Bob McCarty Writes

Kids across the United States would be cheering if they paid any attention to the news coming out of the nation’s capitol.  “What news would they be cheering?” you ask.  Here it is: The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a two-year stay of enforcement of the lead content provisions of section 101(a) of the Consumer [...]

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“Serving” your fellow man takes on a whole new meaning after you watch First Lady Michelle Obama’s recent YouTube effort about “United We Serve” back to back against a classic 1962 episode of The Twilight Zone, “To Serve Man.” After watching both videos, I began to wonder if President Barack Obama might actually be a [...]

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The video below offers a lesson in active citizenship and shows what people across the United States can learn from the people in the great state of New York.  Here’s a hint:  It features a patriotic crowd of people — think Tea Party — directing chants such as “Throw the bums out!” at Rep. Tim [...]

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Two days ago, I published a post under the headline, “One-Sheet’ Sheryl to Headline MLB All-Star Concert.”  Within 24 hours, someone claiming to be singer Sheryl Crow left a comment about that post.  The exact wording of that post — misspellings and all — appears below: “IF you are reading this rediculous statement from Bob [...]

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Lloyd Marcus, the Deltona, Fla.-based singer-songwriter who became a “rock star” of the American Tea Party Movement in recent months, just released “We The People” as a follow-up to his wildly-popular “American Tea Party.” Check it out in the video below, then download a copy of copy of the song at LloydMarcus.net.

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The sun sets on a day of at-sea operations aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan in the Adriatic Sea June 10. The USS Bataan is on a scheduled deployment performing maritime security operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operation. Chief Petty Officer Tony Sisti of the U.S. Navy captured this photo [...]

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The Waxman-Markey climate change legislation will drive up the cost of gasoline and other petroleum fuels for consumers and businesses and should be set aside, American Petroleum Institute President Jack Gerard said in a letter to Congress today. API opposes the legislation, as it appears time has run out to fix the proposal’s many flaws. [...]

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