During a phone conversation one week ago, I was told by a confidential source with contacts in Joplin, Mo., that the casualty count from the May 22 tornado was actually much higher than officials were letting on. I was also told that a “secret morgue” had been set up in the southwest Missouri city and [...]
Entries from May 2011
CNN Crew Prevented From Filming in Joplin
May 31st, 2011 · 8 Comments
Tags: · Bob McCarty, freedom of the press, Joplin Tornado
Video Honors 540 Who Paid Ultimate Price
May 30th, 2011 · No Comments
On Memorial Day, a tribute. Salute! Hat tip: BigPeace.com If you enjoy this blog and want to keep reading stories like the one above, show your support by using the “Support Bob” tool at right. Follow me on Twitter @BloggingMachine. Thanks in advance for your support!
Tags: · Bob McCarty, Memorial Day
Barack Obama for President – of Kenya!
May 30th, 2011 · 8 Comments
By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger Barack Hussein Obama will be 51 years, five months, and 16 days old when he completes his Frank Abagnale impersonation on Jan. 20, 2013. That will be the day when he walks out of the White House for the last time, having played the role of president of the [...]
Tags: · Barack Obama, Bob McCarty, Constitution, paul r hollrah
Photographers’ Rights for Citizen Journalists (Update)
May 27th, 2011 · 1 Comment
The Government’s War on Cameras! The five words above appeared as the headline of a BigGovernment.com article May 27 and might prompt some readers to scratch their heads. Not me. As a former Air Force public affairs officer-turned online journalist who takes investigating and reporting farther than the average new media blogger, I’m keenly aware [...]
Tags: · Bob McCarty, Citizen Journalism, Photograph
Top 12 Comments About the USDA ‘Rabbit Police’ and the Thuggery of Regulating Rabbit Sales
May 26th, 2011 · 4 Comments
During the past week, I published 10 articles about John and Judy Dollarhite, the Nixa, Mo., couple handed a $90,643 fine by the USDA for selling more than $500 worth of rabbits in a single calendar year. Four of my articles were cross-posted at Andrew Breitbart’s BigGovernment.com and one was linked by The Daily Caller, [...]
Tags: · Bob McCarty, chasing rabbits, nanny state, USDA
How to Get Your Story on Drudge – Sort Of
May 26th, 2011 · 4 Comments
Having spent much of the past five days “Chasing Rabbits,” I was excited to see a headline related to my work appear on the Drudge Report just after midnight (i.e., early early early Thursday morning): USDA fines Missouri family $90k for selling rabbits without license… “My rabbit story made Drudge!” I thought to myself upon [...]
Tags: · Bob McCarty, chasing rabbits, Drudge Report, John Dollarhite, nanny state, USDA
Chevron Video Offers Review of Ecuador Lawsuit
May 25th, 2011 · No Comments
Thanks in part to the more than three-dozen posts I’ve published since April 22, 2009, loyal readers of this blog are familiar with the details of the $113 billion environmental lawsuit against Chevron in Ecuador. For those who want to cut to the chase, so to speak, I share a five-minute video that that offers [...]
Tags: · Bob McCarty, chevron, ecuador, Lawsuit









































