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Gas Prices Continue Their Climb Along with Oil, Gold

The writing is on the wall for the continuing collapse of the U.S. dollar and in turn the seemingly never ending surge of fuel prices. Oil and gold prices, both of which are firmly connected to the health of the dollar, are occupying milestone territory.... (more...)

Posted on Mar 4 2008 | 1 comment | Written by Shaun Booth

Violence Continues In and Around Gaza

Approximately 300 people have been killed as a result of Israeli/Palestinian violence, including many women, children and non-militants, since the renewing of peace talks in November. On Friday Hamas scaled back the number of rockets fired from 40 down... (more...)

Posted on Mar 3 2008 | 0 comments | Written by Shaun Booth

Iran’s Oil Bourse Set to Open Sunday

Iranian Oil minister Gholamhossein Nozari has confirmed to Iranian news outlets that the long awaited oil bourse will begin trading in oil related products on Sunday February 17th. Just what “oil related products” means is not yet clear because few... (more...)

Posted on Feb 14 2008 | 7 comments | Written by Shaun Booth

Huckabee Trudges Forward

Today John McCain continued with his push forward to consolidate GOP support when he left a meeting in Washington with leading GOP House member’s support. Despite this news, Mike Huckabee continues to push forward, constantly reminding supporters that... (more...)

Posted on Feb 13 2008 | 2 comments | Written by Shaun Booth

Obama on Eight Contest Win Streak, Looks to Make it Ten

As of this moment it looks as though it will be difficult to stop the great deluge of momentum that is the Barack Obama Presidential campaign. Obama swept the Potomac Primary tonight with wide margins of victory over Hillary Clinton (Clinton lost by 50%... (more...)

Posted on Feb 13 2008 | 0 comments | Written by Shaun Booth

Ron Paul Announces Grand March On Washington D.C.

In a video update from the Ron Paul campaign late last night, Ron Paul called for a “march on Washington”, to be held in “three or four months, before the convention.” In the video released tonight Ron Paul states, “We are at this point where... (more...)

Posted on Feb 12 2008 | 21 comments | Written by Shaun Booth

U.S. Soldier Follows Orders to Kill, Is Sentenced to 10 years in Prison

On Sunday afternoon in Baghdad the verdict was announced for the killing of a detained unarmed civilian in Iraq. Army Ranger Sgt. Evan Vela was found guilty and sentenced to ten years in prison. Vela’s role in the killing was the pulling of the trigger... (more...)

Posted on Feb 11 2008 | 11 comments | Written by Shaun Booth

Iranian Oil Bourse Soon to Be a Reality

On Sunday the Iranian government took further steps to establish the first oil bourse (essentially a stock exchange for oil) not in the Western world. All indications by the Iranian government point to oil being traded at this soon to be established bourse... (more...)

Posted on Feb 5 2008 | 1 comment | Written by Shaun Booth

Reduce Terror By Not Participating In It

Popularity: 2% [?]  Read More →

Posted on Feb 2 2008 | 5 comments | Written by Shaun Booth

And Then There Were Four

The AP is reporting that Rudy Giuliani will end his campaign for the GOP nomination today and endorse fellow Republican John McCain. McCain edged out Romney by 6 percent in last night’s Florida GOP primary. The four Republican Candidates left standing:... (more...)

Posted on Jan 30 2008 | 3 comments | Written by Shaun Booth

The Muqtada al-Sadr Redux?

Today marks the beginning of month six in a six month cease fire by Muqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army in Iraq. The cease fire was declared on August 29th of last year. A spokesman for the reclusive Muslim cleric has indicated that there is no guarantee... (more...)

Posted on Jan 29 2008 | 0 comments | Written by Shaun Booth

The Epic Collapse of Rudy Giuliani

In four days, on the night of January 29th , Rudy Giuliani will know the fate of his political career. The Republican Presidential candidate and former Mayor of New York City is pushing all of his chips into the middle on the state of Florida. Anything... (more...)

Posted on Jan 26 2008 | 7 comments | Written by Shaun Booth

Barack Obama: A Hawk in Dove’s Clothing

Ask most Obama supporters what their candidate’s stance on war is and they will quickly spit out the line, “He was against this war from the beginning.” This may be true but the question is rarely asked why he was against the war from the beginning.... (more...)

Posted on Jan 18 2008 | 2 comments | Written by Shaun Booth

As Long as US Troops Are Not Dying Is America ‘OK’ with The Occupation of Iraq?

The Pentagon is asking for $3.5 billion (in the fiscal year 2009) in order to move forward with its Future Combat Systems (FCS) program. The program is being promoted as a way to make soldiers safer and smarter on the battlefield but does little to address... (more...)

Posted on Jan 12 2008 | 5 comments | Written by Shaun Booth

Plans to Bomb Iran Move Forward

Yesterday President Bush arrived in Jerusalem where he was to be briefed on a range of military options that could be used in striking Iran. These briefings come less than two months after President Bush’s own intelligence network informed him that... (more...)

Posted on Jan 10 2008 | 16 comments | Written by Shaun Booth
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