Michael Oberndorf,FloydReports.com As the economy prepares to tank again,this time perhaps into a full-blown depression,even socialist leaders in the failing European Union are complaining about the total lack of effort exerted by the Fraud in the White House to create new private sector jobs. Fact is,Obama-Soetoro and his merry band [...] Floyd and Mary Beth Brown,FloydReports.com The worst economic conditions in recent memory were during the Jimmy Carter era of stagflation. Stagflation was a term coined in the 1970s to describe high unemployment with high inflation. Stagflation is back. Translation:America’s middle class is getting poorer;a record number of middle class workers are [...] The Washington Times The experts at the National Bureau of Economic Research say the Great Recession ended in June 2009. After that,it looked for a brief period as if there might be a surge of economic growth as an oppressed private sector fought to break free of the malaise. It hasn’t happened,and [...] Basil Irwin,FloydReports.com Kicking off his interminable campaign,President Barack Obama is running around the country flapping his lips that one answer to high gasoline prices is to spend money developing renewable energy sources. Riiight. We’ll all drive windmill or solar powered cars. Obama would be more believable if he suddenly started wearing a [...] Don Feder,GrassTopsUSA.com “Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.” —H.L. Mencken. According to an April 17-19 Washington Post-ABC News Poll,a majority,or at the very least a plurality,of Americans are:1) insane;2) brainwashed;3) really,really [...] Michael Reagan,FloydReports.com Halfway through his term in office,President Barack Obama faces a crisis that could most probably doom his chances of being re-elected —he’s running out of gas. According to press reports,the respected Lundberg survey showed that the average price for a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline in Chicago,for [...] Don Feder,GrassTopsUSA.com Where’s the outrage? Given what Barack Obama is doing to the Constitution,the economy and our future,the American people should be up in arms (metaphorically speaking,civility-hysterics take note). Citizens should be marching on Washington with pitchforks and flaming brands in hand (also a metaphor). Every city should see demonstrations [...] Susan Stamper Brown,FloydReports.com Poor Peggy Joseph. Overwhelmed by the promise of hope after hearing an Obama campaign speech,Joseph said,“I never thought this day would ever happen. I won’t have worry about putting gas in my car. I won’t have to worry about paying my mortgage. You know,if I [...] Judicial Watch With the U.S. national debt topping $14 trillion the last thing the country needs is a costly membership to yet another world agency promoting a leftist agenda. Headquartered in the United Arab Emirates,the new International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) will get a chunk of change from Uncle Sam—around $5 [...] Kevin “Coach”Collins,FloydReports.com The sharp rise in the pump price of gasoline may finally give us a clearer picture of the meaning of “hope and change.” It is abundantly obvious that Obama’s energy policy is to sit back,do nothing and “hope for change.” In spite of our terrible energy shortages,we [...] Richard W. Rahn,The Washington Times The Obama administration’s policies are causing Americans to pay far more for gasoline and other fuels than necessary. America is awash in fossil-fuel energy sources with almost 30 percent of the world’s coal and 80 percent of the world’s oil shale –which contains an estimated [...] The Washington Times With oil prices surging above $100 a barrel yesterday,consumers are realizing they will be paying a heavy price at the pump for the unrest in the Middle East. A perfect storm of foreign and domestic policy choices by the Obama administration has paved the way for European-style energy prices to [...] | |
