In Their Own Words

It’s still July, and the mid-term elections are already heating up. This mid-term will determine the direction of the country for the next six years. Do you want to spend the next two years watching President Trump be impeached? That’s what a Democrat Congress will spend their time on. Or do you want to spend the next two years watching policies originate in Washington that make it easier to start a small business and will eventually bring inflation under control? That’s what a Republican Congress will bring you. That is the bottom line on the mid-terms. The mid-terms will determine who becomes President in 2028.

On Tuesday, The Independent Sentinel posted an article about three of the candidates running for office in November. The article simply quotes their own statements. You can draw your own conclusions.

The first–Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed.

The article reports:

Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed wants to eliminate fossil fuels and take away jobs from hardworking Michiganders: “We continue to rely on fossil fuels for our energy, we need to get to 100% renewable energy…”

…”I’m looking forward to the conversation about how we…pass Medicare for All.”

Next–James Talarico.

The article reports:

James Talarico — who said he “hates Christianity” — praised Islam for inspiring his religious beliefs: “I’ve learned as much about my faith from Salman’s tradition, from the Islamic mystics, from poets like Rumi, as much as I have from Christian authors…”

…James Talarico: “Prison is violence.” “It’s hard to imagine a world without prisons. Just because it’s hard to imagine, doesn’t mean you shouldn’t.” How very DSA of him.

Finally–NJ House candidate Adam Hamawy.

The article notes:

Adam Hamawy has stated, “Healthcare is not a free-market issue, it is a core responsibility of government.”

How does that align with the Tenth Amendment and the Oath of Office he would have to take swearing to uphold the U.S. Constitution?

One other note about Adam Hamawy (source here):

Adam Hamawy, a Princeton plastic surgeon, is a frontrunner in a crowded Democratic primary to replace retiring Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D.) in New Jersey’s deep-blue 12th Congressional District—despite his years-long friendship with Omar Abdel-Rahman, the Muslim extremist cleric who was sentenced to life in prison for his role in the 1993 bombing.

These are three of the people the Democrats are putting up for election. There is a good chance that at least two will be elected.

What A Difference Leadership Makes

This is not an article about America–this is an article about Argentina. On Saturday, The Independent Sentinel posted an article about Argentina’s President Milei.

The article includes the following Tweet:

Wow.

Please follow the link to the article. There are some rough times ahead for Argentina as the President puts things in order, but the future looks bright. The poverty rate in Argentina initially went up, but now is moving down quickly. The country’s economy will contract this year, but is expected to grow 5 percent next year. President Milei has done amazing things.

When Green Energy Isn’t Green

On Sunday, The Independent Sentinel posted an article about what happens to windmills when they wear out.

The article reports:

Snopes says it is true that there is a landfill in Casper, Wyoming, that does accept decommissioned and damaged wind turbine blades and motors, both of which are not recyclable. However, it is important to highlight that up to 90% of a wind turbine is recyclable. That one-tenth of a windmill is not recyclable does not necessarily negate its overall green energy production over the course of its 20- to 25.

Snopes has a way of twisting reality.

The blades have to be buried.

Burying the blades is not as easy as it sounds.

The article reports:

A wind turbine’s blades can be longer than a Boeing 747 wing, so at the end of their lifespan, they can’t just be hauled away. First, you need to saw through the lissome fiberglass using a diamond-encrusted industrial saw to create three pieces small enough to be strapped to a tractor-trailer.

The municipal landfill in Casper, Wyoming, is the final resting place of 870 blades whose days making renewable energy have come to an end. The severed fragments look like bleached whale bones, says Bloomberg writer Chris Martin.

Currently, there are no plans to dispose of the plates in an environmentally friendly way.

…The Casper regional landfill will accept 1000 of these blades and then they’ll shut it down.

If saving the environment is truly the goal of green energy, we are on the wrong road and need to turn around quickly.