Patriot News Network

The following collection of articles by various authors are their opinions, inspiration and humor for your reading enjoyment.

Road to Depression

Walmart warns of persistent U.S. weakness!

NEW YORK - August 16, 2011 - Walmart, the biggest U.S. retailer by revenues, warned on Tuesday that persistent weakness in the U.S. economy was putting pressure on its low income consumers who are increasingly worried about unemployment and becoming more reliant on government assistance.

War on Freedom

Thug cops brutally beat brothers for no reason!

CHICAGO, Illinois (PNN) - August 18, 2011 - Security tape shows a group of police officers beating two Chicago brothers Wednesday after apparently mistaking them for robbers while one was closing the store where he worked.

War on Freedom

Yard sale to pay medical bills shut down by mindless bureaucrats!

SALEM, Oregon - August 17, 2011 - A woman fighting a terminal form of bone cancer is trying to raise money to help pay bills with a few weekend garage sales, but the city of Salem says she’s breaking the law and is shutting her down.

War on Freedom

Ron Paul supporters decry media neglect!

NEW YORK (PNN) - August 15, 2011 - Ron Paul finished just 152 votes behind Michele Bachmann in the Ames Straw Poll, but from the headlines and TV news coverage, it’s hard to tell he even showed up.

With the exception of The New York Times and The Des Moines Register, most major newspaper headlines didn’t even mention his name in their reports of Saturday’s con

War on Freedom

Officials seek to permanently re-write curfew law!

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania - August 15, 2011 - City officials are hinting at a possible permanent re-write of Philadelphia’s curfew law because of successful enforcement this weekend of the temporarily tighter curfew hours.

War on Freedom

Appeals court rules police may destroy exculpatory evidence!

AUSTIN, Texas - August 15, 2011 - Drivers have no recourse if police say the tape from a dashboard-mounted video camera is not available, according to a ruling Wednesday from the Texas Court of Appeals.

Mark Lee Martin wanted to defend himself against drug possession charges filed in the wake of an August 29, 2008 traffic stop, but he was told no video was available.

War on Freedom

Thug cops arrest man for videoptaping them!

BOSTON, Massachusetts - August 14, 2011 - A Massachusetts man is facing five years in prison after secretly recording an argument he had with a police officer who had pulled him over for a traffic infraction.

Robert E. Mansfield was charged with felony wiretapping after he walked into the police station asking police to rescind the citation for having an obstructed license plate beca