The following article was written by James Howard Kunstler. Mr Kunstler wrote a book in 2008 about post-oil America called, World Made By Hand. Fossil fuel and issues surrounding it are a natural fit for this writer. He wrote the article in early August when the President Obama was touting General Motors new electric car. –Greg Hunter– (more…)
By Greg Hunter
Second quarter GDP growth numbers were revised down last week to a paltry 1.6% from 2.4%. Wall Street celebrated because some were expecting “growth” to be revised even lower. The stock market shot up on this news, but should everyone feel relieved because the U.S. got at least some growth? (more…)
Proposed site of Ground Zero Mosque
Greg Hunter
USAWatchdog.com
I think the problems we face as a nation are much more important than building a mosque in lower Manhattan. The only reason I am writing about this is because it is an issue that I feel is being used to distract the country from the PROFOUNDfinancial problems we face. They have now got the attention of the military. Adm. Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned last week that the national debt is the single biggest threat to national security! (more…)
By Greg Hunter
A little more than two months ago, banking analyst Meredith Whitney said on CNBC, “Unequivocally, I see a double-dip in housing. There’s no doubt about it . . . prices are going down again.” I’d say unequivocally she was spot on. A few of the hellish headlines dragging the economy down include: Existing home sales dropped 27.2 percent from June. That is a record drop and a 15 year low. One in ten mortgage holders in America face foreclosure, according to a new report by the Mortgage Bankers Association. U.S. home prices fell 1.6 percent in the second quarter from a year earlier as record foreclosures added to the inventory of properties for sale. (more…)
This article is comparison between America and another great empire faced with rot in high office and a decline of state—Rome. The writer, JR Nyquist, artfully points out it’s not the big events that sink an empire but many seemingly little ones. You could call what is happening to the U.S. “death by a thousand cuts.” Except in this story, people are not really aware how deep the cuts are and exactly who is doing the cutting. I loved this piece, and I hope you do as well. Greg Hunter (more…)
By Greg Hunter
Recently, a new Gallup poll delivered some bad news to mainstream media–only one fourth of people asked believe what it says. The Gallup story said, “Americans continue to express near-record-low confidence in newspapers and television news (more…)
By Greg Hunter
A little more than 2 weeks ago, the government said nearly 75% of the oil from the worst environmental disaster in history was gone! Government scientists claim most of the oil had dissolved, dispersed or been removed. Now, government scientists are defending their claims against a new report from University of Georgia scientists. (more…)
The writer of the following article publishes a very successful local newspaper called the “Rhino Times.” John Hammer is a 33 year newspaper veteran. He has a big local following in Greensboro, North Carolina, and thinks big. One of the recurring themes of USAWatchdog.com is something I call “The Soft Truth.” It happens frequently because the mainstream media does cheap superficial stories and ignores what I call the “Hard Truth.” Hammer’s piece is less about taking President Obama down and much more of an indictment of what the mainstream media is NOT telling you. (more…)
By Greg Hunter
A story that came out on Friday the 13thhas ominous implications for the Middle East and the world. It was reported by FOX news last week, Russia is planning to supply fuel rods to Iran’s Bushehr nuclear reactor by this coming weekend. (Iran would be able to make nuclear weapons through the plutonium it could reprocess out of spent fuel rods.) That effectively means if Israel is going to attack the reactor, it must do it before Saturday, August 21. If it waits until after the reactor starts producing power, it will risk a radiological disaster in the Persian Gulf. (more…)
By Greg Hunter
This past week I was a guest on the nationwide overnight radio show “Coast to Coast AM”. The show airs on more than 500 radio stations and is heard by millions. I am grateful to George Noory, for allowing me to become a bit of a regular on his show. Every time I am on, I am flooded with emails and comments. This is a great way to check the pulse of America to find out what people are feeling and thinking. (more…)
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