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Ruth King

TRAVELING IN STYLE: THE BIG,EXPENSIVE, BLACK BUS….NO WELCOME MATS

http://content.usatoday.com/topics/reporter/Richard+Wolf By Carolyn Kaster, AP PEOSTA, Iowa — The supporters and critics lining the route of President Obama’s Midwest bus tour this week have been privy to something no one else has seen until now.The Big Black Bus. It stands out even though one can’t tell what its unique security capabilities are, and for one […]

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN: THE FALSE PROMISE OF BIOFUELS, DAVID BIELLO

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-false-promise-of-biofuels&print=true Despite extensive research, biofuels are still not commercially competitive. The breakthroughs needed, revealed by recent science, may be tougher to realize than previously thought. Corn ethanol is widely produced because of subsidies, and it diverts massive tracts of farmland needed for food. Converting the cellulose in cornstalks, grasses and trees into biofuels is proving […]

WHY RICK PERRY GIVES ME HOPE ON HEALTHCARE: DR. MANNY ALVAREZ

http://nation.foxnews.com/health-care/2011/08/16/why-rick-perry-gives-me-hope-health-care?cmpid=NL_FiredUpFoxNation_20110817 As I watched Texas Governor Rick Perry announce his presidential candidacy this weekend, he gave me a sense of hope and his speech really resonated with me. His words reminded me of the respect that we as Americans deserve, and the importance of a government that works for us and with us – rather […]

CLIMATE DEPOT: PERRY IS WAY AHEAD ON SKEPTICAL VIEW OF MAN MADE GLOBAL WARMING

For latest go to www.ClimateDepot.com Rick Perry the Anti-Romney candidate: ‘Romney is out on the campaign trail agreeing with’ man-made global warming claims ‘Perry appears poised to take up a [skeptical] view of climate on the presidential campaign trail that would be right at home in a Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) floor speech’ Morano of […]

BERNARD GOLDBERG: WARREN BUFFET THE CODDLED BILLIONAIRE

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0811/bernie_g.php3?printer_friendly Warren Buffett, Coddled Billionaire By Bernard Goldberg   http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | During my nearly three decades in network news, all at CBS, I came to realize that when it came to economic issues most reporters were hopelessly out of their depth. Or to put it another way, they were dumb as dirt. Most wouldn’t know […]

JOHN BERNARD: THE ARAB SPRING THAT WASN’T

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.10180/pub_detail.asp The “Islam is a religion of peace” and the “world peace” crowds have been spouting about the beauty and hope of the “Arab Spring” phenomenon for months now. Even after the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt went back on their word not to get involved in the political process there, the nauseatingly effervescent, supporters of […]

HOT PICKS FROM FSM

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.1769/pub_detail.asp 1. VIDEO: MSNBC’S Chris Matthews: News Organizations Are ‘Going to Spend Every Nickel They Have’ Investigating Rick Perry 2. VIDEO: Caught on Video: Tea Party Members Confront President Obama About Biden‘s ‘Terrorist’ Description 3. VIDEO: Judge Throws Out Obama Admin’s Regulations Slowing Fuel Exploration 4. VIDEO: President Obama, Tea Party Member Spar in Iowa […]

FIVE MYTHS ABOUT PERRY: BEN SHAPIRO

Five Myths About Rick Perry Posted By Ben Shapiro URL to article: http://frontpagemag.com/2011/08/17/5-myths-about-rick-perry/   Gov. Rick Perry of Texas is now the frontrunner for the Republican nomination.  Many people are aware of his focus on the Tenth Amendment, his state’s tremendous record of job creation (40% of all jobs created since the beginning of the […]

BRIAN HERBERT: ON NIALL FERGUSON’S FORTHCOMING BOOK :CIVILIZATION AND THE WEST”

The Futures of Civilization  On the glorious (though not unblemished) past and uncertain future of the West http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/print/272653 On the glorious (though not unblemished) past and uncertain future of the West Since classical antiquity, historians have tended to think that empires, like individual organisms, evince a discernible rhythm. They come into being, mature, and then, […]

PLEASE READ IT ALL: THE POLITICIZED HIRING OF ERIC HOLDER: J. CHRISTIAN ADAMS

Every Single One: The Politicized Hiring of Eric Holder’s Education Section Posted By J. Christian Adams URL to article: http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/every-single-one-the-politicized-hiring-of-eric-holder%e2%80%99s-education-section/ All 11 new hires to the Justice Department’s Education Section have far-left resumes — which were only released following a PJMedia lawsuit. (This is the fifth in a series of articles about the Justice Department’s […]