Bob McCarty Writes

Barely two weeks after President Barack Obama signed the State Children’s Health Insurance Program into law, Congress is said to be drafting new legislation aimed at preventing tragedies like the one that occurred Monday when a 175-pound chimpanzee severely wounded a woman in North Stamford, Conn.
Introduced concurrently in the Senate by Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) [...]

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I came across a news release this morning from a consumer credit counseling organization sharing their clients’ second-job ideas to help consumers deal with ever-increasing food, fuel and living expenses. Those ideas appear below:

Use your talents — Take in sewing projects, tutor local students in math or other subjects, or use your love of [...]

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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) made a show out of calling upon Americans to call President George W. Bush and demand he fix the problems causing the price of fuel to skyrocket. In reality, the slightly-out-of-date chart above shows who is largely responsible for skyrocketing gas prices today.
If you’re fed up with [...]

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I wasn’t surprised to find Coupons.com listed atop Google Trends today as more and more Americans try to manage as food, fuel and living costs continue to rise. Finding it there should come as no surprise to anyone mindful of the skyrocketing costs of many of the necessities of daily living.
As a service to readers [...]

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Earlier today, I shared news about food rationing in the United States. Upon discovery of that news, I began researching the issues of food supplies and shortages further. While I found several articles offering glimpses into the growing worldwide food crisis, only one pointed to the root cause: The myth of man-made global [...]

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