Bob McCarty Writes

David Kellerman, acting chief financial officer at Freddie Mac, was found dead this morning at his Vienna, Va., home, the victim of an apparent suicide, according to numerous media reports, including one by WTOP radio in Washington, D.C.  Now, the speculation begins.  Some wonder if there’s more to the story. Upon hearing news of Kellerman’s [...]

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The phrase, “better late than never,” applies to the good news offered in a post at the Error Theory blog. Today, blogger Alec Rawls shares news of a strongly-worded news release, dated March 17, in which Khalim Massoud, president of Muslims Against Sharia-Islamic Reform Movement, announced his group’s opposition to the proposed design of a [...]

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Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, spoke on the Senate floor Monday, delivered a detailed review of the Obama administration’s proposed cuts to the Department of Defense budget Monday.  Below left is a video of his speech and, in italics below, is the text of the first three minutes [...]

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Asked by the host to explain his party’s plan to deal with carbon emissions, Republican House Minority Leader John Boehner described the overwhelming scientific consensus that carbon dioxide is contributing to climate change as “comical” during an appearance (see video below) on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopolous Sunday.  Furthermore, he pointed out that cow [...]

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In what must be a huge surprise to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, the first domestic terrorist named to the FBI’s list of Most-Wanted Terrorists appears to have no military experience.  In other words, he’s not what Napolitano would describe as a “right-wing extremist” who needs to be watched by law enforcement. The FBI added [...]

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Two years ago this week, I was invited to a lavish estate in the upscale Nashville suburb of Belle Meade and given the opportunity to conduct an exclusive interview of Al Gore about his about-to-be-published book, The Tipper Point: How a Little Change Can Make a Big Difference. Today, for your reading pleasure on the [...]

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Almost seven months after he was last spotted on the world stage, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad — the mad man of the Middle East whom I’ve dubbed “PIRANHA” — was spotted today at the U.N. Conference on Racism and Human Rights today in Geneva.  As usual, a severe case of verbal diarrea prevented Ahmadinejad from [...]

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