U.S. oil demand is at its lowest since 1997.
U.S. oil production has quadrupled since 2009.
So why are prices rising at the pump?
Big oil made a world-record $137 billion in profit in 2011.
U.S. drivers pay an average of $11 per fill-up as profits to Wall Street speculators.
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College students are snobs.
Gay Americans are an abomination.
Poor people deserve to be poor.
Union workers are socialist thugs.
The unemployed are lazy parasites.
Latinos are illegal until proven otherwise.
The Bible trumps the Constitution.
Global warming is a hoax.
The US auto industry should go bankrupt.
The US President is a Muslim agent from Kenya.
Vote Republican 2012
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Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’
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Good morning, gentle blog reader,
Today, I thought I’d share this picture of a newborn baby lamb who’s so very precious.
cr: Johanna Harness
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