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Thanks for Another Banner Year at BobMcCarty.com!

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Though most of my efforts this year were directed toward promoting one book and completing another, my three websites continued to attract an audience.  Combined, they recorded more than 5.5 million page views during 2012, nearly doubling the numbers of the previous-best year, 2011.  Thank you for helping make these numbers possible!

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The vast majority of visitor eyeballs focused on posts published at BobMcCarty.com, my flagship site that launched in October 2006.  At the same time, however, a decent number also read news and updates at the 16-month-old site promoting my first book, Three Days In August, and the eight-month-old virtual home to my soon-to-be-published second book, the working title of which is THE CLAPPER MEMO.

The most popular non-book-related posts of the year focused, not surprisingly, on politics.  Among the Top 10, three involved coverage of Republican Party politics.

St. Charles County GOP

In the top spot was my post, “St. Patrick’s Day Massacre” Takes Place During GOP Presidential Caucus in St. Charles, Missouri.  Published March 17, it was followed by 14 other related posts which combined to make the St. Charles County (Mo.) GOP Caucus the most-popular subject matter of the year.

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Gen. David Petraeus

The second-most-popular post of the year, CIA Director’s Resignation Raises Several Troubling Questions, was published Nov. 10 and, sadly, the questions I asked remain largely unanswered.

In third place was another caucus-related post, St. Charles County GOP Chair Says Caucus Letter “Actually Drafted by Santorum’s Campaign Team,” published March 22.

In fourth place was a piece, Senator Marco Rubio Not “Natural Born Citizen.”  Published April 24, it must raised the hackles of GOP loyalists by pointing out that the Florida Republican isn’t eligible to run for president in 2016 — unless, that is, the same standards of qualification applied to Barack Obama are employed for him.

Fifth-place honors went to another caucus-related post, Source, Phone Message Revealed in St. Charles County Republican Central Committee Scandal, which garnered quite a bit of local media coverage during the month of March.

Uphill Battle for Answers

Read the series about the Weldon Spring Site.

On Jan. 23, I published the sixth-most-popular post, Missouri Health Agency Officials Refuse to Answer Questions About New Weldon Spring Cancer Report.  It served as a launching pad for my series, “Uphill Battle for Answers,” which included seven additional posts.

On the one hand, I was surprised to see my post, Wishing for a “One-Handed Economist,” finish in seventh place.  On the other hand, I wasn’t.  Read it, and you’ll understand why “the buck stops here.”

Again, quite unexpectedly, eighth place went to a Jan. 10 post, Harvard Law Classmate of Obama Releases Transcript as Part of Run for Missouri Governor, which contained interesting news from Bill Randles, a 2012 GOP candidate for governor.Barack Obama Caricature by Political Graffiti

Rounding out the Top 10 were two posts by guest writer Paul R. Hollrah published April 27 and March 15, respectively.

In his ninth-place piece, A Fish Rots From the Head, Hollrah asks the question, “How could the Turks have known about Barack Obama so many centuries before he was born?”

If the headline, Barack Obama — Worst ‘Knock! Knock!’ Joke Ever, doesn’t make Hollrah’s tenth-place effort worth reading, then mentions of the Jamaican Bobsled Team and the Siberian Synchronized Swim Team surely will.

Again, thanks for your support!  Please come back often!

UPDATE 1/03/2012 at 7:53 a.m. Central:  As a final “thank you,” I wanted to share some exact numbers as an update to this post.  During 2012, readers viewed 5,540,602 pages on my websites:  BobMcCarty.com, http://ThreeDaysInAugust.com and TheClapperMemo.com.  Thanks again!  Despite the gloomy eco-political outlook, I’m looking forward to a successful 2013.  Hope you are, too!

Bob McCarty is the author of Three Days In August: A U.S. Army Special Forces Soldier’s Fight For Military Justice, a nonfiction book that’s available in paperback and ebook via most online booksellers, including Amazon.com. His second book, THE CLAPPER MEMO, is coming soon.

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HuffPo’s Anti-Israel Bias Exposed

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Regarding the tense situation in Israel and the Middle East, I received an important message this morning from the folks at Huff-Watch who keep a watchful and corrective eye on the folks at The Huffington Post.  The subject:  His latest post, “HuffPost video “news” host pushes Hamas lies, ignores savage reality of Hamas”:

In my first major report (2010) on HuffPost’s bias and incitement of hate against Israel, “The Stimulus And The (Approved) Response: Anti-Semitism and Israel-Hatred on Huffington Post,” I documented how it was effectively acting as a PR tool and propaganda arm for Hamas – and that it knowingly violates its own “rules” in order to facilitate the outpouring of Nazi-like hate against Jews, from commenters. A major focus of that report was on HuffPost’s coverage of Operation Cast Lead, which made clear its pro-Hamas, anti-Israel bias. Back then, however, HuffPost was only a top-ten U.S. “news” site.

With the election of President Obama, since early 2009 HuffPost’s “journalists” began being welcomed all over Capitol Hill, and enjoy direct, preferred access to the White House.  It now boasts a blogging stable including many top figures of the Democrat party, and governments around the world.  Less well-known is that as of early 2011, nearly 10,000 unique visitors a day arrived from the three largest incubators of Islamist terror: Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Egypt, presumably in part because, as even Abe Foxman (a HuffPost blogger) noted, the comments that HuffPost publishes in response to his articles are “dripping” with anti-Semitism.  Since then, I have been documenting HuffPost’s escalating incitement and tolerance of hate against Israel and Jews — and how it ignores, whitewashes or downplays militant Islamists’ threats, acts and statements against Israelis and Jews.

In the past year, HuffPost’s reach and influence have dramatically escalated: it is now the #1 most-read online “newspaper” in the world. Most recently, it launched a video “news” venture, HuffPost “Live.”  One of its “host-producers” is Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, a former producer for Al Jazeera, and (surprise!) an ardent pro-Islamist, anti-Israel propagandist, as other online publications have documented (Algemeiner; HuffPostMonitor).

My latest report, “HuffPost video “news” host pushes Hamas lies, ignores savage reality of Hamas,” documents how it is now applying the exact same incitement and bias against Israel – but in the world of video – a far more compelling and dynamic medium. Highlights:

• In recent days, Shihab-Eldin has claimed that the only parties in the Middle East that live in justifiable fear are (a) Iran, and (b) the Palestinians, and that Israeli is “terrorizing” what he refers to as the “Occupied Gaza Strip.”

• Both HuffPost and HuffPostLive published not a single story on the front page or World page about the hundreds of rockets, missiles and mortars that Hamas fired into Israel from Nov. 10-14.

• The first story to appear on either page concerning the situation in Israel was Netanyahu’s threat to begin targeted assassinations – which HuffPost defined as against “Gazans” (not Hamas officials and installations).

• Since then, HuffPost and HuffPostLive have consistently published material framed to assail and incite hate against Israel – but not a single piece that reveals Hamas’s fake injury/death videos and photos, or its threat to resume suicide bombings in Israeli cafes and bus stations.

Israeli Defense Force pilot

I ask that you please give this report your urgent attention, and if you feel it is merited, to help publicize the reality of how HuffPost is advancing the cyber-jihad against Israel and Jews with an unrivaled level of influence and reach:

“HuffPost video “news” host pushes Hamas lies, ignores savage reality of Hamas”

Thanks,
“HuffWatcher”

Good points, all!

Bob McCarty is the author of “Three Days In August: A U.S. Army Special Forces Soldier’s Fight For Military Justice,” a nonfiction book that’s available in paperback and ebook via most online booksellers, including Amazon.com. His second book, “The CLAPPER MEMO,” is set for release this fall.

New Book Gaining Pre-Release Attention

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The CLAPPER MEMO, my soon-to-be-released second nonfiction book is gaining traction. Today, my latest update about the book appeared at Breitbart.com’s Big Peace website under the headline, ‘THE CLAPPER MEMO’: NEW BOOK SHOWS HOW BUREAUCRATIC AFGHANISTAN POLICY KILLS U.S. SOLDIERS.’

Mind you, I don’t write the headlines, so let me clarify something: The policy that plays a major roll in the “green-on-blue” killings of American and NATO troops by their so-called “allies” in the Afghan National Security Force members applies throughout the Department of Defense, not just in Afghanistan.

After you read the article, be sure to order a copy of my first nonfiction book, Three Days In August: A U.S. Army Special Forces Soldier’s Fight For Military Justice.

Conservative Giant Andrew Breitbart Dies

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As a frequent contributor to Andrew Breitbart’s “BIG” family of online publications, I was shocked this morning to learn of the outspoken conservative new media giant’s passing just after midnight today at 43.

Several thoughts entered my mind during the moments after I digested the headline at BigJournalism.com.  Some, but not all, of those thoughts appear below in no particular order:

I wondered if the news was true;

I wondered if the Breitbart site had been hacked;

I wondered how those on the left will react to the news if it turned out to be true; and

I wondered if Breitbart had any kind of succession plan in place and if anyone else was truly capable of replacing the conservative giant at the helm of his conservative media empire.

I didn’t know Breitbart personally, and I didn’t agree with everything he said and did while carrying the conservative guidon.  I must say, however, that what I liked about Breitbart far outweighed what I didn’t like.

My heartfelt prayers go out to his wife, children, other family members and friends during this time of enormous loss.

The world will miss you, Andrew Breitbart.

UPDATE 3/01/12 at 10:39 a.m. Central:  No doubt, the news is true.

UPDATE 3/01/12 at 4:27 p.m. Central:  Added below is, perhaps, Breitbart’s last big speech, delivered at CPAC 2012.

UPDATE 3/01/12 at 10:10 p.m. Central:  On his radio show today, Michael Savage asks a question the many are asking on the internet today.

UPDATE 3/03/12 at 3:37 p.m. Central:  The folks at IOwnTheWorld.com have started something.

Post-Dispatch Omits One Important Element From Article About Weldon Spring Cancer Report

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Imagine my surprise when I awoke this morning to find the St. Louis Post-Dispatch had finally published something about the latest Weldon Spring Cancer Report, issued stealthily by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services late last year, but failed to give credit where credit is due — to me!

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On Jan. 23, I was the only investigative reporter on the planet to publish an article about the existence of the new report, known officially as the Analysis of Leukemia Incidence and Mortality Data for St. Charles County, Weldon Spring and Surrounding Areas December 2011 (Update to April 2005 Report) and unofficially as the “Weldon Spring Update” or “2011 Weldon Spring Cancer Inquiry Report.”  Had it not been for my report, it’s very likely that no one would have learned about the MDHSS report released to me Dec. 29 at 5:04 p.m. after nine months of “birddogging” by yours truly.

Eleven days later, Post-Dispatch medical reporter Blythe Bernhard contacted me about the story I had published.  Of course, she asked me to explain my interest in the story and to recount how I had come to obtain the report, etc.  In addition, she asked me to put her in contact with some of the people mentioned in my piece.

This morning, Bernhard’s story included only one mention of me in the form of this comment:

“When you have something like this you don’t hide it; you at least let people know because they paid for it, especially people in the affected areas,” said Bob McCarty, who lives in the county and writes a political blog. “I’m not an environmentalist. I’ve never hugged a tree. If it’s all good, so be it, but the one thing they need to do is communicate better.”

While I’m pleased that the story received more attention, I’m disgusted — but not surprised — that the Post-Dispatch took the approach to the story that they did.  It’s no wonder the Lee Enterprises-owned newspaper filed for bankruptcy protection last year.

EDITOR’S NOTE:  To read my stories about the Weldon Spring Site and related stories, click here.

UPDATE 2/22/12 at 8:15 p.m. Central:  Below are links to other local media outlets that picked up on the story I broke Jan. 23:

• Geochemist Highly Critical of Weldon Spring Report (CBS Local)

• Daily Dose: Report on Cancer Risk at Weldon Springs is Questioned (Patch.com)

• Health Advocates Criticize State Report on Weldon Spring (KMOX)

Be sure to check out my new book, Three Days In August: A U.S. Army Special Forces Soldier’s Fight For Military Justice.

UPDATE 3/15/12 at 9:41 p.m. Central:  I noticed today that the St. Louis Post-Dispatch scrubbed almost 30 comments from their Feb. 20 story about the Weldon Spring Site.  Makes on wonder why they got rid of the comments.

Posts Touch Nerves, Spur Record Traffic

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The new year started off with a bang as BobMcCarty.com generated record traffic, ending with almost 750,000 page views in January.  Those high numbers stem, in part, from the fact that several of my posts appear to have touched a few nerves.

For instance, I asked a simple question that resulted in Missouri Republican Party officials getting their collective “rear” in gear to inform the public about this year’s presidential election process.

I shared several posts about Missouri news topics, including pieces about two Missouri Republicans, Bill Randles and Dave Spence, vying for the opportunity to face off with incumbent Jay Nixon in the 2012 race for governor of the Show-Me State.  I also shared an interesting piece about Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder’s Facebook page being hacked.

Perhaps most controversial was a post I published after Missouri health agency officials refused to answer questions about a new cancer report they had completed recently.  It caught attention from a lot of people, including talk radio phenom Dana Loesch.

Adding to my efforts during the month were several well-researched and thought-provoking pieces by guest blogger Paul R. Hollrah.

And, of course, I used BobMcCarty.com as a platform for publishing several posts about my book, Three Days In August: A U.S. Army Special Forces Soldier’s Fight For Military Justice, for which I have book-signing events set Feb. 18 and May 19.

I hope you’ll keep reading and sharing.  Thanks in advance!

P.S.  Make sure you order a copy of my book, Three Days In August: A U.S. Army Special Forces Soldier’s Fight For Military Justice.  You’ll be glad you did!

Bob McCarty Website Sets New Traffic Record!

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For the first time in more than five years online,  BobMcCarty.com topped the 700,000 page views mark — and we still have almost 48 hours left in January.

Thanks, readers, for helping set this new single-month record for page views and for getting 2012 off to a great start, and thanks in advance for helping to spread the word about the “Ultimate Blogging Machine.”

Be sure to follow us on Facebook & Twitter and order a copy of my new book, Three Days In August: A U.S. Army Special Forces Soldier’s Fight For Military Justice.