Bob McCarty Writes

Canada’s CBC News is reporting that shots have been fired in central Tehran as tens of thousands of Iranians continue to defy government orders by gathering downtown, hours after the country’s supreme leader ordered an investigation into allegations of fraud in the presidential election which saw President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (a.k.a., “PIRANHA“) declared the winner.  An [...]

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This morning, I came across a clever and creative advertisement (right) for Thies Farm and Greenhouses on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch web site. I don’t know who created this ad, but it sure does a good job of drawing attention to Thies Farm, a St. Louis-area outfit that sells strawberries, blueberries and raspberries grown on [...]

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If liberals on the left can demand conservatives be fired or booted out of office for their indiscretions, alleged and actual, it’s only fair for conservatives do the same thing.  That appears to be the thinking of John Ziegler, the man behind the new online effort residing at FIRE DAVID LETTERMAN.COM. Ziegler, the man well [...]

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U.S.-based oil and natural gas companies invested $58.4 billion from 2000 through 2008 in technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new study, Key Investments in Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Technologies by Energy Firms, Other Industry and the Federal Government, released by T2 and Associates and the Center for Energy Economics at the University of [...]

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If experts in the oil and gas and financial services industries are on target, Americans should expect to see fuel costs rise during the remainder of 2009.  In particular, they should expect to see gas prices approaching $5 per gallon by 2010. Among the driving forces responsible for the price increases is the rising cost [...]

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Guess which online publication saw fit to mention my work in the same virtual breath as writers at The Swamp (The Chicago Tribune‘s Washington Bureau blog), the Los Angeles Times, The Huffington Post and the Democratic Underground? Give up yet?  Click on the graphic above right to see the answer, then come back. Yes, thanks [...]

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the first time conditionally endorsed the creation of a Palestinian state in a major speech Sunday in Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv, according to a Fox News article. The conservative leader said Israel would be ready to accept such a state provided — insert BIG IF here — the [...]

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