Patriot News Network

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

Road to Depression

Jobless rate rises to 9.8 percent as job growth slows!

WASHINGTON - December 3, 2010 - The nation's unemployment rate climbed to 9.8% in November, a seven-month high, as hiring slowed.

Employers added only 39,000 jobs last month, a sharp decline from the 172,000 created in October, the Labor Department reported Friday. The weakness was widespread. Retailers, factories, construction companies, financial firms and the government all cut jo

Road to Depression

New data shows foreign banks biggest recipients of Fed money!

WASHINGTON - December 1, 2010 - The Federal Reserved released documents Wednesday identifying the recipients of $3.3 trillion in emergency aid provided at the height of the financial crisis.

Road to Depression

Silver prices surging on near-record demand!

NEW YORK - November 29, 2010 - The price of silver is surging and so is business at many coin dealers across the country. At Plaza Collectibles, an appraisals shop in Manhattan, owner Lee Rosenbloom says he’s seeing a tremendous demand both in new and older silver coins. “This is probably the strongest demand there’s been in the last 25 years,” he says.

Road to Depression

Tempers flare as unemployment benefits near expiration!

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky - November 29, 2010 - Unemployment benefits for more than 100,000 people in both Kentucky and Indiana could run out in a matter of days if Congress doesn't act.

Many people are filing for benefits and others are looking for jobs, but with the threat of benefits running out, tempers are flaring.

Road to Depression

Obama freezing federal worker pay!

WASHINGTON - November 29, 2010 - Illegitimate President Barack Obama on Monday called for freezing the pay of 2 million federal employees, saying the move is the first of many difficult decisions that must be made to slash the nation's mounting deficits.

"The hard truth is that getting this deficit under control is going to require some broad sacrifice, and that sacrifice must be sha

War on Freedom

TSA setting up Nazi-style security checkpoints at bus terminals!

WASHINGTON - December 2, 2010 - Terrorizing innocent travelers at airports is simply not enough for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The agency recently tested a new program known as VIPER (Visual Intermodal Protection and Response) which involved placing Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials at Greyhound bus stations in Tampa to pat down and grope ground travele

War on Freedom

Wheelchair bound woman forced to go through security in bra and panties

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma - December 1, 2010 - A woman who missed her flight at Will Rogers World Airport Tuesday when she showed up in a wheelchair, bra and panties, passed through the airport screening process this morning and has left the city.