Posted on June 24th, 2008 by Billie Kennedy Jr
Senator Obama has often said that words matter when you are saying something. He has used it on occasion when speaking about Senator Clinton in his run for the Democrat party nomination. Maybe what Senator Obama fails to realize is that they also matter if he says them. Not just when others say them. YouRead the Rest…
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Posted on June 23rd, 2008 by Billie Kennedy Jr
I have been saying for quite some time that the speculators are the ones driving the prices in the oil markets. Now a new report shows that this is definitely the case. In January 2000, speculators controlled 37 percent of contracts to buy West Texas Intermediate crude oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange, withRead the Rest…
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Posted on June 13th, 2008 by Billie Kennedy Jr
The three big automakers in Detroit managed to convince the government to supplement their research and development budgets. Detroit’s three automakers and several partners could share up to $30 million over three years in federal money for developing prototype plug-in hybrid vehicles, the U.S. Department of Energy said Thursday. – Detroit Free Press It seemsRead the Rest…
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Posted on June 9th, 2008 by Billie Kennedy Jr
Barak Obama has the audacity to criticize John McCain on fiscal conservatism. In a statement today Barak Obama pointed out the support that John McCain gave to the tax cuts implemented by President Bush. “If John McCain’s policies were implemented, they would add $5.7 trillion to the national debt over the next decade. That isn’tRead the Rest…
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Posted on June 3rd, 2008 by Billie Kennedy Jr
It has been a disturbing trend in recent years that the southern part of Florida, in and around Miami, is turning predominately Spanish speaking. More and more people whose primary language is English are leaving the Miami area for more hospitable areas further north. “The Anglo population is leaving,” said Juan Clark, a sociology professorRead the Rest…
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Posted on June 3rd, 2008 by Billie Kennedy Jr
Last month saw the lowest level of casualties in Iraq for US forces since the beginning of the Iraq War. May total deaths for US forces numbered at nineteen. This is the lowest since the start of the war. Only one other month was close to this in February of 2004 with 20 deaths. ThisRead the Rest…
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