Bob McCarty Writes

The word is spreading quickly about Lloyd Marcus’ recently-recorded song, “American Tea Party.” In a post yesterday afternoon, I declared that his song deserves to go down in history as the anthem of the American Tea Party Movement.  Soon after, I sent an e-mail blast to nearly everyone I know — bloggers and journalists alike [...]

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As a public service, I offer this, the third in a series of posts intended to help readers of this blog distinguish between rhetoric and economic reality when it comes to matters impacting the nation’s energy future: RHETORIC: Most Americans want the federal government to pursue alternative and renewable sources of energy. REALITY: A recent [...]

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What a discovery! Lloyd Marcus’ recently-recorded song, “American Tea Party,” deserves to go down in history as the anthem of the American Tea Party Movement. Just as I sat down to watch the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament (a.k.a., “The Big Dance”) this evening, two posts written about the song arrived in my inbox as part [...]

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Having spent more than three years as an Air Force officer living and working just a few miles down the road from Marine Corps Air Station Futenma on the island of Okinawa, I have a lot of respect for Marines.  Combine that respect with my love of high-performance aircraft, and I simply had [...]

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Two earth-rattling events took place on opposite sides of Planet Earth this afternoon, leaving many to wonder (1) if they are somehow related and (2) which will cause the most damage. The first event took place just before one o’clock Eastern.  According to this report, the Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives acted “with lightning speed” [...]

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President Barack Obama’s “cap and trade” energy tax plan is drawing a lot of negative attention this week — and for several good reasons! Yesterday, officials at the American Petroleum Institute issued the following statement that is critical of the plan: “The White House’s unofficial new estimate for the cost of capping the nation’s greenhouse [...]

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There seems to be a lot of interest in a Missouri Information Analysis Center report described by one writer as offering “chilling instructions” about how to identify members of the “modern militia movement.” Issued recently to members of the Missouri law enforcement community, the report caught my attention and became the subject of a post [...]

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