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Entries from December 2009

Happy New Year and Thank You!

December 31st, 2009 · 1 Comment

To all who’ve stopped by, read, shared and/or contributed to the success of Bob McCarty Writes since October 2006, I say, “Thank you!” and wish you and our nation the best in 2010! Nearly 3,600 posts published and “miles to go before I sleep.”

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Top BMW Stories the Mainstream Media Missed (Update)

December 31st, 2009 · 4 Comments

Below, in much the same manner as Fox News published a year-end piece, Nine Big Stories the Mainstream Media Missed in 2009, I highlight four seven subjects I covered that were, mostly or largely, ignored by the “lame-stream” media: 1.  The Chevron-Ecuador Lawsuit — My coverage began April 22 with the post, Blogger Investigating $27 [...]

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How Will Obama Administration Officials Respond to Discovery of Rocket Launcher in Houston?

December 31st, 2009 · 4 Comments

According to a news report out of Houston this morning, police there found an AT-4 shoulder-mounted rocket launcher like the one shown in the photo above, alleged to belong to a man by the name of Nabilaye I. Yansane, in a southwest Houston apartment complex.  Though I have yet to see comments by members of [...]

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Iranian Doctor: ‘There are people drowning in Iran’

December 31st, 2009 · 2 Comments

Editor’s Note: Originally posted yesterday at Gaze of a Nation, I share it with readers today, unedited, due to the time-sensitive nature of its content. By Arash Hejazi, M.D. Guest Blogger Hundreds of newspapers have been shut down in Iran; international reporters have been banned; hundreds of Iranian journalists are in prison; internet has almost [...]

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Pat Dollard Interviews Lt Michael Behenna’s Mom

December 31st, 2009 · No Comments

During the past month, I’ve published more than a dozen posts about Army Ranger 1st Lt. Michael Behenna, a man who was convicted of unpremeditated murder and is now serving a 20-year sentence at Fort Leavenworth for killing a known Al-Qaeda operative in self-defense.  Today, I share Pat Dollard‘s recent Blog Talk Radio interview of [...]

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Texas Tech Fires Mike Leach, PR Battle Ensues (Update 4)

December 31st, 2009 · 1 Comment

Texas Tech University’s firing of head football coach Mike Leach has launched what I predict will be a heated public relations battle involving YouTube videos and aggressive personal injury lawyers. Within hours of news breaking about Leach’s firing, a 16-second video (below) which purports to show the electrical closet where receiver Adam James, son of [...]

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President Tasks Postal Service to Distribute Countermeasures in Case of BioWeapon Attack

December 30th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Though the always-transparent (NOT!) White House web site contains no news of it, President Barack Obama has reportedly signed an executive order — yes, another one.  This time, he’s tasked the United States Postal Service to help distribute countermeasures in the event of a biological weapons attack within the United States. Why the Postal Service?  [...]

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