The Week in Review (continued)

Jay Carney

America was afforded to witness a referendum on the economic policies of President Obama with the remnants of the Anthony Weiner scandal this week. New York Congressional District 9 went over to the GOP on Tuesday for the first time since…..get this…..1923. For White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, the man with the toughest job in the world, it provided yet another opportunity to say something ridiculous with a straight face. He did not disappoint, telling the press corps the election had nothing to do with voter’s appraisal of the effectiveness of the president’s policies.

Marita Noon



A column written by Marita Noon of Energy Makes America Great hit the spotlight early in the week. Noon suggested that the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) obtains a significant portion of its funding through a form of legalized extortion that involves tapping into taxpayer funding. She also cited examples of how the CBD goes after people who disagree with their environmental agenda. Noon pointed to the organization’s army of lawyers suggesting they won’t hesitate to attack any and all messengers who dare to challenge their science and their affects on jobs and state revenues to the table of discussion. During her appearance on our show on Wednesday morning, when we asked Noon about the response by the CBD to her claims that they are taxpayer funded legal bullies, she told us she received an email from their representatives threatening to sue her.

We managed to regain a fair measure of our optimism last week with two news reports. The first was the transcript of dynamic speech made earlier this month in Philadelphia by Aubrey McClendon. The CEO of energy giant Chesapeake Corp. McClendon talked about the economic renaissance that is now at our nation’s fingertips thanks to advances in recovery technology and the discovery of vast new natural fields. With these new fields America could become energy self sufficient sooner than we think. This good news was bolstered by unmistakable evidence that the new policy of squandering taxpayer dollars on “green” jobs initiatives like President Obama’s favorite……Solyndra, is NOT pointing the way of the future. Finally some clarity for voters on which fork in the energy road we take.

In a seemingly un-related story, Dr. Ivar Giaever, the 1973 winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, abruptly announced his resignation from the premier physics society in disgust over its officially stated policy that "global warming is occurring." Poor Al Gore, first he loses Tipper and now, another he has to contend with another denier with impeccable scientific credentials. Looks like a big sloppy multi-billion dollar government-grant “kiss” isn’t working with everyone in the scientific community either.

With the Solyndra debacle dominating the news headlines this week, the Fast and Furious scandal has returned to the back burner. News that the lead prosecutor in the U.S. attorney’s office in Arizona, Emory Hurley, initially sought to cover up the fact that at least two illegal “Fast and Furious” guns were found at the murder scene of U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry was buried on the back pages of most newspapers and newscasts. And similarly a move by Eric Holder’s Justice Department to transfer Mr. Hurley out of the criminal division has received little play. Now it seems that three White House officials find themselves knee deep in the scandal’s electronic paperwork trail. White House officials Kevin O’Reilly, Dan Restrepo and Greg Gatjanis all received communications about “Fast and Furious” from then-special agent in charge of Phoenix, Bill Newell. Reassigning agents seems to be the method of choice by A.G. Holder to roadblock the discovery process of Congressman Darrell Issa. Agent Newell has also been reassigned to a different job at Justice Department headquarters.

Andy Nunez



And finally, late Saturday we found a story from Rob Nikolewski’s Capitol Report New Mexico.com reporting that Rep. Andy Nunez, New Mexico’s only independent legislator said Speaker Ben Lujan is “playing games” with re-districting and Nunez is likely to vote against the proposal now being circulated by the Democrats in the House. He says the current proposal would treat Dona Ana County unfairly. Stay tuned.