Tag Archives: Jerry Brown

Green California Has the Nation’s Worst Power Grid

Posted on August 25, 2020 by David E Smith

More than a million Californians suffered power blackouts last Friday evening. When high temperatures caused customer demand to exceed the power available, California electrical utilities used rotating outages to force a reduction in demand. The California grid is the worst in the nation, with green energy policies pursued by the state likely furthering reduced grid reliability.

Posted in Climate Change | Tagged California Independent System Operator, clean energy, coal-fired electric plant, Electric grid, Emissions Performance Standard, Jerry Brown, nuclear plants, Pacific Gas and Electric, power outages, Stage Three Electrical Emergency | Comments Off

Justified Civil Disobedience and Civil Servant Kim Davis

Posted on September 4, 2015 by David E Smith

White House press secretary Josh Earnest said “Every public official in our democracy is subject to the rule of law. No one is above the law. That applies to the president of the United States and that applies to the county clerk of Rowan County, Ky., as well.”

Really? That applies to the president? Well, did it apply to President Barack Obama when he instructed Attorney General Eric Holder to stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which was the law of the land—a bipartisan law passed by huge majorities in both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives …

Posted in Religious Liberty | Tagged Anita Alvarez, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Eric Holder, Jerry Brown, Josh Earnest, Kamala Harris, Kim Davis, Martin Luther King Jr. | Comments Off