth the nine minutes to watch.

While I was out of action, one of the largest discussions around the web was domestic oil production and refining. While we continue to pump a lot of oil domestically, we have vast reserves that have yet to be developed. While it is good that we keep “reserves” for future use, there is [...]