Senate Republicans Call on EPA
  
to Ease Ethanol Requirements
Monday, May 05, 2008
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On May 3rd, 2008 at 2:06 am, Bornin58 said:
The liberals have been extremely sucessfull with their divide and conqure tactics.Thousands of small little divisions from the School Systems , Taxes , Liberal Judges , PC , Open Borders , Abortion , Legalized Drugs , Kicking God out of everything they can , Loving the UN [...]

The United States Senate may vote any day on the stealth imposition of what could amount to an $845 BILLION United Nations style global tax on American citizens?
It’s called the Global Poverty Act (S.2433), and it is being sponsored by none other than Senator Barack Obama.
According to some conservative sources, this disastrous legislation could eventually force U.S. [...]

Let’s look closer at that average farm household income statistic. Ninety-two percent of farm-dwellers derive either all or most of their income from sources other than farming or subsidies. Average household incomes for this group have increased steadily since 2006. These farmers are expected to earn between $63,500 and $83,500 this year.
The other 8 percent [...]

Employers cut fewer jobs in April, jobless rate falls

By JEANNINE AVERSA, AP Economics Writer 
WASHINGTON - Employers cut far fewer jobs in April than in recent months and the unemployment rate dropped to 5 percent, a better-than-expected showing that nonetheless reveals strains in the nation’s labor market.
For the fourth month in a row, the economy lost [...]

Illegal Aliens Demand ‘Rights’ and ‘Reforms’
Posted by Bobby Eberle
May 2, 2008 at 8:36 am >> Printer-Friendly Version
I was planning to take the day off today and start my weekend a little bit early. However, I had the misfortune of reading the AP story on the May Day marches by thousands of illegal aliens who are [...]

Garfield on the oil crisis  

A lot of folks can’t understand how we came
to have an oil shortage here in our country.
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Well, there’s a very simple answer.
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Nobody bothered to check the oil.
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We just didn’t know we were getting low.
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The reason for that is purely geographical.
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Our OIL is located in
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Alaska
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California
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Coa stal
Florida
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Coastal
Louisiana
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Wyoming
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Utah  
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Kansas
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Oklahoma
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Pennsylvania
and
Texas
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Our
dipsticks are located in DC 

Any
Questions? [...]

Soaring prices for food, gas push consumer spending higher

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Economics Writer 2 hours, 7 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - Soaring prices for food, gas and other everyday needs pushed consumer spending to a faster pace than expected in March.
The Commerce Department reported Thursday that consumer spending was up 0.4 percent, double the increase that [...]

Myriad Crises, but Inertia in Official Washington

By CARL HULSE
Published: April 30, 2008
WASHINGTON — Americans are pumping their paychecks into their gas tanks, and the economy is in a stall. Food scarcities threaten governments overseas and spur hoarding at home. Foreclosures are up, home sales are down. Progress in Iraq and Afghanistan is halting.
Despite this confluence [...]

“Many Americans are understandably anxious about issues affecting their pocketbook,” Bush said in a White House news conference, held outdoors in an unseasonably cold and windy Rose Garden. “They’re looking to their elected leaders in Congress for action. Unfortunately, on many of these issues, all they’re getting is delay.”
Capitol Hill’s Democratic leaders said Bush was [...]