Bob McCarty Writes

On my Facebook page last night, I offered only one observation about the CNN Republican Presidential Candidates Debate from New Hampshire: “Bachmann, Cain or Gingrich? Paul, Romney or Santorum? Any of the above would work for me in place of Barack Hussein Obama.” This morning, however, I realized another candidate, Gary Johnson, had gotten the [...]

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Just had a storm, packed with tornadoes, hail and high winds, blow through the St. Louis suburbs. Of course, I filmed it — 30 seconds of thunder and lightning. UPDATE 4/23/11 at 8:20 a.m. Central: Below is the CNN video showing damage at Lambert St. Louis International Airport. UPDATE 4/23/11 at 8:58 a.m. Central: Below [...]

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A CNN Money article published yesterday included a prediction about gas prices made by John Hofmeister, former president of Shell Oil.  He said that Americans could be paying $5 per gallon of gasoline by 2012.  In response, this designer of “Will Work for Fuel” merchandise says, “Tell me something new.” Since President Barack Obama took [...]

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David Donar, the talented liberal cartoonist who created the “cartoon Bob” shown at the top of this web site, shares news that a new video (below) featuring his literal interpretation of lyrics from the song, “Twelve Days of Christmas,” is available for viewing.  Enjoy! Merry Christmas!

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Yesterday, CNN aired a segment from the movie, “Dumb & Dumber,” in the middle of a news report about university students in London protesting against tuition hikes.  One word describes it:  Priceless! Thank you, CNN, for apparently shifting from news to entertainment!

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Anti-Turkey protests began to take shape across the street from the Turkish Embassy in Tel Aviv only hours after an incident off the coast of Israel left as many as 19 10 people dead aboard ships purporting to be carrying aid to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, according to this report. Within hours of the [...]

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Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin, a career U.S. Army officer being court-martialed for refusing to obey orders to deploy to Afghanistan, will appear with his attorney tomorrow night in a live interview on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360″ program. Colonel Lakin, a flight surgeon who, until recently, was charged with caring for Army Chief of Staff General [...]

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