The United States could be energy independent if it possessed the collective political will to make it happen. After all, the country has the largest energy reserves on earth, according to a recently-released Congressional Research Service report. As shown in the first chart below, the United States’ 1,321 billion barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) tops [...]
United States Could Be Energy Independent If…
November 4th, 2009 · 1 Comment
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Libyan Leader Calls for Relocating United Nations!
September 23rd, 2009 · No Comments
File this under “The best news I’ve heard in a long time”: Libyan Leader Mu’ammar Qaddafi thanked the United States for hosting the United Nations for 50-plus years and implored his fellow world leaders to relocate the U.N. to someplace outside of the United States! I agree wholeheartedly with the tinpot dictator from North Africa! [...]
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Taliban PR Flaks Compare Obama to Soviets and — Oh, My God — Even to President George W. Bush!
November 14th, 2008 · No Comments
Earlier this week, Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.) drew criticism from liberals for saying he fears President-elect Barack Obama will establish a Gestapo-like security force to impose a Marxist or fascist dictatorship. I wonder, however, how those same liberals will react upon learning that representatives of the Taliban are comparing the president-elect to both the leaders [...]
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Transcript: Rice Remarks En Route to Belgium
August 18th, 2008 · No Comments
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice offered remarks about the ongoing conflict between Russia and Georgia and other matters while aboard an aircraft en route to Brussels, Belgium today. Below is a transcript of both her comments and the question-and-answer session with reporters that followed: SECRETARY RICE: Hello. Good morning, everyone. All right, well, welcome aboard. [...]
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Were Five Targets Added to Strike List in Iran?
August 12th, 2008 · No Comments
A news release issued by the State Department today makes it appear to me that the United States and/or Israel might be one step closer to taking action that ensures IRAN won’t soon have the capability of producing a nuclear weapon(s): Treasury Designation of Iranian Entities for Proliferation Activities Today, the Department of the Treasury [...]
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U.S.A. or Russia: Who Will Blink First?
August 11th, 2008 · No Comments
Who will blink first? The world is waiting to see who will be the first to blink: Uncle Sam or the reawakened Russian Bear? On one side of the equation, the United States seems to be inching closer and closer toward “pulling the trigger” and launching a direct or indirect (think Israel) attack on Iran. [...]
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Obama Fears World Might Turn Against USA
May 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment
“We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times … and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK,” said Barack Obama, speaking Saturday to a crowd estimated at 60,000 in Portland, Ore. “That’s not leadership. That’s not going [...]
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