Author: David Ridenour

Are Speculators Gouging Us At The Pump?

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No, conclude Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren of the Cato Institute, writing on Forbes.com: If this is going on we would expect to see some sort of inventory buildup. While crude inventories in the U.S. are increasing, they always ...
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Obama’s Exceedingly Warm Reception in Brazil…

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The Washington Post reports the "welcome offered in Brazil for Obama has been warm. Hundreds waited for him outside the theater on Floriano Peixoto, a huge public square in downtown Rio." But Josh Gerstein of Politico reports, "Brazilians protesting the ...
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You Want a Fight, Mr. President? Let’s Finish the One With Bin Laden, Leader Says

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One of our nation's leading politicians made the statement below. Can you guess who? ...I am opposed to... a rash war. What I am opposed to is the cynical attempt by... armchair, weekend warriors in this administration to shove their ...
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Former Staffer for Anti-Nuclear Congressman Speaks for U.S. in AP Report

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According to this AP article, the U.S., through U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko, is saying that conditions are worse at Unit 4 of the Fukushima Dai-ichi complex than the people on the ground, the Japanese Government and the ...
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Julian Assange as Dr. Evil

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"I'm prepared to launch the codes for the Dooms Day files unless you permit me to release Two Hundred and Fifty THOUSAND secret documents..." Matthew Ingram of Bloomberg BusinessWeek says, "If the WikiLeaks saga were a comic book, it would ...
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Should Santa be the Next Target of the Tea Party Movement? A Holiday Top Ten List

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  Santa Claus polls well with Americans across the ideological spectrum, but there is an accumulating body of evidence that Santa does not support the Tea Party movement's pro-growth, limited-government, pro-freedom, family-friendly agenda. To follow are the top ten reasons ...
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On Jobs Numbers, Robert Reich Comes Up Short

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Robert Reich, the former Secretary of Labor, apparently doesn't know how the unemployed are counted. Writing in today's Salon, he says: "Over 15 million Americans were jobless in November. This doesn't include those who are working part-time but would prefer ...
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In Case You Missed It…

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...ABC News will now be run by a member of the advisory board of the Soros-funded Center for Public Integrity (Christiane Amanpour, also of ABC, is on its board). How's that for objective journalism? Share Article | Permalink Email Article ...
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McDonald’s May Drop Health Care

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...for 30,000 employees as a result of ObamaCare... ...and Harvard Pilgrim will drop its Medicare Advantage program due to ObamaCare by year's end, forcing 22,000 seniors to switch coverage. Have we achieved universal coverage yet? Share Article | Permalink Email ...
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More Scenes from Today’s 9-12 Rally

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Last summer, I wrote a column for the Des Moines Register warning folks that the misplaced logic of President Obama’s Cash for Clunkers program might be extended to other segments of the economy.  I noted that from a simple supply ...
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