“Nothing is easier, or more emotionally satisfying, than blaming high prices on those who charge them, rather than on those who cause them.” –Thomas Sowell
Thomas Sowell
April, 2006
If there is anything worse than partisan demagoguery, it is bipartisan demagoguery. Republican leaders have now joined the Democrats in blaming the oil companies for the fact that prices [...]
Just last month, Keonna Yantize Williams pleaded guilty to theft of property and forgery, both class B felonies, under a plea agreement that got him 10 years in prison for his role in using forged checks to purchase a Sony Playstation 3 and a laptop at the Pleasant Grove Wal-Mart Supercenter in Rogers. Circuit Judge [...]
ABC News
Senior National Correspondent Jake Tapper
March 25, 2008 3:44 PM
I just spoke with a Democratic Party official, who asked for anonymity so as to speak candidly, who said we in the media are all missing the point of this Democratic fight.The delegate math is difficult for Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, the official said. But [...]
Obama’s speech might have been ‘Waking from the Dream’
By Jonathan Tilove Newhouse News Service
WASHINGTON—Barack Obama’s speech on race was titled “A More Perfect Union.” But it might have been called “Waking From the Dream.”
With it, Obama dashed the fancy that 40 years after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., America, in an act [...]
Who said these things? Who is he supporting for president?
All hurricanes are acts of God, because God controls the heavens. I believe that New Orleans had a level of sin that was offensive to God, and they are — were recipients of the judgment of God for that. The newspaper carried the story in our [...]
By Barrett Goldsmith
Baytown Sun
3/20/08
Jesse Shead remembers giving a tour of Exxon Mobil for a group of junior high kids from a Goose Creek, only a few years ago. A group of Hispanic kids walked in, and sat together. Then a group of black kids, who did the same, followed by the white group. They [...]
Mike Huckabee showed a surprising amount of understanding and intelligence on the Reverend Wright issue today on Morning Joe.
Huckabee: “we’ve gotta remember. As easy as it is for those of us who are white, to look back and say “That’s a terrible statement!”…I grew up in a very segregated south. And I think that you [...]
Then Jesus said to his host, “When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid. But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, [...]
Oil traders: While often blamed for pushing up prices, traders don’t necessarily benefit from the high price of crude or gasoline; they profit from how much the price changes. Traders can get rich - as long as they bet correctly on whether prices will rise or fall…
Gas stations: A surprisingly small amount goes to the [...]
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