Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson,FloydReports.com Saudi Arabia has long been the dominant producer of petroleum on the planet. Nature endowed the Arabian Peninsula with gigantic deposits of this vital source of energy. Many of us have lamented the quirk of nature that placed much-needed oil in the most geopolitically unstable region in the world. [...] 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 [...] Robert Werner,FloydReports.com ACT! for America recently sent out a “Special Action Alert” requesting support for a Rep. John Shimkus [R,IL-19] sponsored bill,H.R. 1687 –Open Fuel Standardization Act. The bill promises “to ensure that new vehicles enable fuel competition so as to reduce the strategic importance of oil to the United [...] Susan Stamper Brown,FloydReports.com President Obama had a busy week. After helping to eliminate the world’s number one terrorist,Obama switched gears to focus on raising a record $1 billion in campaign contributions. Rather than capitalizing on bin Laden’s demise by using an event to rally allies in a focused campaign to finish the [...] Carlos Calwianka,FloydReports.com Obama finally produced his “long form birth certificate,” and Ann Coulter crowed she was right all along about the birth certificate,but she really proved herself a crack shot when she said the birther controversy distracts from what a terrible presidency the Obama administration is. Quite well said,but did his [...] Ed Lasky,The American Thinker George Soros has been a brilliant investor over the years. As befits many hedge fund operators,he uses leverage to magnify his returns. But in his case,leverage has a double meaning. Leverage can refer to the debt Soros assumes when he makes his investments. But it [...] Michelle Malkin,CNSNews.com Oops,they did it again. President Obama’s grabby-handed environmental bureaucrats have earned yet another spanking from the federal judiciary over their “determined disregard”of the rule of law. Isn’t it time to give these misbehaving government hooligans a permanent timeout? Federal judge Martin Feldman in Louisiana excoriated the Obama Interior Department [...] By Jeremy Warner,UK Telegraph Obama is pushing a dangerous array of issues From energy policy to climate change and from infrastructure renewal to Iran and the Middle East,the list of challenges is almost endless. But the three most pressing concern matters economic – trade relations with China,financial reform [...] | |