Bob McCarty Writes

Are you planning to attend the Heartland Institute-sponsored Third International Conference on Climate Change in Washington, D.C., June 2, 2009?  If so, make sure you’re properly attired with GLOBULL WARMING fashions from The Bob McCarty Shop shown below: GLOBULL WARMING

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In my Jan. 31 post about the federal government’s proposed “Cash for Clunkers” program, I noted one group’s staunch opposition to the concept: The Specialty Equipment Manufacturers Association has found something in the economic stimulus package its members don’t like.  Known as the “Accelerated Vehicle Retirement Program,” this item not only crushes cars, but it [...]

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Lefty scientists are excited today about what they claim is the discovery of a 47-million-year-old fossil.  Maybe it’s just me, but I can’t get too excited about “discovering” Larry King.

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I loved seeing St. Louis radio personality McGraw Milhaven refuse to go along with the specious approach taken by CNN’s Nancy Grace on her show last night. Making his fifth consecutive appearance on the show, the host of The McGraw Show on St. Louis’ KTRS 550 AM was providing the local angle for Grace’s coverage [...]

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Reading Fast Company magazine’s recently-released “100 Most Creative People in Business” list, I noticed some glaring omissions.  Most notable among them are Bernie Madoff and Barack Obama, two “businessmen” who relied upon the classic “rob-Peter-to-pay-Paul” business plan. Madoff, the former chairman of the NASDAQ, used extreme creativity to successfully operate a $50 billion-plus Ponzi scheme [...]

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For the third consecutive year, I’ve chosen the days leading up to Memorial Day as appropriate for honoring all of those who paid the ultimate price in service to their country by publishing war stories written by my father, Ted, who served as a low-ranking enlisted man in the U.S. Army during World War II [...]

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Under the headline, U.S. Air Force’s tanker fleet showing its age, writer Molly McMillin of the The Wichita (Kan.) Eagle shared a story Sunday about the Air Force’s aging fleet of KC-135 air refueling tankers and the $35 billion contract battle between Boeing and Northrop Grumman that has immense national security implications. At the same [...]

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