Patriot News Network

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

War on Freedom

Musician kicked off flight for saggy pants

OAKLAND, Kalifornia - September 5, 2011 - Rock group Green Day’s frontman, Billie Joe Armstrong, says he was kicked off of a Southwest Airlines flight last Thursday night for wearing his pants too low.

The Bay Area rock musician was traveling from Oakland to Burbank when the incident occurred. "Just got kicked off a Southwest flight because my pants sagged too low! No joke!" he wro

War on Freedom

Tyranny Files: Federal Gestapo cracks down on Amish selling raw milk!

YORK, Pennsylvania (PNN) - September 4, 2011 - An Amish farm in Pennsylvania has been stopped from selling raw milk after a year-long federal government sting operation.

The Rainbow Acres Farm was found to have been transporting banned unpasteurized milk to customers in Maryland.

Election 2012

Negative view of federal government hits all time high!

WASHIINGTON - August 30, 2011 - The percentage of Americans telling the Gallup poll they have a negative view of the federal government has hit a new high, Gallup reported Monday.

In a survey conducted Aug. 11-14, Gallup asked American adults whether their overall view of the federal government was very positive, somewhat positive, neutral, somewhat negative or very negative.

Road to Depression

Job growth grinds to a halt in August!

WASHINGTON (PNN) - September 2, 2011 - Employment growth ground to a halt in August as sagging consumer confidence discouraged already skittish U.S. businesses from hiring, keeping pressure on the Federal Reserve to provide more monetary stimulus to aid the economy.

Nonfarm payrolls were unchanged, the Labor Department said on Friday, the weakest reading since September. Nonfarm empl

Road to Depression

Tax Revolt: Restaurants in Greece refuse to pay VAT rise!

ATHENS, Greece - September 1, 2011 - Tax evasion in Greece threatened to take organized form on Thursday when café and restaurant owners refused to pay a 10-point VAT rise, as a deep recession clashes with the government’s increasingly desperate search for revenue.

The steep rise in value added tax on the hospitality sector from 13%- 23% is part of a package of fiscal measures agr

Road to Depression

Factories falter as orders fade away!

LONDON/SINGAPORE (PNN) - September 1, 2011 - Factory activity stalled last month as new orders tumbled, heightening fears that the global economy is heading for another downturn, a series of surveys showed on Thursday.

The Purchasing Managers' Indexes showed manufacturing activity contracted in the euro zone for the first time in almost two years in August, echoing earlier data from

Road to Depression

Entitlements are Ponzi scheme and U.S. owes $211 trillion!

WASHINGTON - August 31, 2011 - In an interview with National Public Radio, former Reagan economic adviser Laurence Kotlikoff said the United States’ "true indebtedness" amounts to $211 trillion.

That's more than 15 times the official figure.