Time to Break Addiction to Foreign Oil
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on February 27th, 2011 5:30 am by HL
Time to Break Addiction to Foreign Oil
Derrick Jackson, Boston Globe
UNREST CONTINUES to spread, from the Middle East to the Middle West to . . . the gas pump.The democracy uprisings against repressive regimes, many of which America propped up, has also fanned fears for the flow of oil. In response, Big Oil has jacked up its prices and gasoline is back up to $3.20 a gallon for unleaded in Massachusetts and is reportedly headed to $3.50 nationally. As the Obama administration tiptoes between popular protests and potentates who turn on our oil spigot, Americans are concerned about prices at the gas pump.
Wisconsin Democrats Need to Get Back to Work
Governors Shift Political Power, Focus to States
Peter Hamby, CNN
The battle over union rights in Wisconsin, Ohio and Indiana has dramatically shifted the budget debate from Capitol Hill to the states, almost overshadowing the threat of a government shutdown in Washington next week.Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker garnered national attention as one of a handful of Republican governors emboldened by the midterm elections who now are trying to enact ambitious but controversial cost-cutting measures.
