Tankosphere Today: Nov. 13, 2008

Todd Thurman / November 13, 2008

• DC Auto Bailout Ideas Involve US Equity Stakes, Turn into an Early Christmas Tree – NewsBusters.org

Ken Thomas’s Associated Press report today (link is dynamic, subject to change, and will probably be gone in a week) on auto industry bailout ideas emanating from Washington includes these items, all of which expand soc- … soc- … socialism…

• Voters Still Prize Judicial Restraint – Shopfloor.org

The Federalist Society commissioned a survey by The Polling Company ™ of 600 actual voters on the election and legal/judicial issues. Top line conclusions…

•  Without Trust There Is… – Adam Smith Institute

The public’s trust in our politicians has fallen, according to a survey carried out by the Committee on Standards in Public Life. Apparently only 22% of people think government ministers tell the truth. This is down 5% from 27% in the 2006 survey…

• If Utilities Are Not Large Enough To Finance Nuclear Power, Consider Smaller Nuclear Plants – Atomic Insights Blog

On numerous occasions, I have heard speeches or read commentary by leaders in the US electric utility industry that have made the case that utilities need to partner or merge in order to have the financial heft to develop a new nuclear plant…