Patriot News Network

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

Road to Depression

Half of U.S. mortgages are effectively underwater!

NEW YORK - November 8, 2011 - A new report on still-falling home prices highlights the fact that the lower those prices go, the more Amerikan borrowers fall into a negative equity position; that is, they owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth.

Most analysts will tell you that negative equity is the number one problem in the housing market today, even worse than forecl

Road to Depression

Revised formula shows 49.1 million Amerikans in poverty!

WASHINGTON - November 7, 2011 - The ranks of Amerika's poor are greater than previously known, reaching a new level of 49.1 million - or 16% - due to rising medical costs and other expenses that make it harder for people to stay afloat, according to new census estimates.

The numbers released Monday are part of a first-ever supplemental poverty measure aimed at providing a fuller pict

War on Freedom

Fascist un-Amerikan pig judge says school may ban Amerikan flag shirts!

SAN FRANCISCO, Kalifornia (PNN) - November 11, 2011 - A federal court has incorrectly and unconstitutionally ruled that a Kalifornia public school had the authority to prevent students from wearing clothing emblazoned with pro-Amerikan messages on the Mexican holiday of Cinco de Mayo.

U. S. District Court Judge James Ware was ruling in a case involving students at Live Oak High Schoo

War on Freedom

Russell Pearce ousted in historic recall election!

MESA, Arizona - November 10, 2011 - Voters have ousted State Senator Russell Pearce in an unprecedented recall election, a first for an Arizona legislator.

With a majority of the precincts reporting, the top vote-getter, Republican Jerry Lewis, steps into the District 18 legislative seat for the second year of a two-year term.

War on Freedom

50,000 in New York City busted each year for marijuana!

NEW YORK (PNN) - November 8, 2011 - As the nation's biggest city deals with supposed threats of terrorism and a variety of violent crimes, carrying a little bit of marijuana is still a big deal.

There are more arrests for low-level marijuana possession in New York City - about 50,000 a year - than any other crime, accounting for about one of every seven cases that turn up in criminal

War on Freedom

Unlawful county ordinance violates First Amendment for protestors!

FRESNO, Kalifornia (PNN) - November 8, 2011 - For the third night in a row, protesters with “Occupy Fresno” were arrested by criminal officials for gathering in a public park, apparently in violation of a county ordinance that labeled them trespassers, despite constitutional guarantees of their rights to assemble.

War on Freedom

School district cancels classes for Islamic holiday!

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts - November 7, 2011 - Public school students in Cambridge have the day off Monday because schools are closed in observance of a Muslim religious holiday. Cambridge is the first district in the state to observe an Islamic holy day.

The Cambridge School Committee voted last year to close on one Muslim holiday every school year. Students are getting the day off f