Officials from Iran threatened the world with another oil shock over the weekend. A ranking general said that he had plans in place to close the Strait of Hormuz. The Majlis, or parliament, is debating a bill to do just that. But the Arab countries in the Persian Gulf region are looking for ways to bypass the Strait of Hormuz. And the US Navy has its own plans to keep the Strait open.
Tag Archives: transportation
Ayn Rand world: regulation
In an Ayn Rand world, regulation would be private, not governmental, and would work on an old principle: value for value in honest trade. Government regulation, however, violates the trading principle, the Constitution, and the rights of free people to produce, trade, or even consume.
Executive order danger
The un-numbered Executive Order on defense resources redefines national defense with a broader scope than before. That makes it more dangerous than ever. Earlier versions of this order did not redefine national defense in any way. This one does, and in a way that no person would reasonably expect.
Atlas Shrugged Part 2 will show
Atlas Shrugged, Part 2, will shortly go into production, The Atlas Society announced yesterday. It will release in October of 2012—squarely in the middle of the election campaign. The timing could affect the dynamics of the campaign and the movie’s box-office receipts.
A wild ride to a social train wreck
You are on a train making a wild run to a certain wreck. You try to stop it. Nobody is willing to help you. You can either ride the train to the inevitable smash-up. Or you can jump. And somewhere out there, someone is already telling those who should be your friends to jump off the train. Jump where? Into what? You don’t know. But someday you’ll have to find out. That is the dilemma that Strike Productions’ new movie, Atlas Shrugged, Part One, sets for you.
UN Agenda 21 – a subtle hint from EPA
The EPA dropped a subtle hint of furthering UN Agenda 21. It’s so subtle that even outraged conservatives don’t recognize it.
TSA Israeli security model in America
What would a TSA Israeli security model look like? The TSA is talking about one, but might not understand the concept fully.
UN Agenda 21 – abolish private property
The United Nations wants to abolish private property worldwide. UN Agenda 21 is their tool—and local governments are already cooperating.
RGGI NJ body blow: New Jersey out!
The RGGI NJ debate ended abruptly today, when Governor Chris Christie pulled New Jersey out of the ten-state cap-and-trade program.
RGGI NJ announcement
Christopher Baxter of the Statehouse Bureau broke the story. Governor Christie pulled out under RGGI’s Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). According to The Hill, the legislature of New Hampshire has already voted to get out of RGGI. Arizona Governor Jan Brewer pulled her state out of a similar program in the west.
Drilling in Alaska after Obama shut it down
President Obama now wants drilling in Alaska. But after he shut it down in Alaska and the Gulf, it’s too little and too late.
Last week, with oil still costing $100 a barrel, or close to it, President Barack H. Obama finally told the Interior Department to sell more leases for offshore drilling in Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico. He announced his new policy on Saturday (May 14) on his weekly radio address:
