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Too often it seems that any news coming from the African continent is bad. Famine, disease, tribal warfare, abject poverty, political and economic turmoil, warlords and dictators, – the list of challenges and problems is long and overwhelmingly discouraging. Much of the worst news of late is linked to the influence of radical Islamic sects like the Muslim Brotherhood and the overthrow of Mubarak in Egypt and Gaddafi in Libya. Radical Arab influence is prevalent throughout much of northern Africa and is at the root of much of the extended tragedies in Sudan. 

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As a life-long Catholic, the often blind loyalty of many in my faith to the Democrat Party has befuddled me for years. Regardless of the promotion of a social agenda at odds with the Doctrinal Principles of the Church, Catholics have continued to overwhelmingly support Democrat candidates. Even Barack Obama -- "the most antilife presidential candidate ever" -- got 54% of the Catholic vote in 2008. That may be about to change. 

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Over the past two decades, small businesses have created 65% of all new jobs in America according to the Small Business Administration.  Yet, nearly four years into the current recession, 85% of U.S. small business owners still aren’t hiring.  That’s according to a survey of 600 small business owners by Gallup that found instead of having America headed in the right direction, Obama’s policies are the problem. 

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As mentioned in a feature earlier this week, February 17 marked the third anniversary of President Obama’s signing into law of his infamous economic Stimulus. The ceremony took place in Denver complete with an Air Force One grand entry, a plethora of television cameras and adoring media reporters.  While this Denver appearance didn’t include gargantuan Greek or Roman marble columns, he did pick the Museum of Nature and Science to give a timeless perspective to $825 billion of government extravagance he promised would bring “real and lasting change for generations to come.”  

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Three years ago today Barack Obama signed his $800 billion Stimulus into law in Denver, Colorado.  He said would save or create 4 million jobs and that the unemployment rate would be below 6% by now.  He failed. 

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Late last month Chesapeake Energy Corp. quietly tested a new method of horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," on two well sites in Ohio. The new process uses about 10 percent of the water of typical fracking, relying, instead, primarily on carbon-dioxide foam to crack natural-gas-rich shale rock deep below the earth's surface.  

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By Peter Brookes, Contributing Editor 

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When Barack Obama promised that his non-energy energy policies would “bankrupt” anyone foolish enough to try to operate a coal-fired power plant, he talked as if he would only inflict pain on some inanimate structure of concrete and steel .   Clever politician that he is, he depersonalized his war on fossil fuels all in the name of saving the planet.  

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Barack Obama delivered his new budget proposal to Congress this morning. The document increases yet again the estimate for deficit spending for the current FY 2012 year - $1.33 trillion.   If even close to accurate, when this fiscal year ends, Obama will  have presided over four consecutive annual deficits in excess of $1 trillion – each one nearly three times larger than any previous annual deficit in U.S. history – and a total of additional debt for the nation of $5.334 trillion during his first term.     

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About three weeks ago, Barack Obama nixed the Keystone XL pipeline that would have transported 900,000 barrels of oil per day from the Canadian tar sands to the gulf coast region of the U.S.  The pipeline project would also create 20,000 direct jobs and potentially hundreds of thousands of indirect jobs according to economic analysis.   

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