Bob McCarty Writes

Great weather produced a strong turnout Saturday afternoon at the intersection of Highways K and N in O’Fallon, Mo.  Nearly 100 freedom-loving Americans waved at passing motorists while decrying almost every policy pushed by President Barack Obama and his liberal allies.  The video above captures the basics of the rally.

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Despite sometimes-heavy rain showers, about three-dozen members of the K and N Patriots held their weekly Saturday afternoon rally against socialism at the intersection of Highways K and N in O’Fallon, Mo.  The video above captures some of the flavor of the rally, lack of violence and all.

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President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit Quincy, Ill., site of the Sept. 12, 2009, Quincy Tea Party, Wednesday afternoon.  To make sure he receives a proper welcome, members of the St. Louis Tea Party, lead by the K and N Patriots of O’Fallon, Mo., will conduct a Rolling Tea Party that will makes its [...]

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Only two days after rallying more than 200 people for a Tax Day Tea Party in downtown St. Charles, Mo., the K and N Patriots rallied more than 50 patriots at the corner of Highways K and N in O’Fallon, Mo., this afternoon for the group’s weekly rally against socialism.

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Twenty-six years ago, Ionel “Greg” Grigore came to the United States from Romania in search of freedom and opportunity.  Today, the 54-year-old St. Louis businessman finds himself again battling dark political forces not unlike the ones that caused him to want to leave the Eastern European homeland of his birth. Recently, I spoke with Grigore [...]

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While attending the K and N Patriots’ weekly anti-socialism rally Saturday afternoon at the intersection of Highways K and N in O’Fallon, Mo., I had the good fortune to meet Ionel “Greg” Grigore and his mother Dumitra. The Grigores, 54 and 74 respectively, came to this country during the 1980s in search of freedom and [...]

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Today, I had the privilege of meeting and interviewing Ionel “Greg” Grigore and his mother Dumitra (see photo above), first-generation Americans from Romania who shared with me their first-hand experiences of living in a land without freedom and opportunity. The Grigores were among a crowd of nearly 100 people rallying for freedom and against tyranny [...]

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