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Entries from May 2007

BMW Blog Reaches 500-Posts Milestone

May 31st, 2007 · 3 Comments

Bob McCarty Writes passed the 500-posts mark today with the posting of a global warming-related piece, Warming Not Worth Wrestling, NASA Boss Says. The milestone comes only two days after this relatively young blog passed the 20,000-page views mark. Thanks to all who’ve helped us make it this far.

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Fred Thompson Generating ‘Buzz’ in Cyberspace

May 31st, 2007 · 2 Comments

I thought I would share a pair of — no, let’s make it three — articles representative of recent buzz surrounding a likely Fred Thompson presidential run. First, Toby Harnden reports in a piece filed within the hour for the London Telegraph that the former U.S. senator from Tennessee has begun raising funds among Republicans [...]

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Milloy: Hot Air Study Melts Global Warming Theory

May 31st, 2007 · No Comments

Though it’s a couple of days old, Steven Milloy’s article, Junk Science: Hot Air Study Melts Global Warming Theory, is well worth reading. The piece begins this way: Global warming alarmists may want to expedite their efforts to hamstring the global economy with greenhouse gas regulation. A new study touted as showing that we’re not [...]

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Coronel’s ‘Letter to Danny Glover’ Hits Mark

May 31st, 2007 · 1 Comment

Today, the American Spectator published an excellent piece, A Letter to Danny Glover, written by Gustavo Coronel. Coronel is described at the end of the “letter” as the author of the Cato Institute study “Corruption, Mismanagement and Abuse of Power in Hugo Chavez’s Venezuela” and as a member of the Board of Directors of Petroleos [...]

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Warming Not Worth Wrestling, NASA Boss Says

May 31st, 2007 · 8 Comments

“I have no doubt that a trend of global warming exists,” said NASA administrator Michael Griffin, speaking to National Public Radio’s Steve Inskeep on today’s Morning Edition program. “I am not sure that it is fair to say that it is a problem we must wrestle with.” Translation: The Al Gore-spearheaded effort aimed at scaring [...]

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Blogger to Repeat as Randy Tobler Show Guest

May 31st, 2007 · 1 Comment

For the second week in a row, I’ll be a guest on The Randy Tobler Show. During the 7:30 a.m. segment of the show which airs Saturday morning on St. Louis’ 97.1 FM Talk, Dr. Randy Tobler and I will discuss topics covered in two Bob McCarty Writes posts published during the month of May. [...]

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Global Incident Map Tracks Terror Incidents

May 31st, 2007 · 2 Comments

Hat tip to Velvethammer at Ironic Surrealism for mining a gem of a web site, Global Incident Map.com, where individuals interested in tracking incidents of terrorism and other suspicious incidents wherever they occur can do just that. Below is a screenshot of the map that appears at the site. Click on it to visit the [...]

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