Is figuring out what to buy your father for Christmas giving you a headache? If your father is anything like mine, he already owns the best of everything and buying him a Christmas gift that is thoughtful and personal proves to be incredibly difficult. Over the years I have learned a few tips that have [...]
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How High Will Gas Prices Go: We Can Be Hopeful They May Be Slowing
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011Gas prices are going up. Few dispute that. The last time there was a similar surge in gas prices was in 2008. From June 2007 to June 2008, the average price of gas rose from $3.05 to $4.06 a gallon, Hicks said. During the same time period, the unemployment rate in Indiana rose from 4.5 [...]
Will Sarah Palin Jump In The 2012 Presidential Election Race
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011If Palin doesn’t capture the Republican nomination next year, Obama would stand less of a chance to carry either state. The Insight poll of Georgia tested Obama against three other frontunners for the GOP nod — Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, and Newt Gingrich — all of whom topped him. iDevice News Huckabee and Romney led [...]
France and Britain Reach Historic Defense Agreement
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010Two conservative European leaders, U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, have reached agreement on what may be historic defense treaties. The first treaty involves nuclear technology. The U.K. will be charged with developing testing technology and France will carry out the testing. The second treaty will set up a “combined joint [...]
Sarkozy Government Stands Firm
Friday, October 22nd, 2010President Sarkozy and the French government are not backing down in their conviction to enact proposed security measures, despite countrywide strikes and blockades. Police this morning charged to unblock the entrance of the Grandpuits oil refinery southeast of Paris, effectively breaking the strike. The Grandpuits refinery supplies much of the Paris area, and was one [...]
France Proposes to Raise Retirement Age
Thursday, October 14th, 2010Imagine that the U.S. Congress passed a law raising the official retirement age from 65 to 67 years of age. In response, unions called for strikes and blockades, resulting in random acts of violence, disruption of transportation and clashes with police. In addition to the union members themselves, the unions enlist high-school and college students [...]
Strikes Cripple French Oil Refineries and Ports
Tuesday, October 12th, 2010For the fourth time in five weeks, French workers are demonstrating to oppose a plan to increase the retirement age from 60 to 62. Workers at 10 of the 12 refineries in the country voted to strike today, blocking deliveries to and from plants and reducing refining rates. According to the union, the strike is [...]
