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Entries from September 2011

Five-Year Ride Ending to Make Way for New Venture (Update)

September 27th, 2011 · 8 Comments

Dear Readers: On Oct. 19, 2006, I began my adventure in online writing with a short post via which I informed readers I would use this space to “share bits of my unique brand of humor and touch on a variety of subjects including — but not limited to — politics, shopping carts, sports and [...]

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President Obama’s ‘Brownshirts’ May Be Closer to Smashing Down Your Front Door Than You Think

September 26th, 2011 · No Comments

By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger In a speech in Colorado Springs on July 2, 2008, then-Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) ignored his teleprompter for a moment and spoke from the heart [Note: See the 16:43-mark of the video below.]. “We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives [...]

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Floating Horse Teeth Goes on Trial in Missouri (Update: Court Rules Against ‘Hired Hands’)

September 25th, 2011 · 11 Comments

Brooke Gray has never had a client complain about her work, and several licensed veterinarians in Missouri have been so impressed with her abilities that they refer clients to her and they even entrust their own horses to Gray’s care.  Still, because one licensed veterinarian wanted to eliminate competition from people like Gray, the government [...]

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Barack Obama’s Vision for the State of Israel

September 24th, 2011 · No Comments

With the Obama Administration doing almost everything possible to undermine Israel, I thought I’d offer a 2011 update of the State of Israel coin originally “minted” in 2009 as one of Barack Obama’s Seven Mystery States Coin Collection. If you enjoy this blog and want to keep reading stories like the one above, show your [...]

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Weekly Recap: The Week of September 18, 2011

September 24th, 2011 · No Comments

Coverage of crimes, some alleged and some observed, dominated the virtual pages of Bob McCarty Writes this week.  Below, I offer recaps of this week’s reportage: MONDAY, Sept. 19 I found it a bit ironic that President Barack Obama was pushing $1.5 trillion in new taxes on International Talk Like A Pirate Day.  On the [...]

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Is Bad Design Slowing Flight 93 Memorial Project? (Update)

September 23rd, 2011 · No Comments

I’ve often felt as if I was beating a proverbial “dead horse” when it came to advocating for a redesign of the memorial to the victims of United Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pa.  Today, however, I realized efforts like mine might have paid off, albeit in a very small way.  After you watch the video [...]

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Couple Fights $500 Fines for Home Bible Studies

September 23rd, 2011 · 2 Comments

On May 29, 2009, I shared news about a situation involving what appeared to be a crackdown on people holding Bible studies at their San Diego home.  This week, the same thing appears to be happening in another Orange County, Calif., community, according to a CBS Los Angeles report. The city of San Juan Capistrano [...]

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