Archive for July 5th, 2008

Quote of the Day… 7/05/08

What do the Democratic-led Congress and OPEC have in common? Both sit on vast amounts of oil, and are content to leave it in the ground and let prices soar. Fortunately, Americans are catching on. - IBD Edirorials

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Exchange of Prisoners – An Absurd Imbalance
I read that Israel is giving up five prisoners including Samir Kuntar, the convicted Lebanese terrorist who received a sentence of 542 years in prison for his infamous role in the 1979 infiltration into the quiet coastal town of Nahariya where he butchered a young Israeli father, Danny Haran, [...]

How Relevant Is Patriotism? Go Ask France by THOMAS SOWELL

Most Americans today are unaware of how much our schools have followed in the footsteps of the French schools of the 1920s and 1930s, or how much our intellectuals have become citizens of the world instead of American patriots.

Who’s Behind High Prices by Robert J. Samuelson

Government subsidies for corn-based ethanol have increased food prices by diverting more grain into biofuels. A third of this year’s U.S. corn crop could go to ethanol.

Ending Our Oil Addiction: Reality Check by Raymond Kraft

If enough Americans everwake up and sees how far they’ve been sold down the river by the “environmental protection” policies the Democrats and Greens have locked us into, and the fantastical chimera of “biofuels” they’re running after, the Dems are gonna get tarred and feathered and ridden out of town on a rail.

Irena Sendler -VS- Al Gore

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Today’s Toon 07/05/08