If you look at the actual facts on the ground, they have thousands of more drilling permits in their pockets read more

If you look at the actual facts on the ground, they have thousands of more drilling permits in their pockets than they can even drill on. So why is Congress or the administration always looking for ways to exempt the wealthiest companies in the world from their environmental responsibilities?

In practice, probably member states, some of them if not all of them, will have to pass laws in national read more

In practice, probably member states, some of them if not all of them, will have to pass laws in national parliaments in order to move from one regime to the other and this can take a certain time.

A few days ago some thought they were going to wipe us off the map. Today the Popular Party is read more

A few days ago some thought they were going to wipe us off the map. Today the Popular Party is still the great party it has always been.

The issue of school choice is still alive but vouchers as a means is not a choice.

The issue of school choice is still alive but vouchers as a means is not a choice.

I do not want to act unless I have a a great intimacy with the people I'm working with.

I do not want to act unless I have a a great intimacy with the people I'm working with.

Typically, they look for at least 100-dB isolation.

Typically, they look for at least 100-dB isolation.

I cannot go into operational details, but I can tell you that we are going only after terrorists and terrorist read more

I cannot go into operational details, but I can tell you that we are going only after terrorists and terrorist centers, and their infrastructure. We are not going there against the Palestinian people. We are there just to uproot terror.

Eating with a dog nearby may turn some customers off. But then there are some people who do everything with read more

Eating with a dog nearby may turn some customers off. But then there are some people who do everything with their dogs. We don't allow the dogs (in the dining patio area) because we were told it was a health code violation.

Certainly Katrina eliminated boating activities in that part of the Gulf Coast, but for West Marine, 15 stores were directly read more

Certainly Katrina eliminated boating activities in that part of the Gulf Coast, but for West Marine, 15 stores were directly affected by the hurricane. Last year, they had 60 stores in the path of major hurricanes, and it affected earnings by about a penny. At least with respect to the hurricanes, it should be less (of an impact) than what happened last year.