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  • Cruz win has slain the ethanol beast

    02/04/2016 6:00:21 PM PST · by justlittleoleme · 82 replies
    Tyler Morning Telegraph ^ | 4 February 2016
    If Texas Sen. Ted Cruz does nothing else in the 2016 Republican primary, he's at least done this - he has laid low the ethanol lobby. The once-sacrosanct Renewable Fuel Standards, which mandate the use of dirty, inefficient ethanol in our gasoline, are no longer invulnerable. "The ethanol lobby is a paper tiger, and Ted Cruz just tore it to shreds," wrote Tim Carney for the Washington Examiner. "Cruz, the country's most famous enemy of the federal ethanol mandate, just won Iowa, winning more votes than any person in the history of the caucuses. Cruz thus busted the myth that...
  • Here's the Most Powerful Reason to Vote for Ted Cruz

    02/04/2016 5:20:20 PM PST · by conservativejoy · 102 replies
    The Week ^ | 2/4/2016 | James Antle III
    The Iowa caucus results left me with some dark thoughts. While Ted Cruz won, second-place Donald Trump and third-place Marco Rubio are clearly the media's two favorite candidates, albeit in very different ways. Trump and Rubio. Just what the Republican Party needs: a choice between insulting Muslims at home and using military force against them abroad. This may be the most powerful case for conservatives to support Cruz: At least he would save us from Rubio and Trump. Hyperbolic, I know, especially since I do agree that assimilation has been a challenge in Western countries that have accepted large numbers...