1.0 link 101065 <![CDATA[US Puppet State Dances on OPEC's Strings]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/henry-blodget/us-puppet-state-dangles-o_b_101065.html Where have our benighted energy policies of the last eight years left us? On our knees--begging OPEC to please, pretty please, open the spigots and pump more oil so we can ease the pressure on our sputtering economy.

FedEx delivered a Friday afternoon bomb, announcing its second business shortfall of the quarter, a direct result of 1) soaring oil prices, and 2) a weak economy. Meanwhile, the NYT reports that, finally, now that oil has closed at a new record of...

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