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Entries from January 2010

‘Death Tax’ Poised to Kill Family Businesses

January 31st, 2010 · No Comments

Hancock Lumber company has been around longer than most states and survived the Civil War and two World Wars, but will it survive the Obama Administration?  After listening to Hancock Lumber President and CEO Kevin Hancock discuss the future of his company in the video above, I’m not so sure it will. The financial burden [...]

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SHOCK! Liberal Media Blame Bush for Suspending Airlift of Critically-Ill Haitians to United States

January 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment

The headline above isn’t true, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see headlines like it pop up during the next few days following news that senior Obama Administration officials had ordered a suspension of airlifts of critically-ill Haitians to the United States. While driving to St. Louis Lambert International Airport earlier this evening, I heard [...]

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Review Copy of ‘Climatism!’ Arrives in Mailbox

January 30th, 2010 · No Comments

Though the hardcover book hasn’t left the printer yet, my review copy of “Climatism!  Science, Commone Sense, and the 21st Century’s Hottest Topic” by Steve Goreham, arrived in my mailbox today. With a foreword by John Coleman, founder of the Weather Channel who has been mentioned in three BMW posts since November 2007, I expect [...]

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Controversy Swirls Around Dearborn Imam’s Death (Update)

January 30th, 2010 · 5 Comments

Controversy is swirling three months after the death of Luqman Ameen Abdullah (right), a Muslim imam who died in an Oct. 28 shootout with federal agents in Dearborn, Mich., trying to arrest Abdullah and others on charges related to stolen goods. The Detroit Free Press is reporting on the results of an autopsy alleged to [...]

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Support This Blog, Shop The Bob McCarty Shop

January 30th, 2010 · No Comments

Below are some designs from The Bob McCarty Shop that I haven’t highlighted in quite a while.  Click on any image below to see the variety of t-shirts, sweatshirts and other merchandise on which the image appears.  Thanks in advance for supporting Bob McCarty Writes!

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Was Trucker Cell Phone, Texting Ban Premature?

January 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Only three days after Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced the new rules that prohibit drivers of trucks and buses from using cell phones and texting while behind the wheel, officials at the Highway Loss Data Institute released study findings that show no reductions in crashes after hand-held phone bans take effect. Rresearchers for HLDI, an [...]

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‘Obama Girl’ Breaks Off Relationship With President

January 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment

She helped propel Barack Obama to the White House with her music-video rendition of the song, “I’ve Got a Crush on Obama.”  Now, Amber Lee Ettinger (a.k.a., “Obama Girl”) appears to have broken off the politically-motivated love affair. Appearing on Fox News Channel’s Hannity last night, she told host Sean Hannity, “I just don’t have [...]

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