Bob McCarty Writes

One and a half years ago, the folks at the CATO Institute published a piece under the headline, Be Wary of Using Military as Police.  In the opening paragraph, they offered a warning of sorts: The mainstream media has finally gotten around to reporting that the Pentagon has assigned active-duty troops to a homeland defense [...]

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The American Petroleum Institute urged the U.S. Court of Appeals to uphold Judge Martin Feldman’s decision to stay the federal moratorium on deepwater offshore drilling. “The government took the proper steps to review the safety and operations of all rigs in the Gulf, following the Deepwater Horizon incident, but a blanket moratorium was a step [...]

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After watching Tommy Sowers’ latest campaign video below, Martha Stewart might say, “That’s a good thing.”  Voters in the 8th Congressional District of southeast Missouri might, on the other hand, might want to think twice before supporting the Democrat in his bid to unseat seven-term incumbent RINO Republican Jo Ann Emerson. After waving his “combat [...]

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U.S. Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) has labeled two of his Missouri colleagues — Jo Ann Emerson and Roy Blunt — as “pretenders” in the fight to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (a.k.a., “ObamaCare”). “In the case of the repeal of ObamaCare, a discharge petition is the only way that the American people [...]

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Seven weeks ago, I reported about plans to hold a motorcycle rally to support an imprisoned soldier at Fort Leavenworth.  Today, I share news that the event has grown from one that will support Army Ranger 1st Lt. Michael Behenna to one that will support a group of 10 wrongfully-imprisoned soldiers known as the “Leavenworth [...]

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Today, in what I believe is a first for this blog, I feature CNN’s Anderson Cooper in a post — and in a positive light! Cooper’s focus is on how the government has essentially suspended First Amendment freedoms of reporters and journalists in the Gulf of Mexico.  I saw something else!  Watch the video below, [...]

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Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, a man better known as “Joe the Plumber,” declared his endorsement of Missouri State Sen. Chuck Purgason in the Republican primary race for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond. “Joe the Plumber” made his way into the hearts of the voters as the voice of next-door America [...]

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