Patriot News Network

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

Road to Depression

About 1 in 7 in U.S. receive food stamps!

NEW YORK - May 3, 2011 - Growth in the food stamp program appeared to reach a plateau in February, with 14.3% of the population relying on the safety net program.

The number of food stamp recipients was essentially flat in February, the most recent month available, with 44.2 million Amerikans receiving benefits, according a new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Road to Depression

Average gas price poised to hit $4 a gallon this week!

WASHINGTON - May 3, 2011 - The psychological price-point of $4 a gallon is looming straight ahead, and will likely be hit before the end of the week, based on the rate of recent price escalation.

Road to Depression

Independent agency says U.S. debt rating should be much lower!

NEW YORK - May 3, 2011 - There have been increasing concerns about the fate of United States' prized triple-A sovereign debt rating. While Standard and Poor's recently downgraded its U.S. debt outlook to negative from stable, implying that a ratings cut could happen in two years, one independent ratings agency has given the U.S. sovereign rating a "C".

Road to Depression

Five more banks fail!

WASHINGTON - April 30, 2011 - Regulators on Friday shut down banks in Florida, Georgia and Michigan, a total of five closures that lifted the number of U.S. bank failures this year to 39.

The pace of closures has slowed, however, as the economy improves and banks work their way through piles of bad debt. By this time last year, regulators had closed 64 banks.

War on Freedom

Air Force Academy opens outdoor chapel for Wiccans and Druids!

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado - May 5, 2011 - The face of the military is changing. What used to be seen as a bastion for evangelical Christianity is now expanding its lists of faiths to include Wiccans and Druids.

At the Air Force Academy in Colorado, a prayer circle and veritable Stonehenge on the Rockies will now serve as a place of worship for the academy's neo-Pagans.

War on Freedom

More than 1,300 guns bought illegally under ATF's Gunrunner program!

WASHINGTON - May 4, 2011 - It is the closest thing to a smoking gun congressional investigators have in their probe of Project Gunrunner - a program that was intended to stop the flow of guns to criminals in Mexico but allowed those guns to be smuggled to Mexico instead.

An internal memo from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives shows that U.S. officials allowed cr

War on Freedom

Verizon to put data collection warning stickers on new phones!

WASHINGTON - May 3, 2011 - Verizon Wireless announced it will begin putting stickers on its products to warn customers that the phone tracks its owner's geographical location.