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$133.19 per Barrel for Oil

Gas prices locally are around $3.68.  That’s the best price I could find today when I took my $20.00 bill to the purchase gas.  We aren’t talking about a fill up.  We are talking about a little less that five and a half gallons of gas.  I haven’t added to my weekly gas expenditure.  Instead, [...]

Look Beyond the Job Loss Numbers for April

For the fourth straight month there is a national job loss.  That’s the bad news.  Some say the good news is that we didn’t lose as many as expected.  But, what truth is in the numbers?
Many Americans earned less in April, the government said on Friday, as the economy shed 20,000 jobs, the fourth consecutive [...]

April 19: Week in Review

This has been another one of those weeks were everyone and everything seemed to have a hand in the barrel.
The War in Iraq continued.  More American soldiers were killed.  Even more Iraqi’s were killed.  Sadr City is in chaos.  Basara is once again being attacked or defended, depending on the perspective.  And, the American Embassy [...]