newsweek.com - 8/8/2008
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Even if you know this statistic it's worth repeating: In the mid 1970s, the last time we were in a dither about energy, we were getting a third of our petroleum from abroad. Now, decades later, we buy more than two thirds of it from overseas. As T. Boone Pickens says, it's the largest transfer of wealth in history, with the possible exception of the armadas of gold and silver the Spanish took ...
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The Paris Energy Plan?
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... at the Seattle Times who a) will not soon be accused of agreeing with much at the Corner and b) is ironically also a white-haired dude (read his post to get the irony). Now Howard Fineman has a column out on Paris talking sense, while ...
Townhall.com Staff: What's Hot Friday
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... Mansion Houston Chronicle: Texas Executes Illegal Immigrant from Honduras Chicago Tribune: Woman Kills Boyfriend for Drinking Her Beer, Officials Say FOX News: Police Raid Maryland Mayor’s Home, Seize Drugs, Kill His Dogs CNN: Georgia ‘Under Attack’ as Russian Tanks Roll In USA Today: What’s Wrong Here? Philadelphia Inquirer: The Full NBC Olympics TV Broadcast Schedule Denver Post: Roster Overhaul Transforms Aging Team Newsweek: Fineman: Why Paris Hilton is Right about Energy Huffington Post: Paris Hilton Responds to ...
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