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Plane Crashes Into Echelon Building in Austin (Update)

February 18th, 2010 · No Comments

UDPATE #4 2/18/10 AT 12: 15 p.m. Central: Fox News is backtracking on its earlier reports that the pilot’s target was the IRS office. UPDATE #3 2/18/10 at 11: 21 a.m. Central: Fox News just reported that, according to an NTSB official on the scene, the pilot of the plane that crashed into the Echelon [...]

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East Texas Arson Task Force Releases Sketches

February 12th, 2010 · 2 Comments

TYLER, Texas — Robert Champion, Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, released three composite sketches of individuals that investigators would like to identify and interview in relation to the some of the church arsons that have occurred in the Henderson, Smith and Van [...]

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Texas Truck Driver Missing Since Christmas Day After Company Shuts Down With Little Notice (Update)

January 8th, 2010 · Comments Off

UPDATE 1/09/10 at 5:53 p.m. Central: He’s been found!  Details here. Former Arrow Trucking Company driver John M. Eischens Jr., 34, of Mabank, Texas, is missing and has not been heard from since Christmas Day. The story of his disappearance becomes even more disturbing when one examines the events that preceded it. Eischens was last [...]

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Retired 3-Star General Pulls No Punches When It Comes to Fighting Global War on Terror

December 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Janet Allquist, founder and president of K and N Patriots, sent me this great clip from CBN that features Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin.  In it, the retired Army officer and original member of the Army’s elite Delta Force, paints an accurate picture of the circumstances surrounding the case of Maj. Malik Nidal Hasan, the Muslim [...]

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Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient, Vietnam War Hero Robert L. Howard Passes Away at 70

December 23rd, 2009 · 3 Comments

Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Robert L. Howard, the only American soldier ever nominated for the award three times for three separate actions, died today in Waco, Texas, at the age of 70. Below is the citation describing the events of Dec. 30, 1968, that earned then-Sergeant First Class Howard the nation’s highest military honor [...]

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Bowl Game Sponsorships Receive Second Look Amidst Year of Bank Bailouts and TARP Loans

December 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment

One year ago this month, I opined about taxpayers footing the bill for several college football bowl games.  Today, I decided to revisit the college football bowl scene and find out who’s sponsoring this year’s post-season gridiron clashes. [Note: I brought this back to the front page of this blog after it was cross-posted Christmas [...]

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BMW Announces New Contributor

December 5th, 2009 · No Comments

While researching some soon-to-be-published posts about Army Ranger 1st Lt. Michael Behenna, I crossed paths recently with Carrie Fatigante (right), a freelance writer who currently lives in northeastern Oklahoma with her husband and three children. Today, I’m pleased to announce she’s agreed to become a regular contributor at Bob McCarty Writes. Fatigante’s extensive research into [...]

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