Bob McCarty Writes

There has been a sharp decline over the past year in the percentage of Americans who say there is solid evidence that global temperatures are rising, according to results of a new survey released today by The Pew Research Center for People and the Press. And fewer also see global warming as a very serious [...]

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A country that elects Barack Obama, a liberal lawyer, as its president should not be surprised by the results of a recent survey by Robert Half Legal:  Three-hundred attorneys from among the largest law firms and corporations in the United States and Canada were asked, “In your opinion, which one of the following areas of [...]

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On Nov. 3, 2008, a coal industry official told me that “Electricity costs would skyrocket” under President Barack Obama.  Today, more bad news — for both the coal industry and the economy — surfaced.
The global economic slowdown has cast a pall over the mining industry with the vast majority of mining executives saying they expect [...]

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Is the news media to blame for making economic crisis worse?  According to new poll results released by the Opinion Research Corporation today, they are.
An overwhelming 77 percent of Americans believe that the US media is making the economic situation worse by projecting fear into people’s minds. The majority of those surveyed feel that the [...]

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More than two weeks ago in a post, Survey: Military Favors John McCain More Than 2-1, I published the results of a Military Times survey of military voters which showed members of the armed forces strongly favor John McCain.  Today, I was surprised to find Rush Limbaugh, Fox News Channel and a number of bloggers [...]

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