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Veterans Counter Westboro Baptist Church Protest (Update)

January 6th, 2011 · 4 Comments

More than 200 people, many of whom were veterans, descended upon downtown St. Charles, Mo., at noon Thursday to counter a 30-minute protest by three sign-carrying members of the controversial Topeka, Kan.-based Westboro Baptist Church, a group most well-known for protesting at military funerals. The Westboro protest came less than three weeks after the St. [...]

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Thanks for Another Record-Setting Year!

December 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Considering the fact that I cut back on my blogging in June so I could devote more time to two books I’m writing, I’m pretty pleased with the 2010 stats for the “Ultimate Blogging Machine.” EDITOR’S NOTE: If you enjoy the stories you find on this blog and want to keep them coming in 2011, [...]

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Attorney Fails to Persuade Judge in $113B Lawsuit

November 8th, 2010 · 6 Comments

In a 54-page legal opinion issued Saturday, a federal judge in New York painted an ugly portrait of the plaintiffs in the $113 billion lawsuit against Chevron Corporation in Ecuador.  That portrait, however, pales in comparison to the smackdown he gave Steven Donziger, the lead attorney for the plaintiff group known as the Amazon Defense [...]

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K-N Patriots Prepare for 2012

November 6th, 2010 · 5 Comments

The fact that conservatives experienced a landslide in the elections Nov. 2 doesn’t mean that Janet Allquist and the K and N Patriots are finished doing what they do best. For more than 18 months, members of the K and N Patriots have held Saturday rallies at the intersection of Highways K and N in [...]

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Video Offers ‘Purr-Fect’ Way to End the Week

November 5th, 2010 · No Comments

Weary of politics and writing, I decided to end my week in a pretty-close-to-perfect way with Bo, one of the feline office assistants who help keep things hopping at Bob McCarty Writes World Headquarters. Enjoy your weekend!

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Ed Martin Breaks News on Debate With Carnahan

September 12th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Interviewed Sunday afternoon at the Midwest Region 9-12 Rally at the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Republican Congressional Nominee Ed Martin told me his opponent, incumbent Democrat Russ “Rubber Stamp” Carnahan, has agreed to a pseudo debate Friday morning on The Charlie Brennan Show on St. Louis’ KMOX-AM 1120. Unfortunately, according to Martin, he and [...]

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BMW Ranked #104 on ‘The Conservative 100′

July 30th, 2010 · 2 Comments

In March, I finished as a “Near Miss” in spot #106.  This week, I was pleasantly surprised to learn that, despite the fact that I’ve been blogging part-time since June 3 in order to complete my first nonfiction book, this blog finished in spot #104 in the July ranking of the “The Conservative 100.” In [...]

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