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By Diane M. Grassi on December 01st, 2008

Military Ballots Remain Problem For 2008 Congressional Seats

“At a time when these young people are defending our country and its free institutions, the least we at home can do is to make sure that they are able to enjoy the rights they are being asked to fight to preserve.”
These words were penned to members of the United States Congress during the Korean War when then President Harry S. Truman was expressing his discontent that the votes of active duty soldiers in theater overseas were in jeopardy of their votes not being counted in the Presidential election of 1952. Read more »

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By Diane M. Grassi on June 24th, 2008

Fallout from the U.S. Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Part 3) – The Nuclear Option

In this third chapter of this ongoing discussion and analysis of United States energy policy and its ramifications both realized directly and indirectly from the U.S. Energy Policy Act of 2005, (EPAct 2005) it would be irresponsible not to include U.S. nuclear energy policy in such analysis.
As such, the EPAct 2005 and its previously referenced [...] Read more »

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By Diane M. Grassi on April 19th, 2008

LOSS OF JAMIEL SHAW’S LIFE TRANSCENDS SPORTS

“I’m safer, somewhat, in Iraq than my son is on the streets of the United States. …My country let me down.”
–Sgt. Anita Shaw, United States Army
March 2, 2008 in Los Angeles, CA was no different than any other in the crime-ridden areas of the City of Angels where the homicide rate has risen [...] Read more »

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By Diane M. Grassi on March 27th, 2008

Fallout from The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Part 2)

As discussed in Fallout from the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the United States federal government is taking a more and more integral role in the distribution and transmission of electricity and in the energy sector throughout the U.S. And such is the result of both federal regulations and laws mandating the deregulation of public utilities as well as the repeal of the Public Utilities Holding Company Act (PUHCA) of 1935, as mandated in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 2005). Read more »

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By Diane M. Grassi on March 27th, 2008

Fallout from the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Part1)

“Energy independence from foreign sources.” A mantra repeated over and over again by Al Gore, by the Hollywood elite and by candidates running for the 2008 Presidential nomination. But rarely is it ever pointed out how this phrase is but an oxymoron with respect to United States energy policy, which becomes ever more vulnerable, not [...] Read more »

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