According to a Cato Institute report released Monday, the U.S. has become overly dependent on foreign turmoil for its conversations and media coverage. 'The American people consume as many as 60 million barrels of crude speculation every day, using it for everything from driving discussions to heating up political debates,' the report stated. 'Unless we can dredge up domestic sources of turmoil, we may end up utterly dependent on the Middle East for conversational fuel.' 