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May 16, 2008
High gas prices are not only responsible for strained wallets, according to CBS, they are preventing little girls from going swimming this summer.
“When we arrived in Louisville [Ky.], we headed straight for the Breslin Park pool,” CBS…
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May 16, 2008
The TV news networks and other major media followed the typical gay script in reporting the California Supreme Court's 4-3 ruling Thursday striking down the voter-approved marriage law and presumably creating “gay marriage” in the Golden State.
ABC…
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May 15, 2008
Worried about gas prices hitting $4 a gallon and beyond? Imagine if they were $6, $7 or even $8 a gallon. Those levels are a certain possibility should Congress pass cap-and-trade legislation, which could face a vote in early June.
Oil is…
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May 15, 2008
The NBC “Today” show used the popular “us vs. them” approach again May 15 in an interview with ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson.
“Gas prices hit yet another record high this morning and as you…
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May 14, 2008
The American news media declared the U.S. economy in “free fall” as it slowed in March of 2008. But much economic data hasn’t supported that negative view. Recently journalists have wrung the negatives out of stronger-than-expected numbers for…
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May 14, 2008
Angry about the price of gas? It used to be you could simply blame Bill Clinton.
In December 1995, Clinton helped make sure our margin for error with oil supplies would one day be no margin at all. Clinton vetoed a budget that authorized…
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May 14, 2008
Media Make Economic Storms Out of Silver Linings
The
American news media declared the U.S.
economy in
free fall as it slowed in March of 2008. But much economic
data…
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May 14, 2008
Media pundits still haven’t learned their lesson about the law of unintended consequences when it comes to government mandating energy sources.
Federally mandated ethanol production has been blamed for food price inflation, which has led…
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May 14, 2008
To say we’re in a recession or not to say we’re in the recession, that used to be the question. Not anymore, according to polls released on the NBC “Nightly News” April 29.
“When asked if we’re in a recession, 81 percent [of Americans]…
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May 14, 2008
It’s not quite Birkenstocks and tie-dyed T-shirts, but presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) has shown he’s willing to go the extra mile to embrace the global warming movement.
The latest sign of that is the…