Bob McCarty Writes

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Below is the latest message sent by Scott and Vicki Behenna about their son, Army Ranger 1st Lt. Michael Behenna, a man who’s serving a 15-year sentence at Fort Leavenworth following his wrongful conviction, sentencing and imprisonment for killing a known Al-Qaeda operative in Iraq in self-defense: To all Michael Behenna supporters, With [...]

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On Aug. 1, I reported here and on Andrew Breitbart’s BigGovernment.com the fact that Bobby Schilling, the Republican challenger to Democrat incumbent U.S. Rep. Phil Hare in Illinois’ 17th Congressional District, had received the endorsement of Army Sgt. John F. Baker Jr., a Medal of Honor recipient from Illinois.  Now, it appears, at least one [...]

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President Barack Obama used the occasion of his late-April visit to the POET Energy ethanol plant near Macon, Mo., to tout cellulosic ethanol as a viable alternative fuel that will generate tens of thousands of jobs.  That visit prompted me to ask the question, Does Obama Plan to Soak Taxpayers in Ethanol? Now, fast forward [...]

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After seeing the U.S. economy start to dive during the summer of 2008, Teresa Pershall decided it was time to downsize her business and prepare for the long, tough economic road ahead.  She had, after all, seen this type of thing before.  In Vietnam.  Decades earlier. In 1980, Teresa — then known by her Vietnamese [...]

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For more than a year now, the Carpenters’ District Council of Greater St. Louis and Vicinity has taken aim at Dollar Tree stores in nearly two-dozen shopping centers across the metro.  Why?  Because they’re miffed about the national discount retailer’s decision to use out-of-state labor to perform labor tasks at their stores. Though union members [...]

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Just had to share this humorous faux advertisement for the Barack Obama “Empty Suit” Doll, since it reminds me of the Barack Uhhbama merchandise I began selling nearly two years ago. Hat tip:  Reclaim America

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