A real he-said-she-said battle is brewing over the matter of a family facing up to $4 million in fines for selling bunnies out of their home in Nixa, Mo. Recently, John and Judy Dollarhite received a “Certified Mail Return Receipt” letter (dated April 19, 2011) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health [...]
USDA Stands Behind Hare-Raising Fine (Update)
May 19th, 2011 · 145 Comments
Tags: · Bob McCarty, John Dollarhite, nanny state, USDA
Family Facing $4 Million in Fines for Selling Bunnies (Update)
May 19th, 2011 · 21 Comments
Almost nine months after a Missouri dairy was ordered to stop selling cheese made from raw milk, I share details of another hare-raising story from the Show-Me State: John Dollarhite and his wife Judy of tiny Nixa, Mo., have been told by the USDA that, by Monday, they must pay a fine exceeding $90,000. If [...]
Tags: · Bob McCarty, John Dollarhite, nanny state, USDA
‘Nanny State’ Agents Out to Kill Raw Food Industry (Update)
November 19th, 2010 · 17 Comments
I’m not a health food nut, a vegan, a vegetarian or anything unusual, but I am an advocate of free enterprise. From Howell County, Mo., to Ventura County, Calif., free enterprise is being threatened by agents of the “Nanny State” who seem to be on the war path, zealously striving to shut down elements of [...]
Tags: · Bob McCarty, fda, nanny state
BMW Interview with Kurt Bahr (Update)
October 19th, 2010 · No Comments
On April 15, 2010, I attended a “Tax Day Tea Party” on the grounds of the old court house in St. Charles, Mo. While there, I interviewed Kurt Bahr, a candidate for Missouri House of Representatives in District 19. The video below captures the entirety of that interview: In the interest of fairness, and because [...]
Tags: · Bahr, BMW Interview with Kurt Bahr, Democrat, district 19, homeschooling, Kurt Bahr, matt simmons, Missouri, missouri house of representatives, nanny state, simmons, st. charles, tax day tea party
Post-Election Statements Offer Glimpse of Future
November 5th, 2008 · 3 Comments
The presidential election is over, but many still wonder what the future might hold for them in terms of a Barack Obama presidency. Below are some post-election statements issued by leaders of nonprofit and labor groups which offer a glimpse at what that future might hold. Each observation is followed by an observation of mine [...]
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Future of Airlines Bleak As Fuel Prices Climb
June 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment
In the wake of ever-increasing fuel costs, the nation’s airline industry is receiving more and more attention. Today, however, that attention came in the form of grim news as two industry-focused groups warned that several large and small U.S. airlines will default on their obligations to creditors beginning at the end of 2008 and early [...]
Tags: · aeroflot, airline forecasts, Airline Industry, airlines, airlines will default, business travel coalition, Congress, Conservative, darwinian, dysfunctional Congress, Fuel, Fuel Costs, marketplace darwinians, nanny state, nanny-state types, small-government, southwest airlines, Survival of the Fittest
