Virginia Governor Tim Kaine looking at $225 Million budget shortfall... Maybe now we can cut wasteful lottery spending?

Virginia Democratic Party Governor, and Democratic Party National Chairman on the side, Tim Kaine is looking at a $225 million shortfall in the Virginia state budget as reported here...

He has called for budget cuts to close that gap but maybe if we were not in the habit of paying Donald Trump $250,000 to use his face on a VA lottery ticket, or the $860,000 for the use of "Deal or No Deal" logo, we would not be in this situation... Republican Delegate (24th district) has called for the cutback of outrageous advertising such as this several times but our "friends" in Richmond have always protected this spending in the past....

Al Gore... Turning "GREEN" into $GREEN$...

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When Gore left office in January 2001, he was said to have a net worth in the neighborhood of $2 million. A mere eight years later, estimates are that he is now worth about $100 million. It seems it's easy being green, at least for some.

It appears that Al Gore has turned his loss in 2000, YES he did lose the election no matter how many ways you count (or not count) the votes, into a profitable "Green Industry"... But as the debate continues, no matter how many times the "Democrats" and Gore claim that the Global Warming debate is over (They have even changed it to "Global Change now), it appears now that the only true global change that took place was in how billions will be spent on Cap & Trade supported with bogus computer models and one-sided facts... Fortunately Republican Representative Marsha Blackburn (Tenn) asked some of the much needed questions regarding Gore's True intentions ...

Blackburn then asked the $100 million question: "Is that something that you are going to personally benefit from?" Gore gave the stock answer that "the transition to a green economy is good for our economy and good for all of us, and I have invested in it but every penny that I have made I have put right into a nonprofit, the Alliance for Climate Protection, to spread awareness of why we have to take on this challenge."

And then Gore had some Stumble-Stutter problems in appearing in front of a congressional hearing on global warming when taking some questions from Representative Steve Scalise from Louisiana...

And then there is the article where George Will advises Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer not to worry to much about some shrinking glaciers and remember back to many of the "Global Change" horror stories of the 1970's...


While worrying about Montana's receding glaciers, Schweitzer, who is 50, should also worry about the fact that when he was 20 he was told to be worried, very worried, about global cooling.


Science magazine (Dec. 10, 1976) warned of "extensive Northern Hemisphere glaciation


Science Digest (February 1973) reported that "the world's climatologists are agreed" that we must "prepare for the next ice age.


The Christian Science Monitor ("Warning: Earth's Climate is Changing Faster Than Even Experts Expect," Aug. 27, 1974) reported that glaciers "have begun to advance," "growing seasons in England and Scandinavia are getting shorter" and "the North Atlantic is cooling down about as fast as an ocean can cool."


Newsweek agreed ("The Cooling World," April 28, 1975) that meteorologists "are almost unanimous" that catastrophic famines might result from the global cooling that the New York Times (Sept. 14, 1975) said "may mark the return to another ice age.


The Times (May 21, 1975) also said "a major cooling of the climate is widely considered inevitable" now that it is "well established" that the Northern Hemisphere's climate "has been getting cooler since about 1950."


It appears Al Gore has learned and used a very important factor in business and politics...

Marketing, Marketing, Marketing...

Bob McDonnell looking a bit busier...

Follow more over at Rightside for Bob

Estimates on Oil & Natgas over 25 years old...

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Data regarding the estimated Oil and Natural Gas reserves available in the United States as well as offshore are more than 25 years old. Just in the Gulf of Mexico where limited drilling has been allowed they now estimate that there is over (8) eight times the amount of oil then what was estimated 25+ years ago...

Bearing Drift has an interesting Podcast regarding this at their site...

Russian floating "Nuke" plants drilling for oil?...

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Now let me get this right. Russian "floating nuclear reactors" to provide power for drilling operations in Arctic areas that Moscow claims they have drilling rights to... Investors Business Daily has a great article on how the Russians plan to drill for oil and Natural gas in the Artic regions just like the ones that Congress prevents us from drilling for our known resources...

Let's see.

Russians drilling to the North of us...

China and Cuba drilling to the South of us...

And the Democratic Party controlled Congress preventing

us from drilling for our own resources off the coast of Virginia...

"Resistance is futile, You will be assimilated"...

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Spank that Donkey has an interesting post regarding the recent "selection" of a new RPV chairman with an ongoing conversation going on in the comment section.

"The thing for us to do is our duty, And not worry about whether anybody sees us or not"...

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Mark Twain

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J.R. Hoeft over at Bearing Drift is in Houston for the Offshore Technology Conference to learn about and view the technology available to help develop the known oil and natural gas resources we have off the coast of Virginia...

What if they just stopped producing, investing, and "footing" the bill?...

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A local Augusta County buisnessman has added two new 4x8 signs to the side of one of his buildings to give drivers and passer-by's something to think about regarding the economic situation the country is now in.

Who is John Galt? refers to a book published back in 1957 and has always been in print but sales have gone through the roof since the "Obama Election" and now that people get to see the direction that this administration may take this country and it's economy...

The signs and business belongs to Blue Ridge Lumber Company which is a "small business" operator and a perfect example of what the above question "Where is John Galt" refers to...



Small and local business operators like Blue Ridge Lumber are the backbone of our economy and are the major contributors to hiring increases and the economic recovery we seek. Government must not hinder these "John Galts" with taxes that burden the businesses and keep them from investing, growing, and expanding in the community...

Museum of New Jersey Maritime History

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Very impressive museum and look forward to getting back there soon to do some research on several of the wrecksites we have worked over the years...