This is part of an agreement with the International Energy Agency (IEA) to put a total of 60 million barrels on the market in the next 30 days. Another 27 nations will make up the other half of the oil needed.

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As America celebrates its 235th birthday this July, citizens are increasingly becoming aware of a new danger to the nation’s independence and sovereignty. It was identified as the number one threat to our national security by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen. read more»

Corn and soybeans jumped to the highest prices since July 2008 and wheat rose after the government cut forecasts for U.S. inventories, signaling tighter food supply as demand increases and adverse weather hurts crops.

Production of corn in the U.S., the world’s largest grain exporter, dropped 4.9 percent last year and will leave supply before the 2011 harvest at the lowest in 15 years, the Department of Agriculture said today           
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As details about the new-found Obamacare glitch, that allows for more than 3 million middle-class Americans to qualify Medicaid surface, the Obama administration and key members of Congress are mum on several points.     
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As negotiators look to gimmicks and changing assumptions to reach a deal on raising the debt ceiling, a new report by congressional budgeters out Wednesday is offering a grim outlook and ugly alternatives for dealing with increasing debt.

The report by the Congressional Budget Office says that the debt will eat up the government’s spending ability     
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Manatee County Commissioners are holding a series of meetings to facilitate drafting of the FY2011- 2012 Manatee County Budget to take effect on October 1, 2011.   Manatee County citizens, and, especially conservatives, are encouraged to attend and participate in this important dialogue to determine the final budget in this challenging environment.

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Is $4 too much to pay for a gallon of gasoline? Wait – before you answer, push your car for 18 miles and then tell us. I don’t like paying $4 for gas either, but sometimes we need to remind ourselves of the tremendous benefit we gain from gasoline in exchange for the price we pay.

Gasoline is the most liberating invention of mankind since the printing press. The abundance of affordable goods and food we take for granted is made possible by gasoline. It is gasoline that allows us to live our lives where we choose, how we choose, with whom we choose, and when we choose. No wonder the socialists hate it.

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Over the past several days Rand Paul stood virtually alone on the floor of the US Senate and dared to debate the constitutionality of the so-called Patriot Act.  Senate President Harry Reid was so furious he accused Rand Paul of trying to help terrorists hide their gun purchases.  Paul was rightfully offended.

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