Bob McCarty Writes

During the past five years, I’ve written about a lot of topics, ranging from global warming and environmentalism to single-payer healthcare, terrorism and Ernesto “Ché” Guevara.  Few topics, however, seem as dangerous as many of the ideas coveted by people who attended the POWERSHIFT 2011 conference last week in Washington, D.C. Watch the Breitbart video [...]

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For the second time in a week, Congressman Billy Long (R) of Missouri’s 7th Congressional District has refused to answer questions from members of the news media. On April 14, Long refused — via Bret Funk, his communications staffer — to answer my questions related to claims he made on the campaign trail in November [...]

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One year ago, I published a post, Government Video Contest Invites Parody, about an EPA-sponsored contest which invited citizens to submit entries to a video contest under the theme, “RULEMAKING MATTERS.” One year later, I’ve decided to showcase the winning video and the video that should have won. First, let’s review the invitation to participate [...]

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By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger “Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid.  He is the hero, he is everything.  He must be a complete man and a common man and yet an unusual man.  He must be, to use a rather weathered [...]

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Lisa Payne-Naeger summed up one of the problems related to Family Court justice in Missouri in the opening paragraph of her March 30 post, Best Interests of Children Take Backseat as Bill Advances Thru Missouri Senate “Sight Unseen”: Americans gasped when then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi uttered a few words about the health care [...]

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Ever wonder what Vice President Joe Biden will due upon leaving office, hopefully after the election in 2012?  I have a suspicion he would make a good FAA air traffic controller — you know, one of those guys who sleeps on the job. If you enjoy this blog and want to keep reading stories like [...]

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It’s time, once again, to issue my call for Cinco de Mayo celebrations to be replaced by something more American: CINCO DE MUSTARD. Why is it important to me that we replace a Mexico-centric holiday with one that is more American?  One reason tops them all: Cinco de Mayo celebrates the legendary Battle of Puebla [...]

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