DOE misstep on Sohio price scheme stirs critique
The piece critiques the DoE plan to force Sohio to pay 14 million dollars in an escrow in May in exchange for a 10 cent per gallon price hike. It argues the government gambled with market prices to curb Sohio’s advantage gained from Alaska oil and the Prudhoe Bay pipeline. It notes the plan was canceled and mocks its logic while flagging overall taxpayer cost to run the DoE.
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U. S. Department of Energy
Standard Oil Co. of Ohio
Sohio
Sohia
Prudhoe Bay
Valdez
British Petroleum
Ohio
Sohio-Bp
Department of Energy
DOE
Department
HUD slush fund tied to year end budget gimmicks
The GAO reports that HUD in the closing weeks of the fiscal year shifted funds through tentative approvals to housing sponsors then withdrew them after new requests were approved, creating unspent billions. Critics call it a slush fund and demand reporting reforms as Moon Landrieu is invited to testify.
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Danny Washington
Department of Housing and Urban Development
General Accounting Office
HUD
GAO
Moon Landrieu
House Human Resources
Blimp Patrol May Lead Coast Guard To New Airship Contract
The Coast Guard seeks a lightweight patrol airship via a NASA contract aiming for a vessel about three times the Goodyear blimp in size. It would cruise at 60 mph with a 2500 mile range, offering fuel economy and long endurance amid energy concerns.
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Coast Guard
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
God Offers New Life Through Faith In Christ
A letter from a young seeker asks for help after abortions and drug problems. The response urges repentance and faith, cites 2 Corinthians 5:17 and Galatians 6:7-8, and explains that Jesus Christ died for sins and rose again. It advises confessing sins, inviting Jesus as Savior, reading the Bible daily, and joining Christian fellowship.
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DR. Graham
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Jesus Christ
Christ
God
Destruc
Failure Of The Great Society
Cliff Grubbs of the University of Texas at Austin surveys the decline of the great society, contrasting its earlier power with internal exhaustion, bureaucratic growth, and external pressures. He links Rome’s fall to 410 and calls for preserving human propositions and moving toward a workable, multi racial American future.
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Austin
Great Society
Cliff Grubbs
University of Texas At Austin
Criticism of American excess and policy failures across society
In a provocative reflection Ashley Cooper notes broad discontent with high car imports, rising housing costs, persistent crime, large government debt, and perceived moral decline. The piece contrasts wealth with shortcomings in education, infrastructure, policing, and public services while criticizing consumer excess and political rhetoric.
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Volga
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By Ashley Cooper
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Erie
Saudi Arabia
Castro
Russia
Europe
Pacific Ocean
Department of Education
Aiken
Samuel A. Cothran
Start G. Hunter
A. B. Cubbedge
Sue S. Brown
Rodger Ragan
Aiken Communications, Inc
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Doonesbury
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Rancho Mirage
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