Bob McCarty Writes

Just when I thought things couldn’t get any shadier, I’ve learned that the lobbyist now representing the Amazon Defense Coalition (via Kohn Swift & Graf, P.C.) in its $27 billion lawsuit against San Ramon, Calif.-based Chevron Corporation is the same man who represented Stanford Financial Group and its now-indicted founder R. Allen Stanford between 2002 [...]

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The United States government’s participation in the United Nations World Conference Against Racism appears to line up with President Barack Obama’s anti-Israel stance — the same one that inspired the creation of a State of Israel coin as part of Barack Obama’s Seven Mystery States Coin Collection launched Jan. 16.
On Feb. 14, the U.S. State [...]

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It came as no surprise to learn this morning that Penny Pritzker is likely to turn down an offer by President-elect Barack Obama to serve as his Secretary of Commerce.  After all, she has too many skeletons in her closet.
The “news” surfaced in a Washington Post article
Hotel heiress Penny Pritzker, who commanded Barack Obama’s record-shattering [...]

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Call it an example of the power of positive thinking or something else, but the economic bailout package expected to gain House approval today is raising at least 700 billion questions in my mind.  In particular, I’m concerned about the origin of the dollar amount being kicked around and the “legs” that seem to keep [...]

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In a move Forbes describes as “an out-of-the-box pick for McCain” and “a shrewd move by a campaign anxious to exploit the primary rift in the Democratic Party,” Republican presidential nominee John McCain made history this morning by introducing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate.  In accepting the role, Palin became the first [...]

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