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Report Highlights Worst Waste of 2008

December 12th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Sen. Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-Okla.), ranking member of the Senate Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, today released the oversight report, “2008: Worst Waste of the Year.” The look back on 2008 features absurd federal spending from beltway bureaucrats and elected officials. “As we look back on federal spending for 2008, American taxpayers will laugh, and [...]

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T-Shirt Offers Alternative to Gasoline Theft

April 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment

A newspaper in Plymouth, Mass., reports this disturbing news related to record-high gas prices: Police say it’s a 1970s crime wave all over again. Only this time, thieves drilled into gas tanks instead of siphoning to steal fuel. Rather than take that route, I recommend Americans struggling to find a solution to rising gas prices [...]

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Price of Gas Tops $5 Per Gallon in California!

March 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment

ATTENTION: California residents! On Feb. 26, I reported the price of gasoline would reach $4 per gallon by spring. Less than 10 days later, that prediction has come true, according to a report by a California television station: The Americo gas station in Gorda, Calif., is selling premium unleaded gas for $5.39 a gallon and, [...]

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Gas Prices Reach $5 Per Gallon in California!

November 8th, 2007 · No Comments

Gasoline prices are rising! According to a report by NBC affiliate KSBW in Sacramento, consumers in Gorda, Calif., a community south of Big Sur, are paying $5 per gallon at the pump today. Elsewhere throughout the state, prices have reached $4 per gallon at gas stations in many locations. As a result of this news, [...]

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Four-Bucks-Per-Gallon Gas ‘Reality’ in Orlando

April 23rd, 2007 · 1 Comment

According to a Bloomberg report today, “$4-a-gallon gasoline is coming to a pump near you” and is, indeed, already a reality in Orlando. That in mind, I expect a lot of people to face this tough decision sometime during the upcoming weeks: “Do I drive less, use public transportation more often or take on a [...]

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Gas Prices Rising, WWFF Product Line Returns

February 21st, 2007 · No Comments

The steady climb to higher spring gasoline prices is under way and a repeat of last year’s $3 a gallon is a strong possibility, according to an expert quoted in a report by Eric Morath in the Detroit News yesterday. Such a forecast opens the door for The Bob McCarty Shop to reintroduce the Will [...]

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