Bob McCarty Writes

By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger When I first moved to Oklahoma from New York in 1963, Tulsa was known far and wide as the Oil Capital of the World.  Other than possessing more miles of lake frontage than any other state in the nation, Oklahoma was not among the nation’s leaders in any other [...]

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Imagine receiving a ticket after ordering food at a restaurant’s drive-thru window.  Though frightening, it might become possible if two state governors find a way to combine their seemingly-unrelated efforts to raise taxes. A piece published in the New York Daily News almost two weeks ago outlined Gov. David Paterson’s effort to impose 88 new [...]

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O.J. Simpson was sentenced to 15 years behind bars and will serve a minimum of 6 9 years* before he could be eligible for parole for his role in a Las Vegas hotel robbery-kidnapping incident Sept. 13, 2007. The former football star, actor and sportscaster could remain in a yet-to-be determined Nevada prison for as [...]

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Vice presidential nominee Joe “Gaffe-Machine” Biden had “bad days” in the headlines this week and stands at risk of being thrown under the bus by the man atop the Democratic Party ticket, Barack Obama.  A sampling of headlines from the nation’s newspapers appears below: New York Post: Joe Gets Taken To The Woodshed” (Geoff Earle, [...]

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A New York Daily News report this morning highlights how Barack Obama‘s staff performed virtual surgery of sorts over the weekend, purging his campaign web site of the presumptive Democrat Party presidential nominee’s harsh criticism of the successful troop surge initiated by President George W. Bush last year. After reading the piece, I fear what [...]

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A South Florida company is poised to take fuel hedging to the mainstream by enabling consumers to purchase fuel in a manner similar to that used by Southwest Airlines. Southwest has set itself apart from other airlines by hedging on fuel prices (i.e., purchasing fuel via long-term contracts that lock in prices), a practice that, [...]

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Mike Huckabee is getting plenty of post-debate attention — GOOD, BAD and UGLY — following last night’s CNN-YouTube Debate between Republican presidential candidates. First, the GOOD — Michael Goodwin at the New York Daily News recognizes what’s going on. The headline of his article this morning, Don’t look now, but Mike Huckabee is comin’ on [...]

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