Patriot News Network

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

War on Freedom

Every student to be tested for alcohol at high school prom!

SEATTLE, Washington - May 24, 2011 - Every student at Lake Washington High School's June 4 senior prom would be tested for alcohol consumption under a plan in the works by school officials - departing from the school's past practice of testing only students who showed signs of alcohol use.

"At every dance this year, there have been issues with students drinking," said Kathryn Reith,

War on Freedom

Man kicked out of National Park for displaying Ron Paul bumper sticker!

BLACKSBURG, South Carolina - May 24, 2011 - The Rutherford Institute has come to the defense of a 73-year-old Virginia resident who was ordered by a park ranger to remove his car from a national military park in South Carolina because of political messages attached to his vehicle.

War on Freedom

Indiana school bus drivers could search students under proposed policy!

TERRE HAUTE, Indiana - May 21, 2011 - Under a proposed policy change, Vigo County Indiana School Corp. bus drivers, “under rare circumstances,” would have the right to search students in situations that involve an immediate threat of harm or danger to those on the bus.

Another proposed change would bar attorneys from sitting in on a student due process expulsion hearing. If

War on Freedom

Action Alert: 84-year-old man brutally beaten by cop after reporting accident!

TUSCALOOSA, Alabama - May 21, 2011 - An Alabama police officer hospitalized an elderly man who called 911 to report an accident across the street from his house while his wife watched the entire beating from her wheelchair.

Road to Depression

Soros dumps most gold in quarter while Paulson holds his ground!

NEW YORK - May 18, 2011 - Billionaire financier George Soros, who called gold "the ultimate bubble," dumped almost his entire $800 million (Dh2.9 billion) stake in bullion in the first quarter, well before a commodities slump blamed partly on reports he was liquidating his holdings.

Famed gold bull John Paulson held his ground, but Soros was joined in the retreat by several other big

Road to Depression

U.S. housing starts nosedive!

NEW YORK - May 17, 2011 - U.S. housing starts and permits for future home construction fell in April as an overhang of homes on the market discourages builders from taking on new projects, pointing to prolonged weakness in the housing sector.

Road to Depression

U.S. hits debt limit and starts dipping into pensions!

WASHINGTON - May 16, 2011 - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told Congress he would start tapping into federal pension funds on Monday to free up borrowing capacity as the nation hits the $14.294 trillion legal limit on its debt.

The U.S. Treasury will issue $72 billion in bonds and notes on Monday, pushing the nation right up against its borrowing cap at some point during th