Bob McCarty Writes

EDITOR’S NOTE: During the past several days, I’ve been reporting about “Chasing Rabbits,” the name I’ve given to the case of the USDA assessing John and Judy Dollarhite a fine of $90,643 because the Nixa, Mo., couple sold more than $500 worth of rabbits in a calendar year.  Along the way, I came across second-hand [...]

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I think I can say with a high degree of confidence that the USDA appears to be caving when it comes to the matter of “Chasing Rabbits,” the name I’ve given to the case of the USDA assessing John and Judy Dollarhite a fine of $90,643 because the Nixa, Mo., couple sold more than $500 [...]

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Paying a USDA fine of $90,643 by close of business Monday would have allowed John and Judy Dollarhite on Nixa, Mo., to put their “crime” of selling too many rabbits in a single calendar year in their proverbial “rear-view mirror.”  Instead of paying an exorbitant fine for violating an obscure USDA regulation (not a law), [...]

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Call it a “silver lining.” After my story of John and Judy Dollarhite went viral, thanks to being cross-posted at Andrew Breitbart’s BigGovernment.com and picked up by hundreds of other blogs and websites, the couple facing up to $4 million in USDA fines for selling too many rabbits in a calendar year has gained a [...]

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Few words are necessary to convey the emotion found in two photos shot today in Joplin, Mo., by my friend, photojournalist Robert Brenner; therefore, I will use few words to describe them. Shot in the area of East 24th Street and Wisconsin Avenue in Joplin, the first unstaged photo (below) shows a family portrait lying [...]

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The world will probably never read or hear anything about it, but I predict someone on the Secret Service advance team that helped map out details of President Barack Obama’s trip to Ireland will — if it hasn’t already happened — be fired soon.  Watch the video below, and you’ll know why. Paying attention to [...]

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In the wake of deadly tornadoes in Joplin, Mo., and Minneapolis, Minn., comes something captured on video that serves as powerful proof that God exists:  Genesis 9:13: I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. DONATE to the disaster relief effort [...]

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