Category Archives: deregulation

Morning Awful: Hurricane Creek

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Morning Awful: Hurricane Creek”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Black Warrior Riverkeeper Nelson Brooke and Hurricane Creekkeeper John Wathen filed a lawsuit yesterday against Black Warrior Minerals, which operates a coal mine on one of Alabama’s biggest watersheds: The two groups catalogued … Continue reading →

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Stretching To Blame Government

Posted on June 21, 2010 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Stretching To Blame Government”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail It seems I am the only letter-writer my local newspaper has ever fact-checked. This is classic Alabama wingnut run rampant: First, I will confess I am not an oil driller, but I was … Continue reading →

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The Bush Legacy

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “The Bush Legacy”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Why am I not surprised at this? LOS ANGELES — The federal agency responsible for ensuring that an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico was operating safely before it exploded last month fell … Continue reading →

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The One They Didn’t Print

Posted on April 9, 2009 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “The One They Didn’t Print”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailI got an email response to my letter this time. The editor asked me to trim the letter to under 300 words, which I did. That was a week ago. It still hasn’t … Continue reading →

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Things That Scare You

Posted on October 9, 2008 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Things That Scare You”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailWorld stock markets tumbled today, with the Dow Jones dropping below 9,000 for the first time since 2003. Trillions of dollars in value have gone up in smoke. Americans on the cusp of retirement … Continue reading →

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Did McCain Just Overreach?

Posted on September 26, 2008 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “Did McCain Just Overreach?”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThe big story tonight is that the bailout deal is off for now, and maybe over for good, because Bush tried turning it into a bailout plan for McCain’s election chances. How in the … Continue reading →

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The Bailout Needs a Bailout

Posted on September 23, 2008 by Matt Osborne

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Share the post “The Bailout Needs a Bailout”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail The public and Congress are both turning against the bailout plan — and with reason. In fact, the reasons for opposing this bailout grow by the hour. We had thirty-two more reasons … Continue reading →

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