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American Rights: The Big Vehicle

by Tall Paul on 5/6/2008 4:30:05 PM

I read an interesting article in yesterday’s newspaper entitled:  “Nissan VP: There’s no viable market for tiny cars in U.S.”   The premise of the article said American want vehicles with better gas mileage, but they don’t want to give up their big vehicles. The article also stated that citizens in... Continue »

Those Clichéd Car Salesmen

by Carol Hoenig on 5/5/2008 9:28:29 AM

Yesterday, I decided to begin to shop for a new car. I haven’t done much research on what is out there, but thought I’d take a couple of hours for a casual curiosity search. My car is a ’99 Grand Am SE with 70,000 miles. Since I work from my home office, it’s only used to tool around town to the pos... Continue »

Let's Reduce This Oil Dependence

by Tall Paul on 10/3/2007 11:41:22 AM

America, we have a problem. We use too much oil. You are saying, da Tall Paul. It's true, I haven't been living under a rock these past years. We can blame our government, we can blame the oil companies and we can blame the Middle East, but we created our own problem. The problem is fairly si... Continue »

Does more power to the states mean less corruption?

by MisterE on 9/13/2007 1:50:49 PM

Lets break down the way the U.S. runs itself. We have a system wherein one individual is 'elected' to lead the nation. This person is given tremendous power and a lot of options at their disposal. But to get the presidency, the candidate must impress a lot of people. One way to do this is to have e... Continue »

Is global warming still an issue?

by MisterE on 7/27/2007 12:47:53 PM

Granted, I've been away from Where I Stand in Africa for a while, but all of the news I've seen in the past few months have been about how climate change and global warming is screwing us over. What is interesting is that I haven't heard any dissenting opinions about it in a long time. So is it sti... Continue »

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Fewer Americans see country divided: Why?

by Jack Cafferty on 11/19/2008 10:02:22 PM

(PHOTO CREDIT: GALLUP ORGANIZATION) FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: One of the longest, nastiest, most divisive presidential races this country's ever seen is now in the books. A little more than half of us are pretty pleased with the results. The rest of us? Not exactly. But that doesn't mean we're ... Continue »

How has economy changed your holiday plans?

by Jack Cafferty on 11/19/2008 10:02:22 PM

(PHOTO CREDIT: GETTY IMAGES) FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: The shopping malls, department stores and discount retailers are doing all they can to let you know the holidays are almost here. This year, they really need your business. Last month, retail sales suffered the worst monthly drop on record. A... Continue »

Plunging gas prices changing driving habits?

by Jack Cafferty on 11/19/2008 10:02:22 PM

How have plunging gas prices changed your habits? FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: Oil prices continue to slide, closing below $55 a barrel today. That's a pretty far fall from the July record high of $147 a barrel. Iran is calling for OPEC to cut production by at least 1 million barrels ... Continue »

Should Congress freeze remaining bailout money?

by Jack Cafferty on 11/19/2008 10:02:22 PM

Click the play button to see what Jack and our viewers had to say. FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: Republican Senator Jim Inhofe from Oklahoma wants to put a "freeze" on the remaining cash in the big government bailout of the financial industry. In this week's lame duck session, Inhofe plans to ... Continue »

How concerned are you about a terrorist attack?

by Jack Cafferty on 11/19/2008 10:02:22 PM

(PHOTO CREDIT: GETTY IMAGES) FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: President-Elect Barack Obama has been warned of a "huge threat" from al Qaeda by intelligence leaders in the U.S. and abroad. He told 60 Minutes' Steve Kroft last night that since terrorists could try to attack the U.S. during his White House ... Continue »