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Phil Hare Supporter Devalues Medal of Honor

August 23rd, 2010 · 2 Comments

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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I’m Stepping Away From Full-Time Blogging

June 3rd, 2010 · 11 Comments

With the fourth anniversary of this blog’s birth less than five months away, I’m using this post to announce that I’m stepping away from full-time blogging at BobMcCarty.com. Why slow down after publishing nearly 4,000 posts?  Several reasons exist, but I’ll limit myself to the most important one: I WANT TO FINISH WRITING MY FIRST [...]

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Army Officer Shares Text of Letter Sent to President

April 8th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Nine days ago, Army Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin announced he is wiling to risk a court-martial if that’s what it takes to determine whether or not President Barack Obama is eligible to serve as president of the United States.  Today, in addition to announcing that he has officially received a written warning from his brigade [...]

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Liberal Veterans Group Stretches Truth in TV Spot

February 8th, 2010 · 3 Comments

Recently, VoteVets.org began running a television commercial designed to tear down Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) as he seeks the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond (R-Mo.).  Unfortunately for the folks from the liberal group purporting to represent veterans, my Kansas City friend Bungalow Bill did some research and found several holes [...]

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Six Important Facts About the Assault Charges Three Navy SEALs Face for Doing Their Jobs

December 2nd, 2009 · 15 Comments

In recent years, I’ve published too many posts about members of the Armed Forces facing undeserved charges: First, it was the so-called “Haditha Marines” who faced trumped-up charges, thanks largely to idiots like Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) declaring them guilty before a mainstream media eager to paint them in a bad light. Next, it was [...]

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Obama Causes Writer to Worry About Israel

April 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment

In an American Thinker opinion piece today, Cliff Thier expresses grave concern about the future of Israel and worries that President Barack Obama will use U.S. Air Force assets to prevent Israeli forces from taking out Iran’s nuclear weapons capability.  Among other things, he writes: Israel knows it must do take out the nuclear weapons [...]

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Military Times’ Survey Results Recycled

October 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments

More than two weeks ago in a post, Survey: Military Favors John McCain More Than 2-1, I published the results of a Military Times survey of military voters which showed members of the armed forces strongly favor John McCain.  Today, I was surprised to find Rush Limbaugh, Fox News Channel and a number of bloggers [...]

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