Bob McCarty Writes

In a news release this afternoon, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives provided members of the news media with the text of an open letter they delivered to Speaker Nancy Pelosi on behalf of the American people and the Republican Conference requesting that she reconvene the House and allow a vote to provide relief [...]

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) made a show out of calling upon Americans to call President George W. Bush and demand he fix the problems causing the price of fuel to skyrocket. In reality, the slightly-out-of-date chart above shows who is largely responsible for skyrocketing gas prices today.
If you’re fed up with [...]

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Skyrocketing gas prices are prompting many American families to reconsider their summer driving plans. Some will cancel their trips, while others will not let fuel costs slow them down. For those still trying to decide, I offer some never-before-publicized Money-Saving Tips for Driving Vacations for families with pre-teen kids:

Drive only if you can do so [...]

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Skyrocketing gas prices seem to be dominating news headlines alongside discussions about the propriety of increasing oil and natural gas exploration efforts in the United States. Raised in the oil patch of rural Oklahoma, I’m understandably drawn — like a moth to a flame, I am — to those headlines and discussions. So [...]

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