The last I heard, oil had fallen to $128 a barrel, good news, right? Depends on how you want to look at it. Yes, demand is down, but for how long? As demand falls, so will the price, or so goes a little economic axiom.
What could explain it? Consumers using less [...]
Archive for July 28th, 2008
Oil Is Falling–Info Ink Commentary
Posted in Energy, International Situations, News, tagged China, Gas Prices, Oil Prices, pollution on 28 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Fannie-Freddie Fraud
Posted in News, tagged Economic Crisis, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Ron Paul, US Congress on 28 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A statement By Ron Paul:
Statement before the US House of Representatives on HR 3221 July 24, 2008
Madam Speaker,
For several years, followers of the Austrian school [...]
Candidates Play Politics?
Posted in News, Politics, tagged Iraq, McCain, Obama, Political Rhetoric, Surge on 28 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
NO! Say it ain’t so!
In his most direct challenge yet of his Democratic presidential rival’s Iraq policy, Sen. John McCain suggested yesterday that Sen. Barack Obama had crafted a war strategy designed to further his own political advancement.
McCain also intimated that Obama skipped a visit of wounded U.S. troops in Germany last week because [...]
Professor’s Classroom
Posted in History, Politics, tagged Classroom, Historical Events, Presidential Politics on 28 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hiya class–it is Monday and another week begins with the god-awful quiz. Much has been written, said and prayed about the number of votes that this candidate and that has gotten or will possibly receive in the upcoming general election.
Who was the first presidential candidate to receive a million votes?
Not that tough–just google and [...]
Today In Labor History
Posted in History, Labor, tagged Education, Historical Events, Strikes, Unions, Workers on 28 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
27 July
Women shoemakers in Lynn, Mass. create Daughters of St. Crispin, demand pay equal to that of men – 1869
Federal troops burn the shantytown built near the U.S. Capitol by thousands of unemployed WWI veterans, camping there to demand a bonus they had been promised but never received – 1932
Nine miners are rescued in Sommerset, [...]
