Bob McCarty Writes

More than 55,000 Americans have signed a petition coordinated by World Net Daily founder and editor Joseph Farah that demands documentation of President-elect Barack Obama’s eligibility to hold the nation’s highest office, not just assurances from party officials.
A report accompanying the petition explains the many questions raised about Obama’s eligibility, from an apparently fabricated “Certification [...]

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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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For the most part, I find myself in agreement with the point made by Dale McFeatters in the lead paragraph of a just-published editorial for Scripps Howard News.  It reads as follows:
President-elect Barack Obama should take a moment to savor his triumph in what was truly a pivotal, history-making election. But only a moment. There’s [...]

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While researching Barack Obama’s superstitions for a post published earlier today, I found an entry at Yahoo Answers that offered Three Superstitious Reasons Why Barack Obama Will Lose the Presidential Election.  Though not superstitious myself, I thought it worth sharing that John McCain should win today if, that is, two out of three superstitions below [...]

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In response to my inquiry about whether St. Louis-based Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU), the world’s largest private-sector coal company, had any reaction to the content of the San Francisco Chronicle audio which ends with Barack Obama saying he would take steps to effectively “bankrupt the coal industry,” I received the following statement from company spokesperson [...]

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