Kicking the can..

I called it. The last minute passing of a resolution to keep the gubbment from so called defaulting.

http://www.thedailybell.com/news-analysis/34676/Shutdown-Ending-but-Larger-Difficulties-Remain/

What some of the rest of the world thinks.

I found this to be of some interest.

"Because Republicans and Democrats, House and Senate, Congress and president could not agree on a stop-gap budget, hundreds of thousands of federal employees were sent on involuntary leave and many agencies were forced to shut down," continues the editorial. "The main actors in this dispute, which brings together many factors, both ideological and political, took a huge risk and, unhindered, proceeded to validate everyone who ever accused the political establishment in Washington of being rotten to the core -- by driving the world power into a budgetary state of emergency. The public is left wondering how things could have been allowed to get to this point and why there is so much poison in the system."

Read the rest of the article here.

What Putin has to say

An article appeared in the New York Times yesterday.

MOSCOW — RECENT events surrounding Syria have prompted me to speak directly to the American people and their political leaders. It is important to do so at a time of insufficient communication between our societies.

Please read the rest of the article here.

Experts say Obama won't stop Eagle Ford Shale

Experts say Obama won't stop Eagle Ford Shale boom
BY DIANNA WRAY - DWRAY@VICAD.COM
Originally published November 10, 2012 at 10:12 P.M., updated November 11, 2012 at 7:16 A.M.
In the wake of the election, some in Texas fear President Obama's second-term energy policies will end the oil and gas boom of the Eagle Ford Shale.
However, industry analysts and longtime insiders say the Eagle Ford Shale play and the oil boom in Texas shouldn't be much impacted in the second term of Obama's administration.
John Braudway, a longtime oil industry man in Karnes County, is not in favor of Obama's policies, but he doesn't expect the president will do much to curtail production of oil and natural gas in the Eagle Ford Shale.
"It's not in his interest to shut it down," Braudway said.
During his re-election campaign, Obama made becoming less dependent on foreign oil a part of his platform, while touting the benefits of the wealth of cheap natural gas now flowing in this country and noting how shale plays have helped the country as it continues to creep toward economic recovery.....
Read the whole story here
http://m.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2012/nov/10/dw_efs_election_111112_193592/? business&local-business