Oil Rises Above $134 on U.S. Supply Drop, Bank Price Forecasts

by Mark Shenk| Bloomberg.com May 21 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil rose to a record above $134 a barrel as U.S. stockpiles unexpectedly dropped and banks raised price forecasts because of supply constraints and demand growth. Inventories fell 5.32 million barrels to 320.4 million last week, the biggest drop in four months, the Energy Department said. Read More

The Republican Party has Lost its Way

By Vincent Gioia | Right Side News If the Republican Party has lost its way, how can voters be expected to follow them? California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is the latest politician masquerading as a Republican to call for the party to change its ways and adopt Democrat policies to win elections. Some years ago Arnold said the Republican Party was in danger of "dying at the box office" if it failed to appeal to a wider group of voters. After successfully toppling former Democrat governor Gray Davis in a rare recall election, Arnold showed the way by becoming indistinguishable from the opposition party. Californians thought they were voting for a Republican but they merely replaced one tax and spend politician with another. Read More

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Two days left to stop warrantless spying

For those who have already sent messages on this campaign but want to do more to keep up the pressure during these final two days, we suggest the following: Send Congress a message on behalf of Ron Paul's "American Freedom Agenda Act." Read More

MCCAIN JOINS GLOBAL WARMING CULT

By Cal Thomas In an effort to win over those “moderates” who believe that global warming is about to destroy the planet, Republican presidential candidate John McCain spoke Monday at a Portland, Ore., training facility for Vestas Wind Technology. He claimed, “The facts of global warming demand our urgent attention, especially in Washington.” There certainly is more “hot air” on this and a lot of other subjects in Washington, but that isn’t what he meant. The era of big government is so not over, as Bill Clinton claimed it was in 1996. Read More

Our Military Need Real Support, Not Empty Rhetoric

By Chuck Baldwin | Constitution Party Presidential Nominee As we approach Memorial Day, we can anticipate the usual speeches and photo stunts from various and sundry politicos, each of them touting their heartfelt "support" for America's men and women in uniform. I submit that much of this political grandstanding is merely empty rhetoric. Most of us probably recall that former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is quoted as having said that soldiers are just "dumb, stupid animals to be used" as pawns by the political and commercial elite. Obviously, even the most anti-military Democrat would never be so brazen as to say what Kissinger said. Read More

McCain Rebuffs Dobson: Will Evangelicals Bolt?

By: Phil Brennan Sen. John McCain's campaign has so far turned a deaf ear to invitations to meet with politically powerful evangelical leader Dr. James Dobson at his Focus on the Family headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colo., raising the possibility that the nation's sizable evangelical bloc will sit out the presidential race in November. The move would all but assure the election of Sen. Barack Obama, columnist Robert Novak argues in a recent column. Noting that Dobson has indicated he can't support McCain for president, Novak writes that Dobson's opposition to McCain "reflects continued resistance to the prospective presidential nominee among Christian conservatives who are unhappy with McCain's current positions on stem-cell research, immigration and global warming, not to mention his past sponsorship of campaign-finance reform." Read More

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McCain Courts Leftwing Bloggers

By Newsmax Staff | 5-19-08 Republican John McCain's campaign has begun holding regular conference calls with leftwing bloggers and blogs that focus on single issues such as healthcare and the environment. On May 15, McCain held a conference call with bloggers including Greg Sargent of TPM Election Central, Kate Sheppard, a political reporter for the environmental Web site Grist.org, and Erin Kotecki, who blogs at BlogHer.com and The Huffington Post, according to Wired.com. Read More

Clinton's records vanished after warning of 'very serious' problems

By Jerry Seper | Washington Times | 5-12-08 Hillary Rodham Clinton's Rose Law Firm billing records, found in the White House residence in January 1996 two years after they had been subpoenaed by government regulators, disappeared shortly after the first lady was warned that the firm's billing problems were "very serious" and the then-ongoing Whitewater investigation could result in criminal charges, newly obtained records show. Read More

Dangerous Democracy

By Perry Willis | DownsizeDC.org President Bush probably meant to do good by bringing democracy to Iraq, but it's hard to succeed when you're aiming at the wrong thing. The President has always assumed that democracy is what made America good and great. He thinks it could do the same for Iraq, and many others agree. But is it true? Read More

The Economy: Another Casualty of War

By Ron Paul | Republican Candidate for President This week, as the American economy continued to suffer the effects of big government, the House attempted to pass two multibillion dollar "emergency" spending bills, one for continued spending on the war in Iraq , and one increasing spending on domestic and international welfare programs. The plan was to pass these two bills and then send them to the president as one package. Even though the House failed to pass the war spending bill, opponents of the war should not be fooled into believing this vote signals a long term change in policy. Read More from Ron Paul's "Texas Straight Talk" Newsletter

Three Peas in a Pod

By Chuck Baldwin, | Constitution Party Candidate for President of the US. "I realize that is extremely difficult for some people to think outside the box. The vast majority of people are prone to be followers, to "go with the flow," to follow the path of least resistance. This appears to be the nature of human nature. Therefore, I think I understand the reasoning of many who are so reluctant to step outside the two major parties and vote for a third party candidate. I seem to recall that I, too, was just as hesitant (though not for nearly as long as some people) as they are. We have all heard it before: He doesn't stand a chance; it's a wasted vote; we must work within the party to make it better, etc., ad infinitum, ad nauseam. Now, I will be the first to admit that the deck is stacked against an independent candidate succeeding at any political level. The two dominant parties do not like competition. And they have made it EXTREMELY DIFFICULT for third parties to have a fighting chance to prevail." Read More

California's 'judicial fiat' condemned – by judge

'Undeterred by state, federal law, new constitutional right invented' read more | digg story

Senator To Blow YOUR Tax Dollars On Football Investigation

With all the problems in the world, it seems it all pales in comparison to one of the men it should matter to, Senator Arlen Spector, who deems is necessary to use our tax dollars to conduct a further investigation of the New England Patriots Spygate scandal.Is he serious?! read more | digg story

California Supreme Court overturns gay marriage ban

The California Supreme Court ruled today that same-sex couples should be permitted to marry, rejecting state marriage laws as discriminatory. read more | digg story

Senate Moves Ahead On Thought Crimes Bill

In the wake of Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) and Susan Collins' (R-ME) alarmist report, "Violent Islamist Extremism, the Internet, and the Homegrown Terrorism Threat," the Senate may be moving towards passage of the Orwellian "Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007" (S. 1959). read more | digg story

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Feds Accuse Student Of Terror For Talking About Constitution

A student of a large bible college in east Texas was accused by federal agents of committing an "act of terror and espionage" after he gave a talk to a group of Boy Scouts in which he encouraged them to educate themselves about the U.S. constitution. read more | digg story