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Chinese Drill, Americans Suffer, Congress Sleeps

September 19th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Despite the fact that poll results released as recently as Sept. 12 show voters strongly favor offshore drilling, the Democrat-led U.S. House of Representatives seems content with passing ‘dry hole’ energy bills rather than allowing expansion of oil and natural gas exploration on the Outer Continental Shelf and elsewhere in the United States.  Meanwhile…

Chinese oil [...]

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Blogger Offers 10 Ways to Save at Supermarket

July 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Below are 10 ways to save serious money at the supermarket and help you offset the skyrocketing prices of food, fuel and other household necessities. Read them and pass this on to your friends, family and neighbors, compliments of Bob McCarty Writes:

1) Loyalty Cards: If you don’t have one, sign up for one. It’s [...]

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Blogger Calls for Americans to ‘Drill Congress!’

May 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

I typed the words, “energy independence,” in a Google News Search and found articles about algae, wind and other renewable sources of energy being touted as solutions to the current crisis that has Americans paying record-high prices for fuel. While I agree that some renewable sources of energy — corn ethanol excluded — hold [...]

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Trucker Discusses Economic Issues on CNN

May 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Six weeks ago, Dan Little spearheaded a nationwide truckers shutdown which took place April 1 as a means of drawing attention to the poor economic plight of independent truckers and trucking companies. Today, the owner of a Carrollton, Mo., cattle-hauling operation finds himself in a new position representing the interests of truckers from across [...]

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As Food Costs Skyrocket, USDA Raises Milk Prices

May 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment

As food and fuel prices continue to rise faster than they have in decades, the USDA decided now was a good time to raise milk prices. In response, the International Dairy Foods Association issued the statement below which, in my opinion, most Americans could have been summed up in far fewer words (i.e., “What [...]

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