A news release issued Tuesday by the National Labor Relations Board began with 40 daunting words: In a pair of 3-to-1 decisions made public today, the National Labor Relations Board overruled decisions from 2007 and 2002 that address the protections provided by federal labor law for new collective-bargaining relationships between unions and employers. Translation: Members [...]
Entries from August 2011
NLRB News Release: ‘Card Check’ is Reality Today
August 31st, 2011 · 1 Comment
Tags: · Bob McCarty, card check, labor unions, National Labor Relations Board
Patent Reform Act Threatens ‘Engine’ of Prosperity (Update)
August 30th, 2011 · 4 Comments
By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger In early February 1997, I received a telephone call from a longtime friend in Washington. He was calling to say that we were being recruited for a very important assignment, an assignment related to national security. He explained that, in 1996, the Clinton administration agreed to give the People’s [...]
Tags: · Bob McCarty, department of commerce, patent office, paul hollrah
‘Obama Gets Tough’ Video Wishful Thinking
August 29th, 2011 · 1 Comment
Though I’m not convinced President Barack Obama has lost any fights with members of Congress, the “Obama Gets Tough” video below is the kind of wishful thinking I hope will become a reality soon. This excellent video was produced by my liberal friend, David Donar at Political Graffiti, whose editorial cartoons appear often on the [...]
Tags: · Barack Obama, Bob McCarty, Congress, Humor
Think Twice Before You Think Pink
August 29th, 2011 · No Comments
Pink clothing. Races billed as events that raise funds for breast cancer research. On the surface, the Susan G. Komen Foundation’s efforts to fight breast cancer appear to be noble and worthwhile. After reading the information below, however, I think you’ll want to think twice before you think pink again. THE BIG NEWS: Susan G. [...]
Tags: · Bob McCarty, Cancer, Planned Parenthood, Susan G. Komen Foundation
Kennedy Assassination Theories Flourish Online
August 27th, 2011 · 3 Comments
During the past week, two friends of mine — who do not know each other — shared links to different videos in which individuals claim to share never-before-shared knowledge about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963. Unknown to both friends, I had just finished watching, The Kennedys, the eight-part miniseries [...]
Tags: · Bob McCarty, Conspiracy Theories, JFK Assassination
Weekly Recap: The Week of August 21, 2001
August 27th, 2011 · No Comments
Though I spent very little time blogging this week, the half-dozen items that graced the virtual pages of BobMcCarty.com were oozing quality. Check ‘em out below: On MONDAY, Aug. 22, I shared news about Wallbuilders’ Rick Green scheduled appearance at a St. Louis-area church today (tickets still available). In addition, I published Paul R. Hollrah’s [...]
Tags: · Bob McCarty, Weekly Recap
SPREAD THE WEALTH AROUND: New Board Game Highlights Many Failures of Obama Administration
August 26th, 2011 · No Comments
A small business owner and self-described “recovering politico,” Philip Guthrie couldn’t resist the urge to poke fun at the Obama Administration. That’s why the 37-year-old developed SPREAD THE WEALTH AROUND, a board game that “exists to train you bitter clingers to practice the art of class warfare, dodge death panels, cheat on your taxes and [...]
Tags: · Barack Obama, board game, Bob McCarty, Redistribution of Wealth







































