<p align="left"><strong>Commentary by Rick Joyner</strong></p>
<p>June 2, 2010</p>
<h2>Crisis in the Gulf grows along with outrage at government inaction.</h2>
<p>After more than a month of oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico at a rate some have estimated to be 100,000 barrels a day, outrage is growing at how the Obama Administration continues to leave BP officials in charge of trying to stop what is almost certainly the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history. The Bush Administration was dogged for the rest of its time by accusations of incompetence at their slow response to the Katrina Disaster, but that response now seems like a heroic effort by comparison.</p>
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<h2>The Financial Reform Bill passes U.S. Senate.</h2>
<p>Like healthcare reform, most Americans believe that financial reform is needed, but like the Healthcare Reform Bill the devil is in the details. Along with some needed regulation others are saying this bill will destroy community banking in the U.S., which will have a major and devastating impact on small business in America. What is the truth?</p>
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